Sunday Times attacks mygaelic.com as costly failure

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Tha iad ag obair air mobheurla.com san dòigh àbhaisteach a thug iad ionnsaigh air iomairtean eile co-cheagailte leis a' Ghàidhlig. Gheibhear na taxpayers' alliance na chois a' toirt breab cuideachd. An turas seo ge-tà, a bheil iad ceart gus Bòrd na Gàidhlig a chàineadh? Bha moran deasbad ann mu dheidhinn mobheurla.com nuair chaidh a chur air bhog.*

Sunday Times le Mike Meritt

'Gaelic Facebook' attracts 1,500 members...at a cost of £250,000.'

A GAELIC version of Facebook has been branded a waste of public money after it emerged that it is costing the taxpayer £156 for every registered user.
Mygaelic.com, which has received £250,000 in government funding, was launched last year by Linda Fabiani, the the Holyrood culture minister as a means of rejuvanating interest in the dying language.
The latest figures show that, while the social network site has had more than 37,000 hits since its launch last February, only 1,574 people have signed up as registered users'...
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'Bord na Gàidhlig said it intended to revamp the website, but insisted that it was popular.
"MyGaelic has established itself as a serious brand," it said.

"There are many things we have learnt from its operation and we are currently looking at how to reprioritise some of the areas which have proven most popular, such as learning facilities and information for the new generation of Gaelic speakers we need to sustain the language.

"Given the competitive field the site exists in, we are very pleased with its performance and are continuing to examine ways we can develop what learners want.' ...

Gheibhear tuilleadh an seo:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/u ... 973872.ece

Nam bheachd fhèin s' dòcha gum bi àite ann airson mobheurla.com airson iomhaigh na Gàidhlig a thogail ach mar lìn-shoisealta a leithid 'Facebook' chan eil teans sam bith fon ghrèin ann. Gu mi-fhòrtanach chuir am bòrd cus airgid a-steach aig àm nuair a bha goireasan eile a' tighinn air loidhne. A-nis bu chòir dhaibh làn taic a chuir don leithid iomairt a tha seo air facebook fhèin:

Cuir Gàidhlig air Facebook. Pit ower Facebook intae wir ain tung.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41619519957

Tha daoine buailteach a bhith a' cleachdadh an cuid Gàidhlig air facebook fhein nuair a tha e iomchaidh. Seall air an duilleag aig Coinneach MacIomhair (RnG)
mar eisimpleir
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coinneach ... 383?ref=nf
'S ann mar sin a tha e sna laithean seo, chan eil e furasta idir airson lìon- shoisealta ur a bhith beò agus soirbheachail taobh a-muigh facebook.

Tha fiù 's duilleag mobheurla.com air facebook cuideachd!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5 ... 6782761..1
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*Aig mullach na duilleige a tha seo rinn mi iomradh air deasbad a bh'ann nuair a chuir iad mobheurla.com air bhog agus seo dà dhuilleag dhuibh;

*Eil Bòrd na Gàidhlig a' cosg airgid air seìrbheis a th' ann mar-thà?
http://news.scotsman.com/gaelic/Eil-Brd ... 4909783.jp

*MyGaelic.com – why did they spend a quarter of a million?
http://forargyll.com/2009/02/mygaelicco ... a-million/
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Beachd aig duine sam bith eile?

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[Seonaidh]

Ye ken ma bheachd, a Ghràisgi-pùs.

Air sin a ràdh, tha mi nam bhall de mobheurla.con (uill, creididh mi gum bi mi fhathast - chan eil mi air tadhal oirre o chionn mhìosan) agus tha mi air barrachd na £156 a chosg ann an cìsean am-bliadhna. Mar a chanas i sna sanasan "because I'm worth it"...

B' fheàrr leamsa nam biodh Bòrd na Gallick air £250K a chosg air barrachd thidsearan na Gàidhlig. Ach cha toigh leamsa càineadh fhaicinn bho Amannan na Sàbaid.

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Ri leughadh air àite eile
'A broken clock is right twice a day'. Agus fiu an Sunday Times.'

Gheibhear an aon fhiosrachadh air a' chiad duilleag den Press & Journal an-diugh, abair thusa gur e 'own goal' a tha seo.

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Saoilidh mi gur e am prìomh dhuilgheadas a th' ann aig an làrach ud nach do rinn iad a h-uile rud luath gu leòr. Tha an duilgheadas seo aca fhathast - chaidh an làrach fhoillseachadh mu bhliadhna air ais is chan fhaighear ach tionndadh beta dhen bhathar-bhog.