Alright, I have no idea if anything like this has been posted already, I was too lazy to look for it.
So currently in-game the news system is kind of sparse. There are only 1 - 2 headlines talking about the current situation, and that's it. However for a universe this big I feel that this is not enough.
As for the suggestion: Galnet should have a button which leads to a kind of news site, of course official happenings should be on top, but also have some minor and user created articles (One can see a huge amount of talented people in the forums) about the current situation, like reports, made up scientific analyses, political accusations, and totally out-of-contest news, just like newspapers nowadays. It would give a more lively feel to the game and active members of the community could see their work getting rewarded in a pretty awesome way. And of course maybe somebody comes up with something that the guys in frontier didn't think of and can use to twist the happenings in unexpected ways.
So currently in-game the news system is kind of sparse. There are only 1 - 2 headlines talking about the current situation, and that's it. However for a universe this big I feel that this is not enough.
As for the suggestion: Galnet should have a button which leads to a kind of news site, of course official happenings should be on top, but also have some minor and user created articles (One can see a huge amount of talented people in the forums) about the current situation, like reports, made up scientific analyses, political accusations, and totally out-of-contest news, just like newspapers nowadays. It would give a more lively feel to the game and active members of the community could see their work getting rewarded in a pretty awesome way. And of course maybe somebody comes up with something that the guys in frontier didn't think of and can use to twist the happenings in unexpected ways.