Local Guides around the world create topics on Connect to share travel stories, recommend local experiences, offer photography tips, organize meet-ups, and so much more. You can follow specific guides for their amazing content on Connect and choose to get notifications about the content you care about.
How to follow a Local Guide
Following a Local Guide allows you to see all of their new posts in one dedicated feed. This way, you won’t miss anything from the people who inspire you.
To follow a Local Guide, click on their profile photo anywhere in the community and then “Follow.” You can also go to their Connect profile page and click on the +Follow button under their name.
In your Notification preferences, you can control the type of notifications you receive from the people you follow and whether you want others to know when you follow them.
How to unfollow a Local Guide
Similarly to following a Local Guide, you can unfollow someone by clicking “Unfollow” after tapping on their profile photo or from their Connect profile page.
Where can I see a list of my followers, the Local Guides I follow, and their content?
Click on your profile photo and choose “Follow feed” from the menu. In the “Feed” section you’ll find all topics and replies written by the Local Guides you follow. In “Following,” you’ll see who you follow, and in “Followers” — who follows you.
Get notified about content you care about
You can choose to receive a different type of notifications for each Connect content category and topic that interests you.
- Category notifications. On a category page, click on the bell icon and select one of the five levels: “Watching,” “Tracking,” “Watching first post,” “Normal,” or “Muted.”
- Topic notifications. You can find the bell icon at the bottom of a topic thread (on mobile devices and computers) or under the timeline bar on the right side of a topic with replies (on a computer). There are four levels to choose from: “Watching,” “Tracking,” “Normal,” and “Muted.”
Bookmark great content
Bookmarking allows you to save content you find helpful or want to read again in the future.
To use this feature, click on the three dots under the topic or reply you wish to save, and then — on the bookmark icon.
There are three ways to find your bookmarked content:
- Go to your profile > Activity > Bookmarks
- Go to Topics > Bookmarked
- Go to the category where you have bookmarked content > Bookmarked