Let me begin with a disclaimer: I am not a regular blogger let alone a quality one. Since I have joined Iranian.com, I have only blogged five times in the last two years, four of which were in the last four months. But in this relatively short period I have noticed that a number of serious, dignified and knowledgeable bloggers have either left us or simply not bothered to join us!
Case in point: Hafez for beginners. This lady is the latest casualty of the cult of Iranian.com. She once announced her intention to leave and thanks to the persuasive powers of a number of contributors she carried on for a further month or two. But she has not published a single blog of her most educational "Learning from Hafez" blogs for nearly a month now. In her last blog she explained the reasons why she was reluctant to come back to Iranian.com and her disappointment with the site in general.
Personally I miss her a lot. She was highly literate, erudie, polite, civilized, cultured and extremely fair. And yet despite all these great attributes she was driven out of this site. Why? I tell you why. Because she took, as any sane and dignified person should, the business of blogging seriously. The message that I have received in the last two years of mainly being an commenters on Iranian.com is that, as a general rule, if you want to survive on this site you shoud write cheap but popular stuff and be an entertainer as opposed to an educater. This is a general rule but there are a very few excpetions. For example Dr M Saadat Noury's blogs are both entertaining as well as educating. But the good Dr Nouri knows that if he wants to write some the stuff he writes for serious and more substantive publications on Iranian.com, he will be even less popular than he is at present.
I do not intend to mention any names but the more lewed the language of a blog, the more popular the blogger is on Iranian.com. Some of the contents of one such blogger's blogs remind me of the graffiti you read on the walls of the public toilets. And yet he is regarded as one of the sages of Iranian.com!! This guy will surely receive a lifetime achievement award in the next anniversary celebrations to be held in Texas (oops I meant in California).
As for myself, I have been the target of much abusive comments and even threats on this site. But I never budge and at the same time I have never flagged any of such abuses. My faith has saved me. I guess I am too thick-skinned to be bothered by (for the want of better words) "moshti khass-o-khaashaak."
There is only one piece of advice (no not ten pieces as is the fad these days) I can give to the newcomers on this site if they intend to survive it here: Never take others seriously and never expect to be taken seriously by others.
The true motto of Iranian.com should be: Nothing is Serious.
For an Islamic democracy
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You should not only take IC seriously Nor should you "LIFE"
by vildemose on Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:32 PM PDTand yourself.
"If you're in a coalition and you're comfortable, you know it's not a broad enough coalition" Bernice Johnson Reagon
Salman Farsi
by Anahid Hojjati on Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:01 AM PDTI think I might have offended HFB which if that is the case, I apologize to her. I think Hafez for Begnners knew that I liked her Hafez' blogs but politically we butted heads on few issues like FIFA' s stand on Islamic uniform and France's law's regarding Hejab, these two come to mind.
I know you liked her Ms Hojjati
by salman farsi on Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:50 AM PDTThough you may not have agreed with her on all issues, you never offended her.
Thanks for your comment.
For an Islamic democracy
Right again Truthseeker
by salman farsi on Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:46 AM PDTThanks for elaborating your point.
For an Islamic democracy
Thank you Pendar Nik
by salman farsi on Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:45 AM PDTIn other words, one can take up the name and avatar that others may consider as treasonous but causes no harm or advocates no violence. This is the basis of Islamic democracy: one man one vote.
For an Islamic deemocracy
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by Truthseeker9 on Fri Aug 05, 2011 08:56 AM PDT.
You said it Truthseeker
by salman farsi on Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:38 AM PDT"Life is too short to spend it foolishly"
In other words, one must either have plenty of spare time to spend on IC or must , well you said it, take life foolishly and not seriously!
Which takes us back to what I suggested as the IC motto: Nothing is Serious!
For an Islamic democracy
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by Truthseeker9 on Fri Aug 05, 2011 08:54 AM PDT.
Of Hafez for IRI...
by پندارنیک on Sun Jul 17, 2011 09:07 AM PDTThere is nothing, absolutely nothing, wrong with providing a democratic environment so that all factions of the social and political spectrum, including the supporter of any regime as long as they would not propagate hatred and violence, can post their opinions.
I am counting down to the end of summer when, according to the owner of this site, new rules will be implemented. I am looking forward to seeing writers have more authority on their blogs. I'd like to see some policies which would take away the trivial aspect of "flagging" and I'd like to see stipulating guidelines regarding the removal of comments.....
Regarding Hafez for Beginners
by Anahid Hojjati on Sun Jul 17, 2011 09:20 AM PDTI also liked her blogs and writing about Hafez was good and discussions about Hafez were great.