Posted by: San November 6, 2006
To San......Hypocricy?
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Bibas100, Over the past weeks I have read many postings by you against sajha policy. I realize that I must have made you one very unhappy camper by not allowing you to advertise your blog in sajha. I know that you tried very hard to advertise using different methods but unfortunately as I have reiterated many times, we cannot have people constantly advertising their sites in sajha. I hope you are not taking it personally. I might be mistaken regarding your motive for your dislike towards sajha policies, in which case please pardon my cynicism, and continue below. Sajha is a site that I maintain in order to provide a cyberspace for us Nepalis living away from home to have a place to come together. Because of the volume of postings it is not possible for me to monitor everything. If there are polls, then those are taken in order to get a general feedback; but due to the fact that I maintain and run it, I have to make the final decision. In the history of sajha, I have had to make many decisions and I feel that I have made the right decisions. Few times when I have made an error in judgement, I have made changes accordingly. In summary, sajha is a dynamic site, where changes have to be made depending upon user feedback and my discretion. To answer your question where public is going to decide what happens in sajha, the answer is no. And the simple reason for this no is because polls don't really give an accurate measurement of people's preference in a virtual setting. Out of 20,000 registered users 150 people vote. That is not a good percentage to go by as 'public opinion'. Also, you have to remember that there might be over 10 times more visitors who are not registered. Hence, a public opinion poll is not really an accurate measurement actual opinions. That is why, I take the results of public opinion with a grain of salt and make decisions based on gut feelings and sense of fairness. I hope I have answered your question. On a related note, the reason for sajha kurakani is to share different things about Nepal and Nepalis and other interesting things for the Nepali diaspora, and I personally do not like to make sajha kurakani about sajha or myself. If you have any questions regarding sajha policies I would appreciate you contacting me directly, instead of inviting a public debate. Another reason for this is that there might be some postings that I won't get to read and reply on sajha, and I don't want you to think that I am ignoring you. Best wishes.
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