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Indeed - this should've been easily possible by having a beta subdomain pointing to the new implementation and let people comment on it to get early feedback.


There were beta versions available for years, but most feedback was ignored.


First I've heard of it. Might have helped to not just listen, but to actively advertise the beta via a link on the main website. Pretty standard practice.


Yeah - but how does a site which was initially projected to cost $4M AUD get to $96M! A 16x increase! The mind boggles.


It's pretty nuts. I want to know where that money went. Something like this needs a full post-mortem, or a Royal Commission as they call it


Also how to blow 500M instead of 100M /s




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