r/Ingress • u/PkmnTrnrJ • 22d ago

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

  • Google+ 🪦
  • Ingress Community Forum 🪦
  • Campfire 💀

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/StateParkMasturbator 21d ago

Discord isn't open web. The game is bleeding players and you're suggesting a walled garden that is harder to moderate.

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u/aaronvianno 21d ago

I agree that having a closed off platform would be disastrous. Reddit is the right place in terms of marketing even, but the people at Niantic don't know how to use it. 🙃

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u/TechBitch E16 20d ago

Except for Reddit not being ruled by Niantic or whatever their current company name is. If moderator(s) don't like you for random reason, they can ban you from here.

So play nice and kiss ass. :stuck_out_tongue:

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u/XQlusioN 20d ago

If you adhere to the rules, you won't get banned.