Felicidades @MaestroTino-PGO y @Daniel6949484-PGO!!! Estoy feliz de que hay 2 representantes de Mexico y latinoamerica. Gracias @NianticTintino por representarnos y a celebrar este Taco Tuesday maravilloso!!!
@NianticTintino Can you please message me direct somehow re Wayfarer Ambassador choice to avoid me public posting. Either @Sssputnik on TG or I can supply email.
@NianticTintino Just in case you're still sending out those last "Hogwarts letters", this is my shameless reminder that back when Casey was still around, I helped inspire the concept for the Wayfarer ambassadors. Hopefully The durselys aren't stealing my mail 😅 My qualifications also include responding to emails in a timely manner 😂
Thank you for the announcement about Wayfarer Ambassadors and congrats to everyone selected! I communicate on Twitter too. My Twitter account is here. (And also, I have a discord account but I am only a lurker.)
The Wayfarer team must have gotten lost in the mountain of Niantic appeals from around the world.
Aside from the delay in announcing the remaining two ambassadors, Support and Feedback and Known Issues and Bug Reporting, which used to be answered quickly, have all stalled for the past two months.
I think the word "soon" has never been more appropriate.
Right after this, tomorrow, after tomorrow, the end of this month, next month, six months, a year from now, forever, it's all coming soon.
It's frustrating, I agree. Since I don't have an NDA to sign I admit that I applied, and was hopeful, and haven't heard a thing: I applied before the original deadline, and then I figured I wouldn't get an invite after they extended the application deadline to get more good candidates after that - but I suspended my depression for a while. I stayed optimistic, checking all folders of my email account, when they announced the extension of the finalization date...and still nothing. Niantic knows, from the sheer number of applicants, that many forum members here are in a similar plight, It feels cruel, and disrespectful to this wonderful volunteer community, to keep stringing us along. Add to that the fact that none of my appeals have been touched, none of the admins interact with more than two or three members here, every interesting thread here gets shut down because one misguided person takes the conversation off-topic and some other person unilaterally calls for the thread to shut down....and you'll see why my enthusiasm is at an all-time low.
I feel where you’re coming from. Almost feel let down sometimes. I guess on a personal level it really just hurts your feelings. Especially people like us that care a lot & are putting a lot of time & effort into this. I understand exactly where you’re coming from. I feel like my voice personally is never heard. It may be because I don’t use social media so much but it shouldn’t matter. Especially speaking of all of the work I personally have put forth into helping my community & 30-40 areas around. If you’re going out of your way to help others. Just know regardless of what anybody says. YOU ARE IMPORTANT
Apologies for the delay. We've got our last Ambassador for the year! Please help me welcome them to the community:
Hi I’m Traxi25 from Queensland, Australia.
Why I chose to become a Wayfarer Ambassador
I chose to become a Wayfarer Ambassador because I am passionate about exploring new and interesting places. I have been very interested in creating a virtual world, where players can get out for exercise and explore their local communities, and communities they are visiting. I enjoy watching the community grow and flourish. I often have random conversations with players about how the process works and how much the virtual world is part of our communities.
What am I looking forward to the most about being a Wayfarer Ambassador
I am really looking forward to having the opportunity to express the thoughts of my local community, through collaboration and discussions. I believe that the Ambassador program is a great opportunity to get involved.
We are very excited to have Traxi25 joining us. We will be having our first meeting next week. We are excited for all of the engagement opportunities we have lined up for you all!
At this time, we have closed the Ambassadors program and will be continuing forward with the 11 we have selected. There's lots lined up and we gotta keep moving forward.
At this time, we have closed the Ambassadors program and will be continuing forward with the 11 we have selected. There's lots lined up and we gotta keep moving forward.
This is honestly extremely disappointing, and does not bode well for the effectiveness or future of the Ambassador program.
The deadlines for applications were extended multiple times and the deadline for announcing ambassadors was missed multiple times. Another extension at this point is not a big deal. I think I speak for the entire community when I say that we don't care if it takes an additional month or longer to pick that final ambassador. You already repeatedly shown that those deadlines were completely arbitrary.
While Niantic clearly wants to use these ambassadors as an additional tool in managing the Wayfarer community, that isn't what the community here cares about, or why we wanted ambassadors in the first place. The community wanted ambassadors because there are an absurd amount of issues that were being completely ignored. The community wanted this program because we want to help make a difference in a hobby that many of us feel we care more about than Niantic. It is because we wanted our voices to finally be heard and to finally make a difference.
