Wayfarer Ambassador + Wayfarer Twitter - Discussion
Hello Explorers,
I’m incredibly excited to announce two very exciting updates for 2022! We will be launching our very own Wayfarer Ambassador Program and our very own Official Wayfarer Twitter!
Wayfarer Ambassador Program
From my first day as the Community Manager I’ve been looking forward to launching this program and we are almost there! While there will be many more details in Jan. 2022, this program will be an opportunity for Explorers to leverage their experiences and make a real impact for the Wayfarer Community. From sharing thoughts and ideas to aiding as a voice for the community, Ambassadors will have a fun time engaging with the Community Manager and many more perks!
Official Wayfarer Twitter
We are getting an official Twitter account! We are very excited to have our very own Wayfarer Twitter to share information and engage with you all and many other Explorers that may not be using the Wayfarer Forum. This will give us a vast platform to reach more Explorers and share in all of the joys of exploration together.
While there are no set dates just yet, I’ll make sure to jump back onto this thread when those are finalized to share with you all! We’re excited to bring you more ways to engage with us and share your feedback to keep improving our exploration experience. Check out the original post HERE!
Until then, Safe Exploring!
Comments
@Niantic where's my PokéStop?
Looking forward to seeing how this develops!
Wow, this is exciting news! I can’t wait to see what January brings. Twitter is gonna make wayfarer outreach a lot better. And I’ve been SUPER HYPE about community advocates for a while now.
Very exciting to see that the Ambassador program is coming to fruition!
The Ambassador program sounds good. I hope you will only include those from groups that follow the guidance though. I’m sure many Wayfarers know of a “global” group on social media who are known for their admins bending the criteria and deleting official Niantic guidance which contradicts what that group want.
Fastest reply to an AMA question that I've ever seen haha. Thank you for the update and I'm looking forward to hearing more about the program :)
@NianticTintino Would the Twitter account be able to act when issues about Diversity & Inclusion occur in your platform? Such as this one? https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/23661/synical-piglet
I'd love to read your views about it. Love your avatar.
As for the Ambassadors, please support whoever takes that role. They're going to have a beating on your behalf. Look after the mental health of these people.
Lol. I predicted, that they change the title of this xD
https://community.wayfarer.nianticlabs.com/discussion/comment/95857#Comment_95857
Very exciting to see that the Ambassador program is coming!
I've been waiting for the Ambassador program for quite a while. I would love to participate.
The ambassador program is a very good experiment.
Naturally, I think a large number of self-nominations from Wayfinder will come to Niantic.
I'd like to see Wayfinders who are nominating higher quality wayspots to be selected, not only based on what they say and do, but also by reviewing the wayspots they have made live.
If a player can nominate a high quality wayspot, then they have established themselves as a wayfinder.
I also wish the official Wayfarer Twitter account wouldn't be filled with "Please let this Pokestop live".
I vividly remember the massive spam appeals from Pokémon GO trainers on the Google+ appeal forum right after Pokémon GO launched back in the day.
Awesome to read that there will be an ambassador program.
And for sure I will apply, as one of the major contributors in my region I would love to help out others using Wayfarer.
Im still interested in the Wayfarer social Media. Will there be news only or also a cool nominations showcase?
How do you apply to this Ambassador program?
All this talk about the ambassador program has me thinking about a certain TV advert, and now I'm hoping one of the perks of being an ambassador is Ferrero Rocher haha (I hope there are some people here who get this reference).
I am really looking forward to reading more about the program in January though. It's good that it wasn't shelved :)
how do you choose ambassadors?
Will be interested to see how they choose ambassadors, will those that have had their stats disappear on here be penalised if they apply for the roles ?
There are so many people that have had great ratings across thousands of reviews have their stats reset and Niantic can apparently do nothing about it.. .
For the Ingress XMAs it was an application process.
Selection Criteria:
@PkmnTrainerJ-ING , PoGo could benefit massively from a similar program, thanks for posting!
Is it still running, or has it been shelved?
Well, XM ambassadors was not really a success, afaik because of a communication lack on the side of Nia ....
XMAs are still going, but views on it’s success are mixed.
As it requires active participation in the forums for Ingress, and likely the same for Wayfarer, I don’t think it would happen until Niantic & The Pokémon Company International put a forum in place for Pokémon GO.
@PkmnTrainerJ-ING which will never happen, and I can understand why.
However, there is no reason to not build a relationship with small groups of dedicated players globally, that have no financial vested interest in the game, who would act as a social network bridge. Could give valuable feedback on app performance, community perceptions and gain insights into how players experience go in different rl environments.
PoGo has too large a player base to successfully use a forum...and let's face it, the flood of....stupid comments and allegations would make it a nightmare to interact with.
Wayfarer and ingress forums are small, but the Nia interaction still doesn't appear to clear up confusion, from the threads I've read...
I think for Pokémon GO, they’ve decided to use their “ambassadors” as the influencers who make videos like TrainerTips or even Serebii in lieu of having forums & Ambassadors there.
It was also mentioned that they had some kind of feedback team (which pushed for the 80m distance) so maybe that’s part of it too.
But I am getting off track of Wayfarer Ambassadors.
I don't think discussing how Nia interacts with the playing populations that have an impact on wayfarer, or how a similar previous ambassadorship program met or failed expectations , should be excluded from this discussion. Wayfarer isn't a stand alone platform, in fact it's the only platform that interacts with all the games! And how those games players perceive and interact with wayfarer, will have an impact on what we expect from our representatives and Nia.
The lack of communication between Nia and pogo has had considerable impact on reviewing, as well as changes such as increasing the number of available noms without consulting either community, further exacerbated already entrenched unresolved wayfarer issues.
Will this ambassador program do anything to resolve these ongoing issues, or is it just another distraction without benefits?
I got the reference
Pretty sure serebii wasn't actually involved in those communications lines, I follow Joe merrick on twitter (guy who owns and runs serebii) and I'm fairly sure he said he wasn't asked to be part, and I only remember because I was surprised he wasn't (but as he's friends with a lot of the youtubers that were asked, he probably unofficially communicates his views to niantic lol)
I think it’s probably more Pokémon Company International for Serebii on sharing feedback etc. as he gets gifts and such from Nintendo and them for the work he does.
I know he gets gifts, but as far as I'm aware, he doesn't officially do any work for them (I say officially, they sometimes borrow his work for games, like they used his pokemon world map in one of the game remakes). I suspect though he wouldn't ever be asked his opinion on pogo, because while he doesn't want to be, he's fairly negative about niantic, mostly about the events that require raids and hatching as they are cash grab events
This looks amazing! Looking forward to participating.
Twitter? Who has twitter these days? Can you please make an instagram account too?
Besides that detail: nice features !
I really can't wait for the ambassador program to begin since I can see this as a very big positive growth method for the Wayfarer community,