May I please just point out the short-sightedness of the most recent YLC email?
I like YourLifeChoices: no, really-despite the click-baitiness of the stories, the dearth of helpful information in those stories, and the utter lack of suggested solutions to the issues that are addressed in some stories.
I have noticed that fewer and fewer comments are left on story pages (actually, no comments at all) and wonder if the readership is declining, or like me, just no longer willing to comment on no-news bad-news. A many years ago, when I first subscribed, some people just wouldn't stop putting forward their 'insights' into the stories they had just read.
Anyway, the real reason I'm commenting is the subject line of the latest YLC email, which is:
Shaming the unvaccinated | Putting healthy options first | Good deeds in 2022 | Salted Caramel Pavlova
Is giving its readers a recipe for salted caramel pavlova the best that can be offered when asking readers to also peruse at an article about putting health options first? I think not.
In a big lie world where clear communication is essential, can we not do better, editors? If we expect the younger generations to age well - be thoughtful and empathetic - can we not furnish a better example? I think we can.
With best wishes for a peaceful and happy Christmas and a productive and calm new year.
BTW, Celia, here's the brick wall we may as well be bashing our collective heads against.
I admit I was absent from YLC for a couple of months but was surprised when I came back to find no comments under the articles. I have to admit I often didn't read the article just the comments as I thought they were more fun and informative. Today I thought I would actually post which is something I normally don't do as I am more of a lurker and sponge of information and opinions and find out why there are no comments anymore where last year there were comments by the dozen. I actually thought I had missed something like a change in format that disallowed them.