I love putting things in boxes, it’s my hobby you see, so I’d like to hear other people’s thoughts and perspectives on this.
But my point is pretty straightforward: there is an overarching aussie.zone community, and as long as the sidebars are well-connected to aid discovery (and they’re already pretty good), there’s no point in having news and politics spread across three different communities, and we just end up with redundant crossposting creating parallel conversations.
It would be great to clarify the relationship between /c/australia, /c/news and /c/australianpolitics.
FWIW I’d prefer it kept to /c/australianpolitics. Mostly because it tends to get posted to each community. Multiple posts seem a waste of time as they’ll dilute the conversation. It’s not like its hard to subscribe to communities. Plus, sometimes it’s nice to avoid politics because the atrocious state of the world can wear on people (it does wear on me sometimes).