Thoughts on Introducing a Weekly Chat.
Thoughts on Introducing a Weekly Chat.
Hi all, this is just me exploring ways we could enliven the Perth/Western Australian Community more.
The idea is in the title.
Basically my thought is for casual ongoing conversations throughout the week.
Reasons
I've resisted putting this post up for over a year for a couple reasons,
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I's not sure that the Community had a stable number of users to support. Over the last year i actually think, while posting is low, interaction from whatvlooks like Fediverse West Australians seems reasonable, (even if some from other sites don't like my posts ;) ). I still don't know if its enough, but looking at the other Community chats its a different sort of interaction than the general posts, so maybe its worth a try.
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I don't really want to be the leader on this. I'm sick of seeing my username so prominently on this Community :p . To be sure, I'm not going to stop posting, but i don't really want to be the one pushing another thing onto this Community. I also don't think my style of conversation is particularly suitable or relaxed to start a general chat thread. In saying that, i'd of course participate and support in any way i can.
Thoughts
I'm interested to hear everybodies thoughts on this from WA or further afield.
Particularly from people who might be interested in leading this and any thoughts from the other moderators.
What d'ya think?
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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.