I was recently trying to help another LG with adding links to their Star video post and then how to correctly comment on a star photo/video/360.The Guide uses a phone to access Connect. It is a bit of a paint to do this on a phone, so I made two screen recordings of the process. If you use an iPhone you are on your own.
For a detailed written explanation of the technique (which also covers the process when using a desktop) please see my post here.
The technique that is shown in the recording applies to any time you want to add a link to or tag another LG in a topic you are creating or a reply that you are making.
This permalink method allows you to create links to any topic or reply that you want to refer to. It is a huge help to write a post like this:
”I was reading a postby @Rednewt74 where he talks about blah blah”, so that Guides that are reading your topic/reply can easily go to the source you are referring to and read it as well. I have found countless really informative posts because the guide writing a topic or reply that I was reading included a link to the source that originally inspired them.
Thank you. I agree that reply would be more accurate in most cases, and will edit my post to reflect this. I often think of them as comments (which isn’t a term connect uses) because I am often commenting rather than replying to a specific guide. If one is in fact creating a new post, and want to refer to an existing post or reply, then the permalink method is needed.
When writing a reply or new post and connect I greatly prefer doing it on my computer. I find it much easier than on my phone. I gather however some Guides use their phone exclusively (I was coaching one recently), and that’s why I created this particular post. The principle is the same on any device, but how you accomplish it varies
Indeed @Rednewt74 many seem to have problems and need some help finding links to posts (topics) and replies/comments within them but also to their Maps profile. I have also written posts about these issues:
AdamGT, thanks for bringing your reply about how to add your Google Maps profile. I will add it to my topic/ post.
I think that sometimes really helpful information gets lost (or at least harder to find) when shared in the course of replies to a topic. I had been having a discussion with a guide about their difficulty with links in general and so that is why I started a new topic on it.
