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Water Cooler: A new section on Connect

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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!

30 Comments
Level 5

Can we add "Arts and Culture" as a category for Local Guides? 

Level 9

In the previous connect community we can post any things but in new version connect community we can't post many things like before. Now a day's moderators remove the post because of "off-topic". At this moment we can't express all of our activities in the new version of connect community because of "off-topic". I request to google please add a new category "Open Zone" or by any other name like other categories "Photography" "Travel" "Food & Drink" and "Local Stories". In this "Open Zone" we can express all of our other activities related to Local Guides that does not goes to Photography, Travel, Food & Drink, and Local Stories; so that nothing we can miss in the community. 

 

Level 10

@AbdullahAM Thanks for sharing. It would be good to know what kind of posts you have in mind that do not fall into the existing available topics. Give as many examples as you can think of. This is so Google can narrow down legitimate topics that can be looked at to be possibly added. 

In my opinion, an open ended topic, may encourage too many non related posts that may not have much to do with LG, Connect, Maps or related Google services..

For example in this idea post here https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/All-Ideas/Create-a-new-board-for-Members-Stories/idi-p/1015604

 

Anonymous
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I was wondering if in the near future could give us a social section topic.

Never had the "spam" experience before and it is pretty humiliating.

 

 P.s. i use only google.

 

Thank you,

Nick.

Former Google Contributor
Status changed to: Needs information

Thank you for reaching out, @Anonymous. We are going to need some further detail to understand you. What do you mean by "social section"?

 

By the way, your post is getting a Connect label to make suit it better.

Due to the volume of private messages Googlers receive, I do not read or respond to private messages. Please post publicly so others may benefit from your discussion. If you require urgent assistance, please tag a Google Moderator. Thank you!
Anonymous
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I thank you @IrrPavlova i feel that i am afraid to post anything else because of continuous hints and tips to post on social network while i see other people posting with no problem.

I really like to communicate more with fellow local guides from all over the world.

I am not spammer,i have simmilar posts with many people in here but all the time i cause spam or instead of having at least one normal comment i receive anger or deletion.

Like i said i feel it is humiliating.

By the way i use only google services

And i dont like any other social consoles.

All i want is to communicate.

Thank you for your time.

 

Hi 

My Name Niaz Ahmad Chan 

Former Google Contributor
Status changed to: Voting open

Thank you for clarifying @Anonymous! Other Local Guides can now vote for it to show support.

Due to the volume of private messages Googlers receive, I do not read or respond to private messages. Please post publicly so others may benefit from your discussion. If you require urgent assistance, please tag a Google Moderator. Thank you!
Anonymous
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@IrrPavlova Thank you for your gentle approach.

I really appreciate it.

Connect Moderator

Hola @vvbellur, me encanta el término “enfriador de agua”, jajaja y si es verdad, todo aquel que trabajo en una oficina, tenemos lo que nosotros llamamos “dispensadores de agua” y si es correcto todos nos juntamos al rededor de él para servirnos un té caliente o un vaso de agua fría.

 Aqui 👇

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/All-Ideas/Social-section-of-local-guides-connect/idi-p/1157694

o aquí 👇

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/All-Ideas/Add-a-new-category-quot-Open-Zone-quot/idi-p/1070916

 

Puedes leer una sugerencia de mejora similar a la tuya, indicando de contar con una nueva categoría al estilo de lo que tú describes.🙂

 

Con lo cual la creación de una categoría del estilo que mencionas me parece muy necesario, estoy de cuerdo con tu sugerencia de mejora, ya que a esta misma se la puede juntar con varias que hay en el sentido de hacer a Connect más Social, por ejemplo de agregar una sección de chat en vivo tipo “Hangouts” 🙂👍

 

saludos Farid.