Posted by: San July 19, 2005
End of Sajha?
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Thank you for bringing this up. Sajha is fortunate in that it has many well wishers who have grown across time, and who have helped evolve sajha over time with their generous feedbacks. It is not possible to take every feedback but few improvements here and there over time have made it possible to meet the general expectations of visitors while keeping the general health of the site intact by maintaining few rules and regulations. Out of thousands of visitors who visit the site, I am pleased to note that only a handful have had to be banned due to their inability to follow simple rules that are in place in order to run the site with least moderation. With respect to Nepal related internet activities, with the growth of the internet, there have been numerous new ways to spend time in the internet rather than a limited few cyber destinations. This growth is in tandem with the growth of internet viewers themselves. This is definitely economics. Previously there were limited number of internet users, hence limited internet destinations. Now with growing number of internet users, growing number of destinations. Personally, I don't think of all these new destinations as competition, but more of a realistic analogy to a real world situation. In the past also, I have compared sajha to a Bhatti, where people prefer to come to enjoy the hand made alu achar and khasi ko masu rather than buy frozen food (This was in answer to request to modify the forum content to look more like other industrial forums out there with more bells and whistles.) Building on the same analogy, there are more people looking for places to eat out, and there are more options for places to eat out. Once in a while it's good to go out and try different food but most of these places have different missions and goals and tastes. People even go out to eat at foreign restaurants once in a while. But there's nothing like home cooked meal, and sajha gives a good picture of home, a more realistic picture of home, where you will want to come back to. To take off your socks and relax. This view has been further strengthened after my recent visit to ANA Dallas where people were very receptive to sajha. I was fortunate enough to meet many sajha visitors who were very kind and generous in their perception of sajha. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the viewership of sajha jumped two folds after the ANA event. Where normally there used to be about 3000 unique users per day, after ANA, the number sharply rose to 6000 unique users per day. This is great for everyone in sajha because the more the merrier. Unlike lot of newer sites which are business oriented, sajha has focussed on being more people oriented. However, if anyone is interested in promoting their business through sajha, they need to pay a small cost since they would benefit from it as well. A small positive side effect, not at all overshadowing it's main mission. Sajha does not have any missions besides bringing together Nepali people in the internet. Besides that, the only other mission and goal is to spread the message of peace, love and harmony among us if possible; and to promote the Live and Let Live philosophy. Didn't mean for this reply to be so long but wanted to share a few things with all the well wishers and new visitors and this was how the flow went. It's been good this way. Going with the flow... Best wishes to all, San
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