I had a very similar experience. A very social friend convinced me to try it. I got immersed for about a month but then I slowly drifted away as I got the typi

I had a very similar experience. A very social friend convinced me to try it. I got immersed for about a month but then I slowly drifted away as I got the typical Google service experience. What do I mean by Google service experience? Got to Level 8 but also I submitted about 30 portals, spending a lot of time researching what was suitable. Other players warned me that the response would be 2 months, but still what I got was unacceptable: 4 out of 6 portals were accepted within a month, but they were not the first 6 submitted. The rest of my submission (made over number of days) just fell off the face of earth. I waited a few months then completely gave up on the game. If you do not value my time to give me even a rejection e-mail, then I do not see the point in playing such a game.