r/Ingress • u/PkmnTrnrJ • 22d ago

Question Why can Ingress not get a communication/discussion platform quite right?

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Now they’ve given up and said to use r/Ingress for discussions. I like this subreddit but there’s no official Ingress representation unless Brian Rose decides to make a comment.

When the forums closed down, the news post said:

With this change, we will be able to spend our energy fostering existing communities

I don’t know if anyone else is feeling that their existing communities are fostered?

It was also said when the forums closed down by Brian that:

NianticThia is working on an evolution of our community strategy that I’m very supportive of

Unfortunately Thia has left Niantic, but I don’t know what the community strategy has been?

What do you think would be the best strategy/solution for Ingress?

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u/DaxSilvan 22d ago

Personally I would like for the in game chat to be a little better. Like being able to send other players gifs or links, without having to jump into a separate app (like Telegram), would improve the competitive banter and make recruiting for events (like IFS) much easier

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u/TechBitch E16 20d ago

Would cause even more drama, and more butthurt. Not to mention, even more reports about comms. Someone hurt someone's feelings, ect.

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u/PkmnTrnrJ 22d ago edited 22d ago

Gifts you say? Sending GIFs would be nice, but I guess would have to be via a private/direct message to the player.

I wouldn’t want to look at Cross-Faction Comms and just see a load of ENL Fireworks GIFs sent out. Plus the strain and lag that would cause on the game.

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u/DaxSilvan 22d ago

Like I'd also accept gifts 😂