The more I stick to the guidelines, the faster my rating drops

[jojenreed64]

I’m tempted to do something similar. While my rating is great, I notice my agreement rate slowly slipping downward.

[DTrain2002]

Wondering if everyone saw this post:

Rating Drop Issue

Hello Explorers, Thank you to those who have shared their experience with the Ratings drop during the challenge (or around the challenge time). We have been actively investigating the matter and have identified the issue. In the coming days we will be working on pushing out a fix and will update the community once the issue has been resolved and any possible remedy to those impacted by the issue. NianticTintino

[cyndiepooh]

I still have doubts whether they can make a “fix” for ratings dropping. Because

@NianticAaron

Wayfarer rating is based on the number of agreements and disagreements.

it seems to me that with the current review flow having very few candidates that are clearly accept or reject, that there are going to be lots of disagreements even for reviewers applying criteria correctly.

[MargariteDVille]

@Paddel6952

It seems that not only is it difficult for some players to choose a good title and an appropriate description, but it also often happens that the submitted images show identifiable people, license plates, or pets of the submitter. Additionally, sometimes a finger partially obscures the lens. Moreover, the described wayspot is often not visible in the surrounding photo.

If the title /description text is poor, but accurate - and not insulting - let it pass (and hope someone will edit to correct it later). For example, if the real name is “First Baptist Church”, and the submitted title is “Church”, that’s not great but it passable. “Trail headquarters” is incorrect. “Where the Devil Lives” is insulting and so maybe abusive.

If the supporting picture has people or license plates, that’s only disqualifying if you think it’s an attempt to sway voters. Like maybe they’ll know the person or dog and vote positively. Or maybe it’s an uninformed mistake.

Finger partially obscuring the lense is probably a good rejection. But I imagine the crop that Niantic showed them at the end of the nomination process. If there’s no way they could have seen the sliver of their finger… I might give it a pass. Especially if it’ll be cropped out in all games.

If the POI is not in the Supporting… sometimes you can verify its location with satellite or streetview. Or the supporting has a landmark (like a billboard, building, distinctive tree) that is also in the primary. I only reject if the supporting leaves me totally confused about what is being nominated or where it is.

[shritwod]

Licence plates and faces are a privacy issue, that’s why they’re not allowed. If the face or plate isn’t distinguishable then it’s a maybe, but they shouldn’t be distinguishable at any zoom level.

[RoIi112]

They are not disallowed in supporting photos. Ad MDV said, only disallowed in an attempt to sway voters.

[shritwod]

So weirdly I’m back at “Great” despite my overall agreement rate continuing to decline. Anyone else seeing a bump in ratings?

[TheDoctorBird]

I moved back to Good. But only after a slow down in reviews. I am still reviewing the same way. But if I see anything of any doubt I just stop and go do something else. Or if I know I have rated a few in a row as doubtful or a no. I stop reviewing. Rating has stayed at good since.

It seems (and I am most likely wrong) that they still have not build a system that copes wiht AI removing most acceptables from the manual review process, leaving more questionable nominations and all the reviewers who chase rewards. To them it is just numbers not quality/applying criteria appropriately. IT will I suspect take a while to adjust their system to cope.

So I will stick to the guidelines but I will back off how many I review. As a FYI my review rate is about 1,000 a year so not super massive. I probably did more in covid years and less over the last year or so not really pushing that envelope.

[ratatafan045]

I’m also a victim of this.