Some Suggestions To The Nepal Digest
Paramendra Bhagat
March 28, 2003

1. Someone must get a username to be able to post articles and comments.
2. A piece must be at least 500 words to qualify as an article.
3. Each article will have a comments section right underneath.
4. Each username will have a profile page with fill in the blanks type entries: name, address, member since, age, sex, brief bio, favorite links, e-mail address, homepage, favorite quote.
5. All articles by a particular username will end up on that person's profile page, chronologically.
6. The latest 40 articles on the main page.
7. Option to access the next 40, the next 40, and so on upto 400.
8. Any web address or e-mail address inserted anywhere automatically to become a hyperlink.
9. A search function. I think you can customize a mainstream search engine to do this.
10. The page hits for each article and each profile page to be displayed.
11. The "Top 30" articles and profile pages by page hits to be displayed on separate pages.
12. Each profile page will also have the total number of hits for all articles by that person. A "Top 30" based on that. This page not to expire at the end of the year.
13. TND Person Of The Year for each year, the one at the top of that list.
14. Central Idea: to generate free content in a free speech environment.
15. Gradually make it financially self-sustaining, if not outright profitable. Banner ads, sponsors, contributions, business partnerships.