Iβm late but Iβd appreciate a Perth Weekly Discussion Thread. General musings and the like would be cool. Would also push me to interact more than just passive scrolling through communities.
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I'm glad, you've jumped in! :)
What day would you think is best?
Sunday start of the week, or Wednesday hump day?
Hump Day as a starter, because itβd be cool to chat about weekend plans, things happening in the city people may not be aware of etc etc. (plus a midweek bitch about work lmao).
Okay done.
I reckon same rule as Melbourne. Whoevers hanging about near Wednesday nights, Posts the weekly chat.
Ooh look! something I'd put in a daily thread if we had one:
Thats it! We have to do the Chat! I need my daily traffic reports from Nath!
Hooli dooli, how'd they flip that!
New Main Roads WA slogan: Speed Flips
Can't promise I'd contribute but might spice the place up a bit.
Also, unrelated but I guess the type of thing I'd add to a weekly thread: Fyi marumo bookings happening Monday the 3rd. If you like getting your hopes up, fancy Japanese food and missing out set a reminder.
(Slightly salty because I've never made it through the queue before it's full)
Links people links! We aren't barbarians like east coasters :p marumo
My bad! Will do better in future π
Ooh, looks nice!
I mean, I'd probably participate (I do in the Melbourne one regularly, Brisbane occasionally), but I haven't exactly felt an absence of such a thread. I guess something like "Fireworks! / It's for the African festival" could be a thing.
WA politics is boring, Antony Greene has already effectively called the election for Labor. About the only questions are whether Basil wins in Churchlands and how many seats we give back to the Liberal Party after their term in the sin-bin. And what that number means for the Federal election in May.
WA weather is boring, it's marvellous and most of Australia would kill for it but we totally take it for granted.
Interesting news stuff in WA already gets posted somewhere.
What's left? π
Where do you find your interesting wa news?
Honestly? Mostly word of mouth. People discussing stuff like that doctor who crashed last weekend and the firebug on Jacobs ladder etc. I read the ABC news website most days, but there isn't really enough WA stuff on there to say it's a great source of local news.
I find it really frustrating trying to find WA news online. I hate the fact I do go to Perthnow as that seems to balance out ABC for local news.
To defend the ABC: While there isn't much WA content on there, they also don't really miss anything big. Sure, they may not cover stuff like a local mayor dropping out of the race a couple of days ahead of an election, but also - that sort of stuff isn't really that big of a deal.
Other than the obnoxious advertising on the site, I'm not too adverse to Fairfax coverage. It is far better and more reliable than Newscorp.
When and where is this African festival you speak of? That sounds really fun, i went to the French festival in Subiaco a few years back and loved it, i'm imagining that, but African culture.
I'd say your mostly on the money about political party politics. I don't know if i'd agree with it, if we include community politics, but this also ties in with my disagreement about WA news below.
A lot of stuff happens in this State. Due to the terrible information circulation brought on by a general lack of good and competitive journalism over here, a lot of it goes unreported and unknown beyond the people involved. There is almost no good independent media, a few exceptions exist, but theres only one i'd say is large enough to handle a real news cycle, and they're a subscription only business focus. (Its Business News WA).
Finding the independent WA news, and leaving the major outlets mostly open for other people to post from has been a rule i've tried to stick to, to promote a more competitive information space.
WA weather is marvellous, agreed, but we're discussing this within weeks of some pretty intense rolling heatwaves, a super weird microburst over the Perth hills last week, and a cyclone (or hurricane?) up North a couple weeks ago. We've largely been lucky with fires this year, but i'd also count that as weather, and there is coral bleaching occurring due to the heat along the coast. I can't agree with you that WA weather is always marvellous and therefore boring.
When and where is this African festival you speak of? That sounds really fun
I missed the festival and fireworks, personally. I could hear the distant booming, so I googled "Fireworks Perth Feb 23" and was sent to this site. That's what told me the festival was on and having fireworks. You are right though, it sounds like it would have been a lot of fun.
@Gorgritch_umie_killa Yeah, when were you thinking?
Cool! :)
Whenever people like, i initially thought every Monday/Sunday night. But maybe a Thursday/Wednesday night makes more sense, you know past hump day, ready for the weekend.
Seems on the Melbourne community someone takes on Posting the chat for a bit, until another takes over. I don't know how they do it, but it seems to work.
I thought the Melbourne way of actual people doing it, rather than a 'sandgroper bot' would be better. Bots on Lemmy don't often seem to garner great interaction levels. Plus i've no idea how to implement a bot or whether it would be feasible. @Nath@aussie.zone is likely far more knowledgeable on the pros and cons of bots though.
Melbourne chat is posted by whoever is awake around midnight. A bot would be nice. One user deleted their account and all their posts went with it. We've discussed it and generally try to keep the whole thing low-key. It's mostly idle chat and musings. There's been few blow-outs from people expecting more from the community than is on offer. It's a nice corner of the internet, I reckon it'd be worth developing your own one for local banter.
Ah cheers for the context. Thats great how its just whoevers up, but it works!
And yeah, it really seems to be a different aspect to the Community than the regular posts. And as you say, it adds nice vibes.