Hey @dandv Thanks for your suggestion! I don’t really focus a lot on Google Maps related issues and I understand that the teams prefer to keep the Local Guides program separate from the Google Maps Help community as the goals/focus is slightly different.
As this new version of Connect is new, I’m sure the team will be busy going through the various feedbacks submitted. Have you also submitted this suggestion using their form found in this post?
I don’t mind seeing it in this post as it will be interesting to see what others feel about it too. (And I can already see a few people typing out their replies! 
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