Water Cooler: A new section on Connect

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Cute picture to get your votes! 😉

Hi everyone,  I would like to propose that a new section called "Water Cooler" be added to Connect.  

(Water cooler: Used to refer to the type of informal conversation among office workers that takes place around a water cooler. Learn more here)

Why? Sometimes it's just nice to talk about non LGs related stuff.

Exclusive boards will do justice for a small number of people, but this place will be inclusive, so all LGs can connect informally with each other. There are certain topics which sometimes can't fall under any of the existing categories and the 'Local' board doesn't do justice.

Use cases: Here are some questions that would typically fall here.

- What's your favourite TV show? / Which TV series would you recommend? / What's on your Netflix watch list right now?

- Similar thing for movies/books. I watched this movie last night and here's why would recommend it.

- Can you recommend me a list of songs that I can listen to when I work-out?

- Does anyone play (insert name) this video game? I need some help leveling up!

- How do you make your child eat without making them watch YouTube?!  🙂

- Fitness challenge - I am starting a weekly running challenge of xx distance. Who would like to join?

So you get the drift right?  This would be an informal lounge where LGs and Googlers can hangout! No featured discussions, everyone gets equal facetime! The whole idea is to make Connect more social and personal and I think the Water Cooler section will help do that! 

Happy to hear your thoughts along with reason: Yes, No, May be?

Cheers!

[FaridTDF]

Leída tu aclaración y tu punto de vista estoy de acuerdo contigo @Anonymous, y varios otros solicitando un espacio más social en Connect, gracias por compartir tu sugerencia.

 Saludos Farid

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[vvbellur]

Oh thanks a lot for sharing those links @FaridTDF. Wow...I never knew there were already conversations about it. Hope Google will combine all these ideas together similar together and count the votes! 🙂

[MoniDi]

Hello @AbdullahAM,

I will merge your idea with Water Cooler: A new section on Connect which is similar to your idea. 

[MoniDi]

Hello @Anonymous,

I will merge your idea with Water Cooler: A new section on Connect as it is similar to what you are suggesting.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for that @MoniDi and what a clever way to explain socialization @vvbellur

Nice to meet you.

[vvbellur]

@Anonymous, nice to meet you too! Hope our idea gets the popular votes! 🙂 *fingers crossed*

[CherrybloomAbuja]

I think @vvbellur@@idea is great, a forum to discuss non related  issues does make a good argument for better social engagements and relationships 

[vvbellur]

Thanks @CherrybloomAbuja!

[Nansi]

how about we share our interests ourselves? Like.. to make interests list and let people choose topic and talk about it. This would be good for sharing opinions or advice, seeing sth in a new way, thinking about its pluses and minuses and so on.

[AngieYC]

Hello @Nansi,

Thank you for sharing, similar idea had been suggested before and i am merging it there - Water Cooler: A new section on Connect.