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Welcome to the new and improved Connect forum!

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For months, we’ve been hard at work updating Connect to make it a more enjoyable and inclusive experience for everyone. Many of our updates are the result of direct feedback, including suggestions that Local Guides made at last year’s big event in California. So thank you! We’re so excited to finally share this redesign with you.

 

Caption: A photo of a phone displaying the Travel section on the redesigned Connect website surrounded by various pins, a passport, two polaroid photos, a plate of gummy fish, and other colorful props.Caption: A photo of a phone displaying the Travel section on the redesigned Connect website surrounded by various pins, a passport, two polaroid photos, a plate of gummy fish, and other colorful props.

On the new Connect, we wanted to make it easier to discover posts you care about most. We’ve created site sections based on popular topics. Whether you’re a foodie or a photographer, you’ll find posts you’re interested in with just one click from the site menu.

 

If you want to read about Local Guides news and Google Maps updates first, check Announcements frequently. Here, you’ll get insider information straight from Googlers, and before official emails go out.

 

Local Guides come from all over the world and speak many different languages. To make Connect a more inclusive experience, the forum is now available in 33 languages. We’ve also updated our accessibility features so that Local Guides using screen readers can more easily participate on Connect. Now, even more Local Guides will be able to discover your amazing contributions and create their own.

 

While we’re incredibly proud of the Local Guides program, we also know there’s always room for improvement. That’s why we’ve launched the Idea Exchange, a way for you to share your feedback with us directly. Use the Idea Exchange to share your ideas for Google Maps, Connect, perks, and more. You can also vote on ideas from other Local Guides, ask them questions, and offer suggestions. Popular ideas will be reviewed by Googlers and taken into consideration.

 

We hope you love the new Connect as much as we do! In the comments, let us know what you think and which features you’re most excited about.


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Level 10

Pak @BudiFXW , @PaDeSSo @ndraverne @RahmatHarmanP mbak @AngieYC

Ada temuan lagi.

Ada fitur yang dihilangkan: Pilihan ukuran huruf dan pilihan warna tidak ada lagi.

Level 8

Calm down guys, i think we need time to get used to new UI.

Dev team maybe cannot wait for a long time that they just so excited to release new UI for us while it still has some bugs/issues.

We just need give them sometine to fix all the bugs as for ourself time to get used to it. We can help them find the bugs as well and that might help them fox it more quickly

Level 10

Mohon maaf, mungkin bagi mas @kasiyanta, masih agak lama.

Karena mas rajin mention saja, agak jarang klik kudos pada repost orang lain, padahal hati itu ada badge untuk memberi dan juga menerima kudos.

Kalau saya dan om @BudiFXW, selain mention, juga bergantian ngasih kudos sebagai apresiasi atas usaha LG lain mengomentari post kita.

Tapi tenang aja, badge bukan tujuan utama, tapi memberi manfaat bagi yang lain itu yang lebih penting.

 

Salam Hormat

 

Level 10

Heheheheh....

Kadang sekali buka laptop langsung banyak balasan dari thread yang ada mention nama saya, disini sering lupa klik hati.

Lebih fokus ke membalas.

Ya pak @PaDeSSo saya akan lebih cermat dalam membaca dan memberi kudos.

Terima kasih pak

Connect Moderator

Everyone like @LucioV and @Gio51x who are looking for Photos and Discoveries, the P+D and Photography forum have been blended into the topic Photography. People used to mis-use both boards excessively so they got blended into a single board. Boards as a concept no longer exist (well, they're still there but no longer visible). What you see is now down by Topic which means that changing the flavour of the Connect experience is much easier and introducing new ideas is simpler and can be done both permenantly and for short term things. Place a topic on your post for Connect to show it properly to everyone.

Connect Moderator

Thanks @LucioV for the leaderboard link. 

I thought it was gone forever 🙂

 

I second you on Kudos fever, for some it was really a matter of getting those glitters but I always liked it .It was sort of a 'push' for me. 

But the new UI boosts posts basef on great content automatically so I believe the new smart algorithm presents Kudos in a different and more healthier way

Level 8

This one is dope indeed. Loving it. 

