Herdict is pleased to announce two additional language interfaces: Persian (herdict.org/Persian) and Russian (nardict.ru).
Our hope is by adding additional languages, we’ll continue to expand the herd. And, since Herdict relies on you, the herd, to get the upto the moment information on internet filtering, the bigger the herd, the better the data.
Have ideas on what other languages we should add? What about other new features? Get involved with Herdict’s growth.
Finally, Shep would like to thank every one who’s helped make this milestone happen: the developers, the translators, the testers, the outreach coordinator and all the Berk friends who have provided guidance and feedback. There’s a lot of work that goes into a new language, let alone two, so cheers!
As Herdict nears the first anniversary of its launch, we’re reflecting on all of the amazing progress the project has made this year. Since last February, Herdict.org has received over 600,000 unique visitors and 110,000 unique inaccessible and accessible reports, from almost every country in the world.
Since we’ve launched we’ve added a great number of features – from our alerts system to the browser add-ons to the discussion board and many languages of Herdict (Chinese, Arabic, and soon Russian and Persian), we’re growing so fast we’re going to need bigger pastures soon!
That’s where you, our users, come in…We want to know what you think of Herdict: What works? What doesn’t work? What features would you like to see? We’re full of ideas, but we know that Herdict is powered by the herd, and we want to hear from you.
There are two ways to get involved: One is to simply comment, e-mail, or join the discussion. The other will take up a bit more time: We’re forming a Herdict Council, of dedicated Herdict users who would like to be more involved…and there’s definitely Herdict goodies for the Council! If you’d like to join the Council, let us know at contact at herdict.org.
About two months ago, we enabled Herdict users to report on individual Web pages, rather than just top-level sites (e.g., “twitter.com/nawaat” vs. “twitter.com”). Since then, we’ve noticed a trickling of reports on individual inaccessible Twitter pages, in China, Bahrain and Tunisia.
The latest spate of inaccessible reports have been confirmed by the owners of some of the Twitter accounts, who say that their Twitter pages are no longer accessible in their own countries:
Although twitter.com has since been reported accessible (by the user) in Bahrain, one thing is clear: the governments of Tunisia and Bahrain have now demonstrated capability to block individual Twitter pages, thus silencing certain voices while still keeping a major communication platform open. Only time will tell if this is to become a trend globally.
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