Farewell, Desipundit
Desipundit is closing down, and it’s a huge disappointment. Both as a reader and a (small-time) contributor, I have enjoyed the Desipundit experience immensely. I join a list of readers whose daily reading list will now have a void.
Yes, there are desi Digg-clones, but DP proved superior as it has had some kind of unspoken editorial policy (variously criticised as being elitist, Northie-centric, narrow in scope, even nepotic) which has ensured that the posts we link to are good, and the kind that people will love to read, refer to friends, and get back to us for more.
This is probably not the time to answer critics; but there is one point worth nothing. As of July 2006, Desipundit had linked to over 5000 posts across 1450+ blogs. Honestly, this statistic surprises me, and I’m sure every other contributor would feel so too, because for long, we had ourselves bought into the argument that we were linking to too few blogs.
Closing as it does, with an average linking rate of over 80 posts and 25 new blogs every week, Desipundit is sure to be missed in the Indian blogosphere. By fans and critics both.
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a blogger remarked about desipundit shutting down, and how he misses it. i asked him why, since he isnt fond of it. his reply, i will miss my bench mark for posts that suck. for him getting linked on DP meant his posts sucked.
thats the level of DP posts
PS the blogger in question isnt Nilu just to clarify
May I know why?
Am very surprised. Desi pundit used to be one of my first clicks everyday.
Forget the critics, you guys were just awesome. Your scope, though no one would doubt it, is amazing.
I cannot understand what ails Mr Vatsan and his friends for him to make vile, slanderous remarks about DesiPundit. It only shows the quality (or the lack of - ) of the critics. Pray what have these faceless goons done to bring blogs closer to readers?
It was nice having you on the DesiPundit team and a ton of thanks for running those cron jobs on our linking statistics. It certainly proved many critics wrong and surprised us all.
@Vatsan: Thanks for the info. I didn’t know William Shakespeare was still around.
@Karthik: You might want to check out Patrix’s blog for details.
@Kiran: Thanks. Mine too.
@Kaushik: Thanks. As for Vatsan, he knows himself his remarks aren’t funny. You can pardon him on that count.
@Patrix: Thanks. Contributing (in some small way) to Desipundit was an interesting experience. I enjoyed being part of the team. Best of luck.
Putvote’s always a better option.
Farewell, Desipundit…
Desipundit is closing down, and it…
I am not a regular reader of desipundit, I dont know the nitty-gritties involved but I feel if one person is unable to run the show, he should pass on the baton and not arrive upon a consensus for closing down.