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Thoughts on Introducing a Weekly Chat. (aussie.zone)

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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,

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.
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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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? 😀

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Where do you find your interesting wa news?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Links people links! We aren't barbarians like east coasters :p marumo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

My bad! Will do better in future 😄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Ooh, looks nice!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@Gorgritch_umie_killa Yeah, when were you thinking?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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. @[email protected] is likely far more knowledgeable on the pros and cons of bots though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ooh look! something I'd put in a daily thread if we had one:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’m late but I’d 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm glad, you've jumped in! :)

What day would you think is best?

Sunday start of the week, or Wednesday hump day?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hump Day as a starter, because it’d 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).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Okay done.

I reckon same rule as Melbourne. Whoevers hanging about near Wednesday nights, Posts the weekly chat.