Just now I have received an email: [image] So I am banned from wayfarer and Niantic games because of Review circle participation. This has to be a mistake. I haven’t reviewed in ages so there is no way I can partake in a review circle. The only wayfarer related things I have done in the past week…

Please check all the possible E-mails. If you haven’t received anything, staff will usually give you a DM and sort it out with you. Please wait patiently until they respond and good luck.

I already checked before posting, I also made doube sure to check my spam :wink: No emails, warnings or anything anywhere. I will wait for the staff to contact me

At the bottom of this page, there is a link to appeal a suspension, if you did not get the email containing the link: Wayfarer Abuse Enforcement Ladder Policy — Wayfarer Help Center At Niantic, we strive to create an equitable, accurate and unbiased map for all players and explorers. Ni…

I see that we have already responded to your appeal. Let us know in the same thread if we can assist you any further. Thanks,

[image] Hi Aaron, Can you share this conclusive evidence? Never once have I taken part in a voting ring to create any abuse anywhere. The way I am active on wayfarer is by traveling all around our region just to find new things to nominate and I do not review outside of challenges (sorry my fello…

[image] RieKoetje: I haven’t reviewed in ages so there is no way I can partake in a review circle. I’m not staff or an ambassador, so they can correct me if I’m wrong here, but just because you haven’t reviewed in ages, that doesn’t mean your older reviews may not have been abusive and that i…

As far as I can recall the only reviews I have done this year are +/- 50 reviews during the last challenge while watching endless balloons.

Again, it might be stuff that’s older than this year that’s been flagged.

The situation has been resolved. Thank you @NianticAaron for fixing things so swiftly!

Sudden permanent ban

General Discussion

NianticAaron June 30, 2025, 6:22pm 11

Hey,

We looked into our investigation again and based on the additional context provided, we decided to restore the account.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Best,

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