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    An ISC record that is nothing to celebrate about

    Just now when I logged in, I was quite surprised to see that nothing showed under 'Top Contributors - Today' in the right side pane. This means that till the time of posting this thread, not a single post has been submitted across all sections! We generally celebrate milestones and records, but this... definitely nothing to crow about.

    Never has this happened in my journey of over 15 years. Sad to see.
  • #776451
    That is very true. These days the overall activity on the site is decreasing. Active members are also reducing. Probably, the reason may be restricting the activity on the site only to education-related topics. Initially, the Knowledge centre had many topics and answers also. But these days, we are seeing less activity there also.
    The top bosses are trying various ways and means to improve the traffic. I hope with their sustained efforts we may see some improvement in the coming days.

    drrao
    always confident

  • #776452
    It is a record indeed but it calls for introspection instead of celebration. It is true that there has been a decrease in contributions, not only in the forum section but generally, and we need to find out ways to rejuvenate the writers in us. Hope the lull is temporary.
    'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all'.
    -Aristotle

  • #776453
    Yes, it is time for introspection on the part of Webmasters and Senior Editors. They should not put the blame on the ordinary members for this terrible condition of this once-popular website. It is their duty to make the website attractive.
    (a) Those who have forgotten Noakhali, how can they protest Sandeshkhali?
    (b) Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. ---------- Salvador Dali

  • #776454
    Though the ISC management is trying its best to enhance its glamour once it enjoyed the past. We, too, are interested to see that it will certainly devise some ways to improve its status. We hope that we would come through the present crisis with the efforts of retrospection. Let us have our patience in this turbulent moment.

  • #776455
    No, Jha Sir. The ISC management takes one after another unilateral decision and expects all ordinary members would follow these decisions.
    But people are not accepting these illogical decisions.

    (a) Those who have forgotten Noakhali, how can they protest Sandeshkhali?
    (b) Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. ---------- Salvador Dali

  • #776456
    I remember earlier we had many contests in a month and members chose to contribute in which they felt interested. Now contests are limited and members having general interest are not able to participate. Only those who are having expertise in education related matters are more active presently.
    Thoughts exchanged is knowledge gained.

  • #776459
    I don't think we need to celebrate or even berate ourselves for this matter. This is just an indicative normal event in a dynamic and ever-changing scenario- be it virtual space or real space. The indicative prognosis should be properly noted and if a suitable remedial corrective action is taken, then the course can be changed to its right path, or any other suitable amends can be taken.

    " The old order changeth yielding place to new..." is a truth ever.

    However, I do not see this as a situation beyond redeem. The solution lies in proper review, analysis and pragmatic approaches. The assessment should be in right earnest-neither an underestimation of the parameters and stakeholders nor an overestimation of inside wisdom.

    But what I see in the forum discussions are (I personally feel) fringe views and the real view is known only to the WMs or the most inside core team. I have not seen any worry feel indication from the WMs, who are the course setters of this channel.

    I find there are activities in other sections and the dryness is only in forum. It is just so natural as the space for forum discussion is shrunk much after the channel has become subject specific.

    Let me conclude in positivity by quoting "Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; one equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield...."

  • #776463
    Forum section is still the gateway to the ISC site and there are various discussions and issues raised here which are sometimes not of educational nature. Some members are active in knowledge centre and information update section as well as in article section. They may not be participating in forum section until unless they feel a need for it. There absence in forum section should not be felt as a negative factor as far as my understanding goes.
    From a member's perspective I want to make a suggestion. If it is financially viable than we can have some awards (whatever little amount it might be) for those who are contributing in different sections during the month. For knowledge section we are already having a good amount earmarked but other sections are not having any such motivating factor. It is not a question of more amount or less amount but some value of award always attracts the members especially new members and that becomes a consideration for many.

    Knowledge is power.

  • #776464
    My intention is not to rake up a point, but I don't understand what made Partha conclude that the thread is blaming the members. Let us not forget that editors are also members and editing is just an additional responsibility assigned to a few. I feel it is a general thread raising an awakening call to one and all, including the Webmasters. Apologies for the diversion but I could not resist expressing myself.

    Members are requested to continue giving their opinion and views on the main thread.

    'Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all'.
    -Aristotle

  • #776466
    I agree that we can't fully blame members for this present position. At the same time, we can't say somebody else is fully responsible for this. I feel introspection is the need of the hour. A member can't do anything except try to improve his contributions. But top bosses' introspection is more important as they can resolve the issues by taking corrective and preventive actions and seeing that the site will return to its old position. It is not the time to blame each other but collective and progressive work will do wonders. I hope members will agree with this.
    drrao
    always confident

  • #776467
    My views on this issue are very simple and uncomplicated.. These are:

    (a) What the Webmasters and Editors are offering in this website, is not at all attractive and so, ordinary members are not interested in contrubuting.
    (b) I am not bringing monetary aspect at all in this discussion. For the contributors in this site, monetary benefit is secondary.
    (c) The Webmasters and the Editors will have to find ways to make this website more attractive both for the contributors as well as for the viewers/readers, also. Ordinary members can't do that.

    I hope I have made myself clear.

    (a) Those who have forgotten Noakhali, how can they protest Sandeshkhali?
    (b) Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. ---------- Salvador Dali

  • #776469
    We can hardly see 10 or 15 active members in the Forum section. They make the Forum section somewhat vibrant. Other sections are somewhat dull. Can we depend on the new content of these Forum members and other section contributors for ISC's traffic? No, we need traffic for both new as well as old content.

    ISC has lot of old resources which include some static content (that doesn't change with time) and some dynamic content (that changes with time). Most of the On-page SEO part, like keyword research, is left to the member, who writes the resource. Most members may not have much knowledge on SEO.

    So, in order to attract good organic traffic for old content, it is better to have a good SEO professional, who has good knowledge in link building and other SEO techniques, so that he can at least make changes to the static content.

    I would suggest ISC to encourage members to write static content in addition to dynamic content. Dynamic content is like Current Affairs. No one reads current affairs that is more than one year old.

  • #776471
    This type of record is not good for ISC and we do not want to make a record of such type in future. I want to say that I have been busy for the last couple of days and unable to contribute here. I will try to contribute a couple of posts daily in future.
    Honesty is the best policy.


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