[Recap] More ways to Contribute - Q&A and Answers Virtual Meet

Hello Local Guides

The more we search the more ways we explore to contribute- Q&A and answers.

In a 40 mins session we discussed about the difference between answers and Q&A.

Answers are usually the prompts we get when we visit a place or after visit, these questions are usually related to few attributes of the place and it helps to get more information/verify details about the place.

(caption: Illustration depicting various questions asked in prompts)

These prompts are to be answered in only basic Yes/no / not sure / more options where you can skip or choose the option which applies. Each answer gives us 1point.

(caption: Collage of slides showing different yes and no questions)

On the other hand the Q&A are questions asked by local guides level 2 and above can be answered by any local guide level 2 and above

They are typed in the Q&A option on the place or on Google search community questions.

The answers here need to typed.

These questions are more specific to a particular place (Example: do you recommend this place for family? Or what are the happy hour timings of this place? This the place group friendly? Does this place serve a particular dish?)

Each Q&A we Answer gives us 3points.

(Caption: collage of screenshot of attendees)

Here are some questions discussed:

  1. @Shreeya_99 - I keep getting the prompt did I drive to the plac

Ans: these prompts are common for everyone so you can choose the option no, if you didn’t use the car or you can choose to skip the question.

  1. @Pratik_89 why do we get 1 point even if we answer as not sure

Ans: sometimes we might have been to a place but we might have not noticed or might not. Answering yes/no will be wrong so we have the option of not sure.

  1. @Nagavijay - I visited a shop after coming home I got prompts asking about products available there again after a week I visited and again they asked the same, why is that so

Ans: to get the recent updates we keep getting similar questions at times. Maybe the same product which was available last time might not be available during the recent visit in this way they get the very recent updates with a single yes/no.

  1. @Ddimitra - I get prompts of places I have not been to and when I go to malls I get prompts about many places inside even though I have not visited

Ans: when many places are located in one like a mall to market the places appear in our timeline we can choose the more option and select I haven’t been here or you can skip the question.

If you choose I haven’t been here it won’t ask the question again about that place in case you don’t get the option to remove it you can remove it from your timeline.

@RosyKohli described her experience about question and answer and recent contributions where she updates about safety measures like the delivery person was wearing a mask or no.

we discussed it is important to read the question before answering and not just randomly marking yes/no to get points.

If you don’t know the answer it is better to skip instead of giving wrong information.

If the place appears in your timeline even if you have not visited always mark it as haven’t been there or avoid answering questions of these places.

Please make sure to check if the question you want to ask is already available in the question sections.

Don’t ask/answer irrelevant questions and answers.

Do not answer the question if you don’t know.

Be honest and mindful while giving answers or asking a question.

We had a small discussion related categories where @AnshukMitra asked about a fish shop he wants to add on maps but cannot find the category as it is not a seafood shop but only fish shop and discussed how there are new categories constantly updating making maps more helpful and easy for us to add correct categories.

Some helpful links for

Q&A and Answers

Album link

Slides link

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I learned something new from this Meet-up like Yes / No / Not sure.

I meet New friends from this Virtual Meet @Pratik_89 , @Rk151 , @AnshukMitra , @Shreeya_99 & @Ddimitra

Thank you @FalguniP for tagging me.

Once again Thank you for posted my Question in your Article/Post.

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Meetups are very important for a Any local guide. Many issues have been discussed in the virtual meetup of the Q&A session. Each A / Q solutions have been given excellent.

Hello my dear lovely @FalguniP sister Your style of Guiding work is very good to me. I fell in love with your local guides with Connect Forum.

Thank you very much nice recap post sharing with us.

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@FalguniP we share we learn too much from this meet up… meeting people from all over the world getting new things to know it always keeps my excitement level high. :grinning:

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It was indeed an informative meetup @FalguniP

So nice to meet some of new people and discuss the common doubts that we share while contributing to the maps everyday. Thanks for having me.

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@FalguniP

Thanks nice meet up got to know many this & met new lg friends nice recap.

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@Nagavijay Thank you for joining it was nice to meet you, I am glad you found the meet up useful :slightly_smiling_face:

@Mohammadalauddin thank you for your kind words brother :slightly_smiling_face:

Our community is all about learning and sharing with fellow local guides.

My recent meet ups were about very basic topics but they play a huge part in our contribution and improving maps.

@Pratik_89 thank you for being a part of it and asking question.

Questions always allow us to get more information about a contribution.

@Shreeya_99 thank you for appreciating.

Yes you said it right these are basic yet common doubts and questions we all have while we contribute daily :slightly_smiling_face:

@RosyKohli thanks for helping during the sessions with some handy tips that could be useful for new local guides :slightly_smiling_face:

The collage it amazing !

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Woww very nice recap. Though I missed it but through recap I gained much information. Great meet up. Thanks for sharing @FalguniP

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Thank you @Rohan10

If you have any questions regarding Q&A or answers feel free to ask :slightly_smiling_face:

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