Level 7

I'm Albanyshane.

I've been a guide for a few months.

I have had a decent time OffTheHip. I'm curious of other guides' perspective. 

I'm a burned-out vet that has allot of time in his hands and I've been looking to something different with mobile display. This is my first journey into software.

Thanks again@

Ranjan
Connect Moderator

@aka_Rὁn the content in old boards will be migrated in time - please don't post links to the old boards as people may post there then no-one will be able to see their contributions.

Level 10

Hi @PaulPavlinovich what does it means your last sentence? Boards are a different way to see the same threads, why if I post a thread starting from the Italian board, and tagging it with "travel" or "photos" I should not find it in the new categorization?

Boards are physical containers for threads, new connect interface is the logical layer.

Correct?

Connect Moderator

@LucioV not quite, all the posts have to be in General Discussion or they're not visible unless you go look at the post directly.

Level 10

Mmmhhh @PaulPavlinovich so the process of moving all the threads to General Discussion is still ongoing? And meanwhile they receive a category that will help in show up in new connect?
This is really strange, I will try posting something in the old boards, and see if jumps out.

Level 10

Ok, got it @PaulPavlinovich this is forced, because when you open a thread in an old board (I've opened one in Italian language board) you don't have the opportunity to add categories nor tags.

So, this is not a technical issue but, again, is a way to force users comply the new system.

Level 10

@PaDeSSo

Di Lg site baru

Knpa jdi nggak muncul ya badge level nya...

Mohon share nya pak...

htr nhun

Connect Moderator

@LucioV I'm sad that you think there is some great conspiracy, this is simply a data migration of the hardest possible kind, doing it within a live production system. It is done slowly and carefully to avoid data corruption or loss. There is nothing forced, it just takes time. Please be patient.

 

Regards Paul

Level 10

Di LG connect versi 2.0 mengalami perubahan range di setiap badge,

 

awalnya di connect versi 1.0

  @Riekaem123 bisa mempunyai badge dengan range 1,5,25,50,100, 250, 500, 1000,2500 dan 5000, dan di connect 2.0, rangenya berubah menjadi 1, 100, 500, 1000 dan 5000Screenshot_2018-08-23-15-47-10_1_1.jpg

 

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Jadi kita harus ikhlas banyak memberi kudos sebagai apresiasi atas usaha LG menjawab mention kita, insya Allah orang LG lain pun akan mengapresiasi apresiasi kita

 

CMIIW

 

Salam Berbagi

PaDeSSo

Level 10

@PaDeSSo

Terima kasih 

Atas pencerahan nya....

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hi, @LucioV

Every first  change is not immediately accepted by the user and it needs to see how the user would accept it or reject it. Most of the changes are good and better functioning there is also some gap for more improvement and advancement and I hope the map team solve it very sharp and perfectly.

Level 1

lovely

olumayurtech
Level 7

Honourable @TraciC Sir,

So nice and new and improved connect forum  interface,

I like it very much.

It is helpful to all local guides.

With best regards,

Buddhadeb


 


 

Level 7

Looking good! 

James K
Local Guide Level 7
Street View Trusted Photographer
Master Fact Finder | Expert Reviewer | Expert Photographer
United Kingdom
Level 10

Such a good function by Google Maps

Llo Support for Taiwan hahaaa

Local Guides from Taiwan.

My LGs profile➤https://www.google.com.tw/maps/contrib/101643820823137654634/◀

Level 10

Local Guides all over the world have been keeping making Google Maps better, also Google Maps help and provide LGs more, too.

Local Guides from Taiwan.

My LGs profile➤https://www.google.com.tw/maps/contrib/101643820823137654634/◀

Level 6

Thank you for the new look. It helps to find the main themes.

Level 10

Banyak yang merasa bahwa badges berkurang, bahkan hilang. Kalau kita jeli melihat, bahwa range yang dipakai LG Connect 2.0 ini sangat berbeda dengan versi 1.0.

 

Sebelumnya range yang dipakai adalah 1, 5, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, dan 5000. Jadi badges yang didapat banyak.

