Posted by: San April 6, 2013
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Thanks to all the writers for participating in the March Appreciation month. Your presence in sajha makes it what it is today and allows many other Nepalese to spend their free time in sajha.
Last month, over 100,000 unique visitors visited the site and viewed a total of 1.7 million pages and on average each visitor spent over 5 minutes in sajha everytime they visited, with some visitors returning to the site multiple times. Over 33,000 visitors returned to the site over 200 times! Thank you everyone for being part of sajha - helping out each other in times of hardship and for keeping other Nepalis informed of events and activities related to Nepal and Nepalis.
I am very encouraged to see a good turn out in the voting process. Some of the stories are neck to neck in the number of votes and it is very exciting times for all involved. It is also a good time to bring up some voting anomalities that have been detected as far as questionable multiple votings by same individual. When I checked this morning, out of 119 votes there were 89 unique IP's and there were 98 unique cookies (each cookie defines one unique browser in most cases).
The good news is that it is not bad as it could have been! But, due to this anomality, the final vote count will not be the same as the numbers represent. The votings in which the IP and/or cookies match up will be sorted out carefully by looking at the time votes were cast. If same IP and/or cookie were used to cast multiple votes withing 5 minutes time frame then those votes maybe disqualified. Also, if same IP and cookie voted multiple times, they may be disqualified. It would have been ideal if the votes could have been taken at face value but at this point, I feel that fairness is what counts at the end and it is not fair to count 5 votes from same computer for the same story. As much as it would have been ideal to have the final vote represent the final decision, for sake of fairness, sajha decision regarding the validity of votes will be final!
Although this appreciation was meant to be an encouragement to writers, I am hoping that any voting anomality or the final decision will not be discouraging to anyone. Once again, special thanks to all the writers for sharing your personal works with the sajha visitors at large, and thanks also to all the members who have appreciated the opportunity of casting their votes fairly to select their favorite stories.
Voting will end at midnight tomorrow. Spring is here, enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Best wishes!
Last month, over 100,000 unique visitors visited the site and viewed a total of 1.7 million pages and on average each visitor spent over 5 minutes in sajha everytime they visited, with some visitors returning to the site multiple times. Over 33,000 visitors returned to the site over 200 times! Thank you everyone for being part of sajha - helping out each other in times of hardship and for keeping other Nepalis informed of events and activities related to Nepal and Nepalis.
I am very encouraged to see a good turn out in the voting process. Some of the stories are neck to neck in the number of votes and it is very exciting times for all involved. It is also a good time to bring up some voting anomalities that have been detected as far as questionable multiple votings by same individual. When I checked this morning, out of 119 votes there were 89 unique IP's and there were 98 unique cookies (each cookie defines one unique browser in most cases).
The good news is that it is not bad as it could have been! But, due to this anomality, the final vote count will not be the same as the numbers represent. The votings in which the IP and/or cookies match up will be sorted out carefully by looking at the time votes were cast. If same IP and/or cookie were used to cast multiple votes withing 5 minutes time frame then those votes maybe disqualified. Also, if same IP and cookie voted multiple times, they may be disqualified. It would have been ideal if the votes could have been taken at face value but at this point, I feel that fairness is what counts at the end and it is not fair to count 5 votes from same computer for the same story. As much as it would have been ideal to have the final vote represent the final decision, for sake of fairness, sajha decision regarding the validity of votes will be final!
Although this appreciation was meant to be an encouragement to writers, I am hoping that any voting anomality or the final decision will not be discouraging to anyone. Once again, special thanks to all the writers for sharing your personal works with the sajha visitors at large, and thanks also to all the members who have appreciated the opportunity of casting their votes fairly to select their favorite stories.
Voting will end at midnight tomorrow. Spring is here, enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Best wishes!