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Like most things in Australia I was impressed by Australian mainstream news outlets (coming from the US). I have a memory of reading the comments after an arti
by breatheoften 9y ago
Like most things in Australia I was impressed by Australian mainstream news outlets (coming from the US). I have a memory of reading the comments after an article on a real estate related story published by one of the bigger newspapers and being genuinely impressed by the quality of the reader discussion.
That kind of feedback and engagement is the only thing that can keep journalism standards high I think.
- prawn 9y agoCan you remember which newspaper? There are second/third-tier news sources in Australia that might have quality discussion, but generally it's pretty appalling. I haven't seen any of them make a solid play at community-oriented commentary - things like persistent identities, karma systems, etc. Baffles me when sites like HN and Reddit are visited as much for their comments as the source articles. So many of the comments on mainstream news sites are drive-by insults instead.