Singapore Seen can be informative at times, but at times, it can be really irritating. I don’t understand why everytime I visit the website, I would see articles with regards to commuters eating on the MRT.
If you ask me why I say that Singapore Seen shouldn’t exist, I would just fight my stand with 1 simple reason – Singaporeans’ (& Singapore’s) reputation can be spoilt just through the website.
Many of the news articles reported by STOMPers, and approved by editors totally xia suay (embarrass) Singaporeans, especially those featuring ugly commuters, ugly neighbours, ugly etc! Just imagine people from overseas surfs STOMP.com.sg and finds so many articles embarrassing Singaporeans! Seriously, will you still be proud of your country if that happens?
There are goods and bads of having Singapore Seen. It can be a well-liked-by-angry-people portal whereby people can rant and feel happy. Or, it can be a site where people see the bad side of each other.
I’m pretty certain that the website receives traffic mainly (mostly) from Singapore, but there’s a small percentage of visitors from overseas. The small percentage may not be a significant amount right now, but in time to come, through word of mouth, the website will get more international traffic.
I would like to suggest a few changes:
- The number of complaints (articles) posted everyday
The number of articles increase time by time and now, more and more articles get approved in a day. The problem is: out of so many articles, most of them are complaint articles. It will only show that Singaporeans are good at complaining.
I think this has to change. Or actually, it’s good if it remains this way – Uniquely Singapore. - Repeated/Similar articles shouldn’t exist.
Once is enough. Twice is still okay, but 6 articles which targets the same topic – eating on MRT/bus. This shouldn’t be the way to embarrass people. The right way would be to educate people; through public education, then people will learn and less faults like this would be repeated. Agree?
But again, the point here is, similar articles shouldn’t be featured on main page. (Perhaps like tomorrow.sg) - QC should be done
I know there are editors moderating the articles and editing the photos. The problem here lies with bad photo quality. Example
I think when we read news, we expect/prefer to see nice photographs along with them.
Repeated articles (reference):
- http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/viewPost4515.aspx
- http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/viewPost4244.aspx
- http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/viewPost4360.aspx
- http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/viewPost4507.aspx
- http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/viewPost3934.aspx
- http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/viewPost3686.aspx
The above mentioned problem – people eating on MRT can be solved as time goes by – through education. More campaigns can be held to teach people the importance of behaving well in public. Let’s hope when “Visit Singapore Year” comes, Singapore would be an eye-opener to travelers – Clean and green country with well-mannered people!
I just happened to come across this Stomp website via a link on Facebook. This website has repulsed me so much that I’ve become quite angry about such a website existing and flourishing…(is it still?)
It is pretty embarrassing on the behalf of the Singaporean media, not a good representation of it’s people either, to an outsider, especially since it seems to be so popular.
If Straits Times think they’re doing their citizens a favour by publishing “relevant” news, they’ll need to think again because this seriously undermines the intelligence and integrity of their own citizens.
Town gossip, labeled as ‘news’ is a little too close to home in such a small country isn’t it? Can one not sue Stomp/Straits Times if they were defamed by one of these ‘articles’?
If I had to live in S’pore, where I had to be constantly mindful if I were to scratch my nose or fart, it’d drive me freakin crazy! Apparently suicide rates were high over there, I could imagine it would also drive someone else to become homicidal!
Straits Times/Stomp ‘reporters’ need to step up, Singaporeans deserve better than this.
I totally agree with you man,one ugly side destory the beauty of singaporean, I guess to this people NEWS means ugly things.Are u telling there are no good issues happening in Singapore.Wake up put good news so youth will read and change their views
Singapore seen has more than just ugly side leh. If anything you’re promoting the ugly side by making it more public.. dumbass
Totally agree.All kind of shit get posted.a really true form of ugliness from singaporean:@
I had never bothered with STOMP because the day it is “inaugurated” I knew for sure it would be like another Stooge Times Forum, with junk articles like those linked in this blog post.
Talking about QC on STOMP, it probably won’t happen. Look at the articles on the Forum page or Today’s voices. Don’t you also see some of the same kind of stupid articles?
My stand on eating on MRT? If the person who eats did not dirty the train, then let them eat because I am no fan of the word of the law.The spirit of the no-eating law is to act as a deterrent to keep the trains clean. Unfortunately lots of fumb ducks in this nation are suckers for the word of the law and they seem to be amazingly miserable when they don’t see other people punished for it. We are Singapore, Singaporeans… O really?
Eheh ironic, your complaining about stomp?
But then again, screw stomp.
People should stop submitting to STOMP, haven’t they realise they’re working for free? LOL
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Felix Ker hasn’t contacted STOMP and he thinks someone should.
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STOMP has contacted and is currently awaiting their reply.
Totally agree with you.
I haven’t been surfing to STOMP for a long time, but it’s quick to see the points you mentioned. I’ve also noticed in the comments that most people are not very happy either, but it seems that not much has been done so far.