How to chose topic for my post

Hi Dear @MoniV :blush:
Thank you for your kind comments and proper action. :blush: :+1: and I apologize if my posts were not in relevant topic. :pray:
Yes I am new and very exited to become more familiar and share my tons of photos. :blush:
If you donโ€™t mind, would you please help me to find relevant topic before a post?
(for example your mentioned one :point_right: " Local Guides Garden " )
Because when I would like to start a post, I have only these few options , :pensive:
:point_down:

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Hi @Navid_Ebdaei ,

When you start a new post you have seven options for boards: Photography, Travel, Food & Drink, Local Stories, Meet-ups, How-tos and Achievements. You can visit each board and check the posts that other Local Guides have shared.

I have moved your post to another post Local Guides garden, when I moved it, it became a comment under the main post. If you want to comment on any other post you can search the community. And you can also check this helpful article: How to choose a topic for your Connect post.

P.S.: Please note, that I have moved your question to the How-tos board, as this would be helpful to fellow Local Guides searching for similar questions.

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Hi @Navid_Ebdaei

Let me try to give you a super short explanation of the topics (sections) here on Connect.

Most of them are pretty self-explanatory. These include:

Photography, Travel, and Food & Drink.

  • Please consider adding some text explaining why you are posting the pictures in these sections to add some value for those seeing your photos.

Local stories

  • This is pretty much where you can post your story if it does not fit into any other section.

Meet-ups

How-tos

  • This is where you ask questions and find answers. This is also where you can share your experience without anyone asking for it. The section called โ€œHelp-deskโ€ sounds like this is where you should ask for help. Nope. Help-desk is where helpful documents are shared by the google moderators

Achievements

  • This is where you can brag about your level, points, and views.

There is one more section you need to know about:

Idea Exchange

  • This is where we share and vote on suggestions for improvements to Google Maps and Connect.

Cheers

MortenCopenhagen

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:blush: Hi Dears @MortenCopenhagen and @MoniV
Thank you for your advice, :+1: :pray: :blush:
But my question is, what if my topic is different from those? am I allowed to write another topic ?
For example photos taken from flowers, trees, jungles, water plants such as mangrove forest must go in their specific topics such as "Local Guides gardens" or not?

Best Regards
Navid Ebdaei

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Hi @Navid_Ebdaei ,

As I already mentioned, there are seven boards on Connect, and if you post something different and not related to our program it will be removed.

You can read more here about What are the Connect topics?.

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:+1: :blush:
Thank you @MoniV for your kind advice :+1: :blush: :pray:
Iโ€™ll do my best to keep in mind and dont forget :+1: :pray: :blush:
Thank you again and best regards

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Hi @Navid_Ebdaei

You can not create new topics. Imagine how disorganized Connect would become if we all did that.

Use the Subject line (the heading) to let people know what your post is about. And use the โ€œLocal Storiesโ€ topic if no other existing topics fit.

Cheers

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The current boards on Connect are nearly enough @Navid_Ebdaei

It depends on what you want to say to choose which board. For example, if you want to focus on Photo you should choose Photography but if you want to tell a story or information about a place you know or what you do in your area, you should choose Local Stories, or if you want to share something about one of your trips it suggested to use Travel board.

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:blush: :+1:
@MortenCopenhagen
Thank you both for your kind advice and explanation . :blush: :+1: :pray:

Iโ€™ll do my best to follow your guidance :blush: :+1: :pray:
Best Regards

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:blush: :+1: :pray:

Thank you @Amiran for your kind advice and examples :blush: :+1: :pray:

Iโ€™ll do my best to keep in mind and dont forget :blush: :+1: :pray:

Thank you again and best regards

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