Badges di connect tidak hilang tapi range nya menjadiScreenshot_2018-08-23-15-47-10_1_1.jpg

 

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Memberikan minimal 5000 kudos itu hanya mendapat 5 badges

Begitu pula badge menerima kudos juga cuma 5Screenshot_2018-08-23-15-47-21_2_1.jpg

 

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Perbedaan antara menerima dan memberikan kudos terletak di arah panah di dalam skop

 

Semoga bermanfaat

Level 10

dear @PaulPavlinovich 

and and for knowledge dear @LucioV , @DeniGu , @ErmesT , @GeorgesHR 

and other my friend @Safdarrai@Rezgar , @Anonymous , @BudiFXW  and @Vasudeo 

 

and other all friends of this Connect platform 

 

I'm here to greet you, today I partially abandon the Connect, I'll be a spectator, light your posts, I'll see the evolution of this new platform, I'll follow the SVT section more, I came in April this year finding a place here dominated by post on food, I tried a bit 'of Italy, but the Italian community seems absent so I tried to bring a little' of Italy, but my tags have been disturbing effect, so I think as the amount of post published .
It 's also true that from the beginning no one has ever considered my posts, the tags I put them for this, rightfully no one is obliged to look at my posts.
my tour without itinerary with SV started in 2008, however, continues every day to take screens of places and issues, but has long been shared on other social media, public view without tags, even in less publication.

 

my project of my exploratory journey on SV recently took another direction you will not be bothered by my tags and posts. 

 

long ago I had proposed an app for the disabled but it was never taken into consideration, as I proposed to start shooting with SV at night imagining the beautiful illuminated cities in a night mode, but this idea has not been answered.
Someone wrote that Connect is the pleasure of discovery and not impose the vision of their posts, in fact I opened a thread dedicated to the heart as a symbol of love and a thousand other meanings, but also this thread went unnoticed until I started tag someone.

I also like food and travel, but starting to publish with the limit of 1000 photos is a problem much more important than my tags and posts that you will not see anymore.

I was born in 1966 and I have been taking pictures since 1976, but since I got digital I took a lot of pictures and here are some professionals who do better than me, of course for a photographer with experience like some of you or for a lover of landscapes like me, this limit 1000 images is just an impediment to being able to express even new arguments, because it is done quickly, for those who love photography reach 1000 photos.

 

I think that from today that there will be no more my posts of SV, you can at least modify this function by removing the limit 1000 photos / video per user.
I do not think anyone can at that point abound with photo posts but give space to new arguments with photos and videos. 

 

I will remain a reader of your posts and maybe at Christmas I will publish a Christmas tree.

my tags will not bother you anymore, just for that phrase of the pleasure of discovery who knows at Christmas how many will notice the photo of my lighted tree? 

 

anyway to thank all of you even the untagged ones I dedicate a series of some pictures taken by me in January 2013 in Chamois in Valle D'Aosta the smallest town in Italy with 97 inhabitants and always linked to the cableway, and its 1800 meters above sea level, a small paradise, and while I went up and down I also photographed the Matterhorn from the cable car. 

The MatterhornThe Matterhorn

the church of Chamoisthe church of Chamois

crossing the other cable car departing from Chamoiscrossing the other cable car departing from Chamoissmall village of Chamoissmall village of Chamois

the Matterhorn at the sunsetthe Matterhorn at the sunset

 

GIO' 

 

Level 10

Terima kasih @PaDeSSo 

Saya kemarin juga sempat bingung arti hati yg ada. 

 

Level 6

The new interface is great. Loving it.

Level 6

I am so loving the new connect rich in content and design and the best part of it is finding meetups, before I walk around the site like a blind man looking for meet up around me. Now I can close my eyes and join a meet up 😀

Level 8

@TraciC Great work and efforts, especially that any suggestion for improvement is now available for ideas.



Join our Egypt Local Guides Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/egyptgooglelocalguides/
Level 8

Congrats @TraciC for this

This User interface is amazing and easy to use thanks alot

Level 6

ขอบคุณครับ

Level 10

Hi Dear @Gio51x
Great Job, Congratulations Dear friend!!
Thank you for sharing.


