Please explain the new "Souvenirs" feature

[+Don_J]

Exactly. Because data mining has proven that you and your loved ones are much more likely to be hurt or molested by someone you know. So go ahead and post all of the pictures of me and family that you want.

I think that's why (for example) Facebook gives you the option to make your profile as open as you'd like.

Facebook is a completely different animal, as I previously explained to you.

 

Explained to me? I could care less either way. I just got a kick out of how this has evolved into a question of security. Y'all need to get out and cache more.

I didn't reply to your post.

 

I usually keep the closest 750 caches in my 60GSX. I keep the closest 7000 as POIs in my Nuvi. If I am in a part of town that I'm not normally in and end my business with some time to spare, I check the POIs on the Nuvi. If the five closest caches are LPCs and I'm simply not in the mood for that, I'll hit the Freeway and try to beat the traffic. Was I Geocaching? I don't think so. I was simply doing research on caches that were close to my current location. I don't feel that I should receive an award for this if I never actually tried to navigate to and find a cache.

 

I agree with a previous poster that this is an award for buying the app.

[+JYoungman]

A lot of people have been asking for a list of what souvenirs have been released. I've created a thread in Geocaching Announcements to host the list. I'll update it as we release more souvenirs.

 

Link: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=264608

[+addisonbr]

(Sorry, just had to add one more)

I find it ironic that you continually bring up Facebook as a model of Internet privacy. The fact is, numerous times in the past, they have revised their privacy policy and exposed their users hidden tabs without any notice to their casual users. If you logged on, you got a notice. They, however made no effort to notify, (email), people like me that, that only log on every two or three weeks, that what I thought was private was no longer. When users complained, they deleted Wall messages and even blocked accounts.

 

Luckily, I have NEVER posted anything to Facebook that I wasn't afraid of the whole world looking at.

 

In a nutshell, I could take your continued argument much more seriously if you were not holding Facebook up as the model.

To say that Facebook has botched changes to their privacy policies would be to undersell it pretty dramatically - especially when they've loosened privacy. Beacon, in particular, was an utter catastrophe. I am completely with you on that point.

 

That another company has made missteps along the way doesn't, I don't think, invalidate the idea of having different levels of control over the information in your profile. I wouldn't want to say that because Facebook screwed up by making private things public, no web site should have any profile controls at all.

 

I wouldn't suggest someone use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, or any of a number of other social networking sites without availing themselves of the available profile controls. If this site had profile controls, I would use them, and I would in turn use the social functions of the site a lot more.

[+Castle Mischief]

(Sorry, just had to add one more)

I find it ironic that you continually bring up Facebook as a model of Internet privacy. The fact is, numerous times in the past, they have revised their privacy policy and exposed their users hidden tabs without any notice to their casual users. If you logged on, you got a notice. They, however made no effort to notify, (email), people like me that, that only log on every two or three weeks, that what I thought was private was no longer. When users complained, they deleted Wall messages and even blocked accounts.

 

Luckily, I have NEVER posted anything to Facebook that I wasn't afraid of the whole world looking at.

 

In a nutshell, I could take your continued argument much more seriously if you were not holding Facebook up as the model.

To say that Facebook has botched changes to their privacy policies would be to undersell it pretty dramatically - especially when they've loosened privacy. Beacon, in particular, was an utter catastrophe. I am completely with you on that point.

 

That another company has made missteps along the way doesn't, I don't think, invalidate the idea of having different levels of control over the information in your profile. I wouldn't want to say that because Facebook screwed up by making private things public, no web site should have any profile controls at all.

 

I wouldn't suggest someone use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare, or any of a number of other social networking sites without availing themselves of the available profile controls. If this site had profile controls, I would use them, and I would in turn use the social functions of the site a lot more.

 

Seeing as the announcements for Souvenirs has been moved and there's already a thread about privacy/security issues, might it be time to close the thread?

[+jellis]

Question on the state ones. Do you get them for finding one in that state and why are some cachers getting state ones who have never even cached that state? And would you get one if you own a cache in the state but never cached?

[+JYoungman]

Question on the state ones. Do you get them for finding one in that state and why are some cachers getting state ones who have never even cached that state? And would you get one if you own a cache in the state but never cached?

 

Finding a cache in a state does award the souvenir for that state. The reason some cachers are getting souvenirs for states they haven't been to is because they have logged traveling caches that are presently in that state. This is a known issue that we will be correcting. Placing a cache does not grant souvenirs, only finding them.

[+Castle Mischief]

Question on the state ones. Do you get them for finding one in that state and why are some cachers getting state ones who have never even cached that state? And would you get one if you own a cache in the state but never cached?

 

Finding a cache in a state does award the souvenir for that state. The reason some cachers are getting souvenirs for states they haven't been to is because they have logged traveling caches that are presently in that state. This is a known issue that we will be correcting. Placing a cache does not grant souvenirs, only finding them.

 

I thought you got them for using an App to search for caches as well...?

[+Lil Devil]

The reason some cachers are getting souvenirs for states they haven't been to is because they have logged traveling caches that are presently in that state. This is a known issue that we will be correcting.

It was my understanding that there is a flag in the database to signify moving caches. This allows the COs to enter "Update Coordinate" logs that are farther than 0.1 mile. I would think you can look at the same flag for deciding if the cache is eligible for a souvenir.

[+addisonbr]

The reason some cachers are getting souvenirs for states they haven't been to is because they have logged traveling caches that are presently in that state. This is a known issue that we will be correcting.

It was my understanding that there is a flag in the database to signify moving caches. This allows the COs to enter "Update Coordinate" logs that are farther than 0.1 mile. I would think you can look at the same flag for deciding if the cache is eligible for a souvenir.

Probably not a bad solution for the grandfathered Locationless caches either.

[+JYoungman]

I thought you got them for using an App to search for caches as well...?

 

This is correct. Searching in the region using Groundspeak's iPhone, Android, or Windows Phone 7 Geocaching app will result in the granting of a souvenir if a souvenir is active in that region at that time. State and country souvenirs remain active from the day they are activated, but Mega Event souvenirs are only active for the duration of the event.

[+Don_J]

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It was my understanding that there is a flag in the database to signify moving caches. This allows the COs to enter "Update Coordinate" logs that are farther than 0.1 mile. I would think you can look at the same flag for deciding if the cache is eligible for a souvenir.

 

How about making a Souvenir for all of us that have found a moving cache? That way, we get one, and our states wont keep changing.

 

Edit: I have no idea how to fix the quoting. I simply hit reply and added my comments. This obviously needs to be debugged.

Edited December 21, 2010 by Don_J

[+TrimblesTrek]

Hey, it's 1/1/11. Another date every bit as awesome as 10/10/10.

Where's my new souvenir?

[+oldragbaggers]

All I want to know is how you post them to your profile. I only have one, but it's very pretty and I just think it would dress up my profile. On all the little informational places about them it says you can add them to your profile but no where does it actually tell you how to do it and I cannot figure it out. Anybody...... Anybody......???