Gorgritch_umie_killa
@Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone
- Comment on What Constitutes contravention of Rule 4, no ads/spamming? 3 days ago:
Thanks Baku! I’s originally aiming for one event post a week, i think i’ll stick to the more personally interesting posts. Thwt’ll still be quite a few, but other people will have to do things like AFL and such :) If they want it.
I’d thought things like weekend markets arpund the State could go in a weekly thread like you suggest
- Comment on What Constitutes contravention of Rule 4, no ads/spamming? 3 days ago:
Yeah, i think i needed yours and Lodion’s responses to remind me to keep it to events i actually find interesting. Cheers.
Sorry folks someone else is gona have to post about the Western Derby ;)
- Comment on What Constitutes contravention of Rule 4, no ads/spamming? 3 days ago:
Ok, cheers for the guidance. I’ll carry on with the idea, but might tone it down a bit.
- Submitted 4 days ago to meta@aussie.zone | 7 comments
- Comment on Israel and Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire deal to end 15-month war 5 days ago:
Check your assumptions. The Israeli’s are just as likely.
- Comment on A couple of community requests 1 week ago:
Yeah, you definitely seem to be having the experience i’ve been having. I think for new communities, and current ones, it’d be ideal to get a few more users/mods committed to supporting those communities.
As they say, many hands make light work. Also diversity of content is pretty hard to do by one person.
- Comment on A couple of community requests 1 week ago:
The idea of a general Aus transport community would be fun. It would need one or two people to put their hands up to really drive that community though. I’ve found most of the time these specialty communitys are failing because theres no one delivering a baseline of posts.
I’d like to, but I’m a little busy with the two main communities i’m involved with and the third i’d like to post more into is RTFA, but that community is probably going to be slow moving by its nature, as it entails a fair amount of reading before social actions are taken.
I tried to accommodate for WA as a whole with the one community in the beginning. I’d not be keen to separate out country WA from the metro, theres so many connections between country and city, i’d rather emphasise those where i can, instead of delineating an already over emphasised and arbitrary social/cultural boundary.
An idea for a community could be an Australian Business News community, it could replace ausfinance or even a rename of that community. It makes the possible topics a little broader because you could pile industry specific news like mining, agri, or health industry news into that.
Alternatively your idea of a c/bush could roll agri industry news into that.
- Comment on Annual General Thread 1 week ago:
I took a little time to respond because i wanted some time to be thoughtful about this subject, sorry for that.
I understand why thats the stance. At the end of day your the one that keeps AZ running and the one on the hook for problems. That means you need to have final say over your platform. I get it.
I suppose i’m trying to gauge what everybody, including you, on AZ thinks in regards what we’re doing.
I’ve taken the fediverse koolaid pretty hard, so i suppose you could say i have an excited bias. I see the Social Web as a possible beginning for a genuine set of local social media alternatives to large unnaccountable providers. I’m interested in being part of the decentralised online world that the social web offers.
AZ is obvs an exemplar of this, so i’m happy as a pig in mud. Let me know if theres any support you need ever, i’m always willing to help where i can.
- Comment on You library might be an option to avoid the heat 2 weeks ago:
I’ve done this before. Its a good idea.
- Comment on Annual General Thread 2 weeks ago:
Nah, you’re right, this isn’t the biggest problem facing the site. I’m just always trying to think of ways we could strengthen the community.
- Comment on Annual General Thread 2 weeks ago:
Genuinely laughed out loud. Fair enough.
- Comment on Vale @Ilandar 2 weeks ago:
Ah, wow thats a cooler story than i’d reckoned for. Might have to check out that movie as well.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to meta@aussie.zone | 17 comments
- Comment on Vale @Ilandar 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for the reply Ilandar, i had a whole spiel with suggestions i had typed, but you didn’t ask for advice or an essay reply. You told me your reasons, because i asked and i respect that.
You have given me an idea that i’m going to share on the AZ Meta though. Cheers for that.
Also, i know people don’t like this question, but i’m always curious, if your happy to share, whats the story behind the name?
- Comment on Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murdering health insurance CEO 3 weeks ago:
Interesting. Sorry its been so long with a reply, that time of year.
