Location-based FOL network, what features do you guys want?

[__________________________]

I live in the Midwest of USA and I realize I don't know any builders who live nearby.

Occasionally I hear about builders who collab together. However, how in the world do they figure out where the other person lives? PMs by chance?

I have a better idea: a location-based FOL network. You will be shown MOCs of people who live nearby. If you both like the other person's MOCs, you will be entered into a PM to work on collabs, look at each other's models in person, etc.

(Since I am terrible with apps this will be a web tool.)

Are there any other features you guys would want? (Rules such as being a certain age or older would of course apply.)

[chump]

Granted there are more builders than rLUGs but maybe you can use the LAN LUG map to at least find a group near you and they can lead you to builders nearer you. https://lan.lego.com/lugs

It does help if you are a little more specific in identifying your own location, otherwise a location-based FOL network is not going to work.

[dr_spock]

There may be privacy concerns with some people releasing their locations. Collaborating is easier if people with the same interest are building towards a common goal like a big display for BrickWorld convention.

If you're looking for someone to collaborate, you can advertize your project plan and conditions (like being local?) and see if anyone want to take you up on it. Someone has an idea, post it up and people join in if they are interested. That would be an open request.

You can do a closed collab by recruiting the people you personally want to be on your project.

[Andy D]

There may be privacy concerns with some people releasing their locations.

Exactly! And as they say on the TV show Shark Tank... "For that reason, I'm out"

Andy D