Francis Markham, a research fellow at the Australian National University's Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research: "It's a mistake to try and separate place and race and say that they're things that you can discreetly pull apart."

Importantly, for the vast majority of indicators that revealed a clear link between geography and worse outcomes, there was still a gap in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in major cities and regional areas.

Hahahha. Let's see how I do against the bot that does summaries.

[–] unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The summary bot must have downvoted you, otherwise someone is so stupid that they would downvote a correct summary of an article

[–] No1@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think i've got some followers that don't always appreciate my 100% correct opinions and like to throw a downvote my way every now and again. Just to remind me that I'm living in their head rent free 😀

[–] Excrubulent 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol, this comment has already been downvoted. I definitely noticed on reddit if I got into it with some alt-right shit then for a few hours or days afterwards every comment of mine would get a couple of extra downvotes.

I don't know what's sadder, if it's just some kind of petulant tantrum or if they've convinced themselves it's an effective tactic that actually achieves something.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hide comment scores, it will massively improve your experience here.

[–] Excrubulent 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I didn't say it bothered me, it's just interesting that people will do this. If I hid comment scores, I wouldn't know.

I am fairly dedicated to not allowing social media metrics to colonise my mind to the extent that I let them affect my mood.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I suspect vote scores are a key influence over the way people perceive a comment before they've properly read it, so I disable them wherever possible. That way there is less possibility for my opinion of the quality of the comment to be influenced by something other than its content.

[–] Excrubulent 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's a fair way to do it if you find it works better for you. I find the vote scores a good indication of how the community is behaving - or being brigaded - and I always evaluate them in that light. It's like if someone says something in a crowd and the reaction is either "woo" or "boo" or "...", you can use that to read the room. I like vote scores for that reason.

[–] w2qw@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Was actually going to give her a bit of credit if she was talking about social economic status but she's actually talking about regional vs cities.