To leave that 12th ambassador on the table, especially after promising it weeks ago, is to ignore the voices of everyone who applied for the program and didn't get chosen, as well as to ignore the exponential amount of people whom they would represent. The community will now be punished and worse off because Niantic apparently repeatedly attempted to choose ambassadors who couldn't even manage to check their emails. This is the opposite type of behavior that the community wanted for this program. It is extremely unfair to the community that wants nothing more than help make Wayfarer better, and it is insulting to the many qualified people who wanted to help make the community better.
I am incredibly disappointed, but I can't say I am surprised. What could have been a wonderful turning point for community engagement is already failing just as it is getting started.
I agree with the above - what incentive would there be for me to apply for the next round, since I'm obviously so far out of contention in this round that a null value is better than me?
There's always the possibility that it was not an Ambassador that mentioned this, but a member of paid Niantic staff or a third party involved with scheduling. The Ambassadors chosen seem like a dedicated and honest bunch, and I wish them all good luck in their tenure. I have problems with Niantic's methodology only, not the Ambassadors chosen by those methods. I'm sure they will do well and bring great value to the program!
@NianticTintino@NianticDanbocat its a slap in the face that a pioneer to reporting organized abuse like Andis. Who is the reason @NianticCasey-ING got the wheels turning for the ambassador program... was passed over for..... NO ONE... just a blank wasted spot.
That's exactly what I'm thinking. I think the community deserves a proper explanation for that. Both people who have applied, and people who have counted on the ambassador program to reach its full potential as a tool of communication between the community and Niantic.
It’s definitely shocking that out of nearly 600 applicants, Niantic couldn’t find 12. When it was first announced they were only choosing 12 ambassadors I was surprised because the number seemed so small yet here we are, not even meeting it.
I absolutely know it’s not true that there were no other qualified candidates as I saw a large chunk who applied after reading this post and interacting with the community elsewhere.
Not only did Niantic not meet their goal of 12 ambassadors but they are also leaving multiple regions without an ambassador to represent them at all.
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Felicidades @MaestroTino-PGO y @Daniel6949484-PGO!!! Estoy feliz de que hay 2 representantes de Mexico y latinoamerica. Gracias @NianticTintino por representarnos y a celebrar este Taco Tuesday maravilloso!!!
@NianticTintino Can you please message me direct somehow re Wayfarer Ambassador choice to avoid me public posting. Either @Sssputnik on TG or I can supply email.
@NianticTintino Just in case you're still sending out those last "Hogwarts letters", this is my shameless reminder that back when Casey was still around, I helped inspire the concept for the Wayfarer ambassadors. Hopefully The durselys aren't stealing my mail 😅 My qualifications also include responding to emails in a timely manner 😂
Congrats to all the new ambassadors! Here's hoping we all see some great things come out of this new program.
Congratulations ambassadors!
Thank you for the announcement about Wayfarer Ambassadors and congrats to everyone selected! I communicate on Twitter too. My Twitter account is here. (And also, I have a discord account but I am only a lurker.)
Have you been able to get these last two Tintino? Have I missed an email? 😂
The Wayfarer team must have gotten lost in the mountain of Niantic appeals from around the world.
Aside from the delay in announcing the remaining two ambassadors, Support and Feedback and Known Issues and Bug Reporting, which used to be answered quickly, have all stalled for the past two months.
I think the word "soon" has never been more appropriate.
Right after this, tomorrow, after tomorrow, the end of this month, next month, six months, a year from now, forever, it's all coming soon.
It's frustrating, I agree. Since I don't have an NDA to sign I admit that I applied, and was hopeful, and haven't heard a thing: I applied before the original deadline, and then I figured I wouldn't get an invite after they extended the application deadline to get more good candidates after that - but I suspended my depression for a while. I stayed optimistic, checking all folders of my email account, when they announced the extension of the finalization date...and still nothing. Niantic knows, from the sheer number of applicants, that many forum members here are in a similar plight, It feels cruel, and disrespectful to this wonderful volunteer community, to keep stringing us along. Add to that the fact that none of my appeals have been touched, none of the admins interact with more than two or three members here, every interesting thread here gets shut down because one misguided person takes the conversation off-topic and some other person unilaterally calls for the thread to shut down....and you'll see why my enthusiasm is at an all-time low.
I feel where you’re coming from. Almost feel let down sometimes. I guess on a personal level it really just hurts your feelings. Especially people like us that care a lot & are putting a lot of time & effort into this. I understand exactly where you’re coming from. I feel like my voice personally is never heard. It may be because I don’t use social media so much but it shouldn’t matter. Especially speaking of all of the work I personally have put forth into helping my community & 30-40 areas around. If you’re going out of your way to help others. Just know regardless of what anybody says. YOU ARE IMPORTANT
Is there any update on this?
