It has been announced that Bord na Gaidhlig is spending £250,000 on setting up a Gaelic version of the social networking site, Facebook - mygaelic.com. The site is to be online by the end of this month and is said to have been two years in development by Glasgow-based Gillian Thompson. The site will have an instant tr*nsl*t**n to English for non-Gaelic speakers.
Naturally the initiative has attracted a fair amount of controversy. Some critics focus on the cost - which is frankly, extremely high. (The site had better be good.) Some point to existing market leaders in the social networking genre - Facebook itself and Myspace - both of whom already have Gaelic users.
What is the function of Bord na Gaidhlig? Is it to promote and develop the use of the Gaelic language and culture? What else?
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