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Naseeb: Helping or Hurting?
I was surprised recently to learn that Naseeb is blocked in certain Muslim countries, while other interaction sites are not. Why is that? Could it be that they find Naseeb more harmful than those other sites for some reason?
To that end, I wanted to find out what people thought about the following questions:
- Do you think that Naseeb is doing more harm than good?
- Have you learned anything beneficial during your time on Naseeb?
- Has your time on Naseeb altered your impression of Muslims or any subset of Muslims?
- Has anything particularly good or bad come out of your experiences here?
- If you were to create a new Naseeb, how would it be different than this one?
- Are you generally better off having experienced Naseeb?
Any thoughts, suggestions, or general opinions are welcome on the subject.
To that end, I wanted to find out what people thought about the following questions:
- Do you think that Naseeb is doing more harm than good?
- Have you learned anything beneficial during your time on Naseeb?
- Has your time on Naseeb altered your impression of Muslims or any subset of Muslims?
- Has anything particularly good or bad come out of your experiences here?
- If you were to create a new Naseeb, how would it be different than this one?
- Are you generally better off having experienced Naseeb?
Any thoughts, suggestions, or general opinions are welcome on the subject.
Comments on this journal
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I am surprised to see Dubai has blocked Naseeb, considering all the night clubs and stuff they have down there.
>> Only if you are spending too much time here. Same as watching endless hours of TV.
- Have you learned anything beneficial during your time on Naseeb?
>> Yes. Besides some good discussions on religion, learned a bit about how women view men. Though not a true representative sample, their views have been quite an eye-opener.
- Has your time on Naseeb altered your impression of Muslims or any subset of Muslims?
>> Please see above.
- Has anything particularly good or bad come out of your experiences here?
>> Generally good.
- If you were to create a new Naseeb, how would it be different than this one?
>> I would clean up the website, removing dead profiles and doing away with dumb features. It could be more user-friendly, but not sure how to make it interesting.
- Are you generally better off having experienced Naseeb?
>> Better off, though not spending as much time here as I used to. The best part has been meeting Naseebers in person, within some context.
So what are you going to say to the Minister of Internet over there? "Give us Naseeb or give us death!" or maybe a more subtle "Give us free!" like in 'Amistad'? (H)
On the other hand, I can see how a Muslim government might want to discourage the viewing of people's pictures, sometimes more revealing than Islam would allow, and the discussions that wander into forbidden or not recommended areas. There are also some very harsh comments, including expletives, directed at Naseeb members and/or various groups of people.
Overall, I would say that Naseeb does a good job and should be used as a learning tool. While it shows the same divisions that separate us in the real world and the animosity that seems to run rampant between people in general, it offers opportunities to learn from those issues and press forward with other, more positive, concerns. As in life, we are able to filter through the information and people on Naseeb, collecting that which we find useful and passing on that which does not suit us. Where else would we have that opportunity in a global, but uniquely Muslim, environment?