Had to go to the wiki article on Ivan Illich to see what he was all about. Certainly interesting ideas, although the wiki doesn’t go into depth so i can’t say whether i’d gel with them or not.
The one thing i’d say is he seems a little hard on institutions. Unfortunately the only reason we’ve made such advances to be able to have conversations about modes of education or over medicalisation is because of the boring, unseen and largely forgotten works of millions of individuals tied into an institutional framework of one sort or another.
For example, institutions like the British East India company did terrible, (fucked up) things; but also made connections, both social and mechanical. Through the company’s actions many trade routes or ties we still use today. (Picked this one because of its controversial nature).
But as i write all this i’m well aware i might be overstating what i believe Ivan Illich’ problems with institutions to be, so i should leave it there.
But the main point,
“Something is good, when it is uniquely and incomparably appropriate in its given setting.”
I’d say the above quote about your response, thank you. You answered my question searching for a more universally applicable statement very well.
- Comment on Labor looks likely to win 2025 Election 3 weeks ago:
This is why i can’t blame them for going on the attack with the CFMEU, could you imagine the hysterical hyperventilating hypocrites howling about those allegations for the rest of the year, i could, i could see the Murdoch Propagandists salivating at the possibility.
Labor had to head that shit off, or lose the narrative for too long.
Also can’t hurt the Unions to not look like the stereotypes the corporate vampires are always trying to paint them as. I hope in time the will be able to see wood for the trees.
In the Unions defence though, the Albanese could help communicate what that larger picture looks like for them.
- Comment on Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murdering health insurance CEO 4 weeks ago:
How would you describe the difference between just and unjust without a reliance on a higher power, andcalso accounting for the fact that ‘what is moral’, while often similar across the world, isn’t always the same.
In other words, would you have an interpretation of the same concepts, but able to be applied more universally?
- Comment on [META] Participation by non-Australians? Should we change this comm's display name? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, i’s not really thinking for building numbers. Really just because its the kiwis, Papuans and the rest…
So, you’re comment made me look again at what the continent actually is. And i have become a bit confused. So, i meant the continent including Australia. Whether thats Oceania or Australia (continent) i don’t know, but i think its definitely not Australasia, so anytime i said australasia i of course was refering to the best of the 7 continents!
- Comment on [META] Participation by non-Australians? Should we change this comm's display name? 4 weeks ago:
I don’t hate that name.
But I always felt that aussie.zone should be Australasia centric instead of aussie centric. This was a thought before the Kiwis got their instance going though.
- Comment on [META] New moderator, and changes to the comm 4 weeks ago:
Glad your jumping in to modding @eureka
A key way the fediverse differentiates itself should be from numerous and active mods and admins with their instances best interesta at heart.
- Comment on Vale @Ilandar 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, that lags a killer, although i’ve noticed its better than it used to be. But its still days.
- Comment on Vale @Ilandar 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, it’d be interesting for there to be an exit survey. I’m always interested why people leave, especially those like Ilandar.
- Comment on Users from Other Instances 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, although i better stand on my high horse, my takes are also a bit shit, lol!
Part of it is definitely that context matters. I’ve noticed that when well meaning North Americans enter the discussion, they tend to apply their own context, or haven’t the correct info.
Good example was that person who was, well meaning and nonetheless made a valuable contribution, but had incorrect info about the submarine fleet.
- Comment on Users from Other Instances 5 weeks ago:
Thats actually really interesting to know you have a contingency there. The second option sounds a little like what beehaw must have done.
- Comment on Users from Other Instances 5 weeks ago:
But then we also get people like yourself who are always awesome to hear from! :) So swings and roundabouts.
- Comment on Users from Other Instances 1 month ago:
Everythings cool over a White Russian, or two.
- Comment on Users from Other Instances 1 month ago:
Na, the users i saw were all stating their opinions and they were essentially fine, no rules were broken in my eyes.
It just struck me last night that the way they delivered those opinions was pretty toxic.
- Submitted 1 month ago to meta@aussie.zone | 18 comments
- Comment on Peter Dutton says he'll never stand in front of an Aboriginal flag as prime minister 1 month ago:
Woke culture war warrior Dutton triggerred by presence of flag at press conferences /s
- Comment on So what are we going to do with all this social media age-gate stuff? 1 month ago:
They only have fibre to the quokka as well, pffft…