Achieving “a year of presence in Connect” is a very special thing for me. Reaching this milestone on Earth Day is, for the love I have for the environment, much more than special: it’s memorable. So I wanted to celebrate this moment with a post, to share my emotion, and to know yours, your goals, those you really want to achieve. Enjoy the reading
How long is a Year?
525,948 minutes is the length of the Tropical Year
525,969 minutes is the length of the Syderal Year
1,675 days is the length of my first year in Connect, from September 20, 2016 up to today, April 22, 2022 - Earth day
526,080 minutes is the number of my “Total Minutes Online” as of day 1,675
Some may think that I am crazy, or sick, spending all this time in Connect. Maybe I really am, but what makes me proud and happy are the things that have happened in this time.
1,675 days ago I knocked on the door of this community to be able to talk about earthquakes and re-building
The community has opened its doors and welcomed me and … well, there are so many things we can do, there are so many things we can help for improvement, that these 1,675 days sometimes seem to me to have passed in a moment. These 526,080 minutes weren’t enough to do all the things I wanted to do.
From the Earthquake to Accessible Life, starting from a Map to get to a Bigger Map, passing through the (very large) Map of #LocalGuidesCleanTheWorld
Within Connect, I learned a lot about Google Maps, its rules and how to improve our contributions. I like to help and share what I have learned, and this has allowed me to have many answers accepted as solutions. My current ratio is “one solution every 17.19408502772643 answers”, and I believe that those who love numbers may find it interesting
Numbers. The numbers measure our performance, and we use them for a comparison with ourselves and with others. But the numbers must be interpreted, understood, otherwise they lose their intrinsic value.
As I said already in Is it only a matter of numbers? “Is a million views of our photo in a famous shop worth more than a thousand views in a small shop in a rural area? Which of the two did we help the most?”
In the next year I do not think I will be able to receive other badges that certify the results achieved (there are currently no other badges that I can receive), so the numbers I would like to reach are other. I’d like to be able to reach 10,000 Local Guides with my posts (I’m currently at 9,329) and it would probably be nice to reach 100,000 likes.
But my real Goal, what I would really consider a great achievement, is to increase contributions to Accessible Life from other Local Guides, and to increase the number of places #LocalGuidesCleanTheWorld reaches.
Numbers. Numbers that tell a result, not just for me, but for the whole planet.
What about you? What are the numbers that in your opinion could tell your most important performances? What are the Goals you would like to achieve, and why?
And, in the end, is it really just a matter of numbers?
