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,

  1. 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.

  2. 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?

    • Nath@aussie.zoneM
      3·
      6 days ago

      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.

      • wildwhitehorses@aussie.zoneM
        3·
        5 days ago

        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.

        • Nath@aussie.zoneM
          3·
          5 days 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.