Best Regards
Rezgar

Level 9

@ErmesT I agree! In software development, fixing of bugs depends on the serverity of each reported bugs. I understand if they can't fix it immediately. Maybe they're doing or fixing bigger than what we've reported. As of this moment, I still give them a huge kudos! It's great to have this nee environment. 

Level 10

Sahabat Local Guides,

Di akhir bulan Agustus 2018 ini, LG Connect bermigrasi ke versi terbaru 2.0, tentu banyak tampilan yang diperbaharui termasuk badge.

 

Berikut Badge Baru memberikan kudosScreenshot_2018-08-23-15-47-10_1_1.jpg

 

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Sedangkan badge Menerima Kudos ada 5 juga yaitu =Screenshot_2018-08-23-15-47-21_2_1.jpg

 

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Ada yang baru di Connect versi 2.0 yaitu memberi 10.000 Likes dan Menerima 10.000 LikesScreenshot_2018-08-26-02-53-40_1_1.jpg

 

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Semoga informasi ini bermanfaat dan meningkatkan semangat untuk meraihnya

 

Salam Berbagi

PaDeSSo - Indonesia

Connect Moderator

Yes @JedR, I agree, even if the community was a bit divided and confused, in the first moment. But the good news for me is that the most active members are starting to post.

The sharing of good contents will increase the quality of the community

Level 10

Hai Sahabat Local Guides,

Seiring migrasi Connect ke versi 2.0, badge untuk pos dan Solusi juga di perbaharui, baik itu desain badge maupun range jaraknya.

 

Berikut 5 Badge untuk postingan Thread BaruScreenshot_2018-08-26-02-19-59_2_1.jpg

 

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Begitu pula untuk Solusi, ada 5 badge dengan desain dan range baru, yaitu =Screenshot_2018-08-26-02-17-06_1_1.jpg

 

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Mudah mudahan informasi ini bermanfaat bagi kita semua

 

Salam berbagi

PaDeSSo - Indonesia

Level 9

Keren versi baru dengan desainnya yang smart powered by Lithium merupakan pengembang masakini yang didominasi oleh anak muda kreatifitas dan produktif. 

Level 10

Iya mas @Mangib,

Desainnya bikin kita makin betah di Connect

 

Salam

PaDeSSo - Bandung

Level 9

Terimaksih  penjelasanya.. .sangat membantu.. 

Level 8

Keren versi barunya

Level 10

New Things are Mostly always welcoming, helpful and Exciting..

 

Thank you @TraciC

श्रृt 

@TeamMumbaiMaharastra..
#IndiaLocalGuides

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Indian


Level 10

Ayo kang @IYbrothers

Kita semangat untuk terus memberi kontribusi positif yang bermanfaat bagi banyak orang.

 

Salam

PaDeSSo - Bandung

Level 10

Terima kasih penjelasannya @PaDeSSo.

 

Diawal memang terasa membingungkan, namun setelah disimak, semakin jelas.

 

Terima kasih.

Tag (@BudiFXW) in your post or comment, I will happily to connect with you.
Level 6

Hi all.

Don't like the new look.... but no worries, I'm sure it will grow on me, Change is good right? 🙂

 

So the "Share your photos & discoveries" is part of the "Photography" forum now?. Maybe it was a good idea to merge them if as Paul says, a lot of people were putting photos in there when it was meant for questions/tips on photography.

 

Best wishes

 

semakin seru , berwarna dan lucu Badgenya...terimakasih Pak

Level 10

Terima kasih atas penjelasannya. Bermanfaat buat saya.

Tag (@BudiFXW) in your post or comment, I will happily to connect with you.
Level 10

Ya om @BudiFXW dan @RahmatHarmanP, warnanya menarik dan range jaraknya membuat kita harus lebih bersemangat lagi, untuk 5000 kudos baik itu memberi dan menerima hanya dapat 5 badge. Dan 5 badges untuk 500 pos dan solusi 

 

Salam

PaDeSSo

Connect Moderator

Absolutely @ErmesT

Quality not quantity.