Current Affairs

[AgnesIO]

adidas trainers aren't celebrities as far as i'm aware

Just an example of another pointless thread..

And someone being verified on Twitter?

Thing is though, technically 'current affairs' doesn't mean politics and the 'serious' news. All this celebrity gossip is supposedly news (although I'm not so sure I'd read the Daily Mail as my chosen news outlet).

As I said previously, my problems are with other forum rules being broken rather than where it's being placed.

Onion News should be moved to spam though, yes.

Technically yes - just generally accepted that "Celeb Gossip" is separate to what one would read from a real news source lol

[Jurv]

Just an example of another pointless thread..

And someone being verified on Twitter?

yeah that can be seen as news or celeb gossip. just because you or other people aren't interested doesn't make it any less relevant lol

[Kardan]

yeah that can be seen as news or celeb gossip. just because you or other people aren't interested doesn't make it any less relevant lol

What do you define as news then? A piece of information that anyone finds interesting?

Personally I would limit the current affairs forum to pieces from reliable news websites.

[Jurv]

What do you define as news then? A piece of information that anyone finds interesting?

Personally I would limit the current affairs forum to pieces from reliable news websites.

that's what news is really though isn't it? obviously it would have to be true information but yh

[sex]

What do you define as news then? A piece of information that anyone finds interesting?

Personally I would limit the current affairs forum to pieces from reliable news websites.

thing is not all news sites are 100% reliable.........



i didn't know the onion was a joke site. tara linked me to an interesting article she found...........HOW WAS I SUPPOSE TO KNO

[David]

no more sub forums and no more restrictions
habbox is a sinking ship, theres bigger problems than someone spamming current affairs

[MKR&*42]

So I'm allowed to post threads in current affairs showing the growth of my grass or the paint drying on my walls, because I might find it interesting and it's truthful?

[Kardan]

that's what news is really though isn't it? obviously it would have to be true information but yh

So surely the verified twitter account isn't classified as news.

I was going to say that Bieber passing 40m followers would be news, since I would expect somewhere out there it would be reported, but turns out that HxF is the first google result for that. So, that's not news either really.

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thing is not all news sites are 100% reliable.........



i didn't know the onion was a joke site. tara linked me to an interesting article she found...........HOW WAS I SUPPOSE TO KNO

You think a news site that has a picture of an alien coming out of Kate Middleton's stomach is being serious?

[Jurv]

So surely the verified twitter account isn't classified as news.

I was going to say that Bieber passing 40m followers would be news, since I would expect somewhere out there it would be reported, but turns out that HxF is the first google result for that. So, that's not news either really.

you could argue that she doesn't deserve the verified account considering how much of a mess she is
and i wouldn't say that you'd need a site to have posted it previously for it to be considered news as long as you can prove it's true

although: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.1363037 & http://www.entertainmentwise.com/new...breaker-Lyrics

[Kardan]

you could argue that she doesn't deserve the verified account considering how much of a mess she is
and i wouldn't say that you'd need a site to have posted it previously for it to be considered news as long as you can prove it's true

although: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.1363037 & http://www.entertainmentwise.com/new...breaker-Lyrics

Shows you how out of tune I am that I got the articles the wrong way round Then fair enough, that can be considered news in my books. I guess it depends what management decides really.

I think the rule of 'If it's true you can post it' isn't strict enough. Does that mean I can post when my auntie turns 40, because I can prove it's true?