I can’t offer an update on the two missing ones but I know that there is an Ambassador meeting next week 🕵️ so hopefully they’re in place by then.
Oh ****, there is?!
Wait? How? @PkmnTrainerJ-ING has more info than ambassadors? Why is that not surprising?
Hello Folks!
Apologies for the delay. We've got our last Ambassador for the year! Please help me welcome them to the community:
Hi I’m Traxi25 from Queensland, Australia.
We are very excited to have Traxi25 joining us. We will be having our first meeting next week. We are excited for all of the engagement opportunities we have lined up for you all!
At this time, we have closed the Ambassadors program and will be continuing forward with the 11 we have selected. There's lots lined up and we gotta keep moving forward.
Thank you all and Safe Exploring!
Can you explain the reasoning for only 11 ambassadors instead of the announced 12?
And why other people that aren't ambassadors have more info about the ambassador program before the ambassadors?
Someone else mentioned it to me. I had no way of knowing if it was correct or not, until Tintino’s post.
Maybe other ambassadors kept their NDA and didn't talk to other people about internal data unlike the one that mentioned it to PkmnTrainer.
At this time, we have closed the Ambassadors program and will be continuing forward with the 11 we have selected. There's lots lined up and we gotta keep moving forward.
This is honestly extremely disappointing, and does not bode well for the effectiveness or future of the Ambassador program.
The deadlines for applications were extended multiple times and the deadline for announcing ambassadors was missed multiple times. Another extension at this point is not a big deal. I think I speak for the entire community when I say that we don't care if it takes an additional month or longer to pick that final ambassador. You already repeatedly shown that those deadlines were completely arbitrary.
While Niantic clearly wants to use these ambassadors as an additional tool in managing the Wayfarer community, that isn't what the community here cares about, or why we wanted ambassadors in the first place. The community wanted ambassadors because there are an absurd amount of issues that were being completely ignored. The community wanted this program because we want to help make a difference in a hobby that many of us feel we care more about than Niantic. It is because we wanted our voices to finally be heard and to finally make a difference.
To leave that 12th ambassador on the table, especially after promising it weeks ago, is to ignore the voices of everyone who applied for the program and didn't get chosen, as well as to ignore the exponential amount of people whom they would represent. The community will now be punished and worse off because Niantic apparently repeatedly attempted to choose ambassadors who couldn't even manage to check their emails. This is the opposite type of behavior that the community wanted for this program. It is extremely unfair to the community that wants nothing more than help make Wayfarer better, and it is insulting to the many qualified people who wanted to help make the community better.
I am incredibly disappointed, but I can't say I am surprised. What could have been a wonderful turning point for community engagement is already failing just as it is getting started.
I agree with the above - what incentive would there be for me to apply for the next round, since I'm obviously so far out of contention in this round that a null value is better than me?
I echo the above too. 579 people applied and not one of those 568 others was good enough to fill the last position?
That’s like a dog winning a talent show against a bunch of people.
There's always the possibility that it was not an Ambassador that mentioned this, but a member of paid Niantic staff or a third party involved with scheduling. The Ambassadors chosen seem like a dedicated and honest bunch, and I wish them all good luck in their tenure. I have problems with Niantic's methodology only, not the Ambassadors chosen by those methods. I'm sure they will do well and bring great value to the program!
@NianticTintino @NianticDanbocat its a slap in the face that a pioneer to reporting organized abuse like Andis. Who is the reason @NianticCasey-ING got the wheels turning for the ambassador program... was passed over for..... NO ONE... just a blank wasted spot.
You advertised 12 ambassadors... please deliver.
That's exactly what I'm thinking. I think the community deserves a proper explanation for that. Both people who have applied, and people who have counted on the ambassador program to reach its full potential as a tool of communication between the community and Niantic.
And of course, congratulations to Traxi for joining the program!
It was not an Ambassador. Hence why I said I wasn’t sure if it was true. No NDAs broken.
@NianticTintino please respond, i know you are reading these messages we are we #NotGoodEnoughfor12 ?
Maybe one of the 12 ambassadors betrayed wayfarer.
It’s definitely shocking that out of nearly 600 applicants, Niantic couldn’t find 12. When it was first announced they were only choosing 12 ambassadors I was surprised because the number seemed so small yet here we are, not even meeting it.
I absolutely know it’s not true that there were no other qualified candidates as I saw a large chunk who applied after reading this post and interacting with the community elsewhere.
Not only did Niantic not meet their goal of 12 ambassadors but they are also leaving multiple regions without an ambassador to represent them at all.