Comment on Australia's beloved weather website got a makeover - and infuriated users
Ilandar@lemmy.today 19 hours ago
A consensus was quickly clear: “Please bring back the previous format,” one person surmised on social media.
“It’s awful, the most useful features are gone and it’s not user-friendly. A waste of taxpayer money,” another added.
Others said the timing was poor: “Why change it on a day of severe weather?”
There were some fans, including one who posted: “I like the new site. The front page is much cleaner”. But they were few and far between.
What a time we live in, when social media vibes are enough to determine a “consensus” of an entire population. Have we still not worked out that the loudest people are almost always the miserable ones? People who are happy/content don’t tend to waste their lives screaming online about how happy and content they are.
dueuwuje@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Yeah agree, the BOM had given ample opportunity for the new site to be used, I was one of them. At no point have I had any real issue with the update and I actually think it is pretty good overall. What I have an issue with is the media and vocal minority whinging about it now, it just seems like a complete pile on for no real reason other than to whinge. And people really haven’t taken the time to get used to it.