Well done @Peadar. Your journey is not too dissimilar to that of most of us and for me it was pretty much a lone journey until I joined Connect in October 2017. I wanted to improve the quality of the Local Guides “dashboard” on and Maps and slowly my focus encompassed improving the quality of contributions on Connect (e.g. Is a picture always worth a 1000 words?. Then, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, I took an interest in my most viewed photo. It wasn’t anything startling and certainly not quality photography! I wondered whether other Local Guides had the same and this got me thinking 
In July 2020, after nearly 600 comments on that first post, the Leaderboards were born and so was the world of “stars” and associated lingo (e.g. star photo, star video and star 360 spheres, star views and of course rockstar Local Guides - Who are the Top Local Guides?). Five years later, Local Guides from 119 countries are participating, learning and growing together, motivating each other to improve the quality of our contributions and through this, achieving better outcomes and greater impact on our communities, all in a fun and friendly competitive way.
7 Likes