Xanga 1.0 is still running and I am waiting for Xanga 2.0. Things looks promising and I hope that we can make Xanga 2.0 a sustainable migration. I am willing to help where I can to help rebuild the community.

Good bye and thank you for all the fish………… ……….. …….. …… ……. …. … .. .

I went to visit my father on Sunday. He is weakening rapidly. The flame of vitality seems to be burning at a slower pace and he is in the toughest time period of his whole life. All I could do was to try and maintain a positive and harmonious disposition while visiting. The positive was that we were all together again me with my two sisters and my parents. There must be some truth to the saying that blood is thicker than water. Family remains family irrespective of what is happening or how far one is from your family. My mother is probably suffering the most at present as she is the one that is jumping at my father’s every request. I have great respect for her tenacity in being there for my father. My father is by his full mental capability but has difficulty speaking and often has to repeat himself before he is correctly understood. He can not swallow food and it is pumped directly into his stomach through a pipe. I have seldom seen my father being sick so it is strange to see him timid and dependent on others to help him. He is still the same proud man, yet accepts his weakening state with grace. There were times when he showed signs of frustration but given the situation, he is doing the best he can. 

It would have been very helpful if Xanga communicated on a regular basis on the progress of their plans. I would like to see more of that community spirit not in Xanga 2.0 but also that is manifests in the current Xanga. Why not ask for  input and create an excitement and momentum for Xanga 2.0? Xanga can not be just the product of Technical developers but should have input into group psychology in order to develop an even deeper community. A once in every month communication from the Xanga team is absolutely unacceptable and does not bode well for Xanga 2.0

The only spark of hope is @edlives who has really been doing his part of promoting and supporting the Xanga cause. However he is also left in the dark and unsupported. Xanga 2.0 can be sustainable and it can be a success story but for that to happen the Xanga Team has to get out of the jungle and start to engage with the community that is supporting and pledging to keep Xanga 2.0 going. Xanga 2.0 will start with some die hard supporters, but that is not a sustainable situation. To be sustainable, Xanga must have a growth strategy and a strategy that makes all its members willing contributors to the brand name of Xanga. However Xanga must be consistent with that brand and what the brand stand for – which I believe is primarily standing for a unique community of bloggers. If it is a community of bloggers the Xanga team can not stand seperated from the community but has to be fully part of that community.

I have finally decided to support the Xanga relaunch. I have started up my WebPress accounts and will probably continue to blog at WebPress in terms of particular themed blogs which seems to be working much better than the single blog approach I have followed on Xanga. I made my preparations for the worst case scenario and informed all my Xanga subscribers where to find me should Xang fail to relaunch.

However, I had been a life member, premium member of Xanga since 2004  when I joined Xanga and I enjoyed Xanga’s community for almost nine years. Xanga badged me a as a True member. Like everybody else I gained much from the community, made some good friends, seen some good times and bad times on Xanga. The best of my writing is within my Xanga archive as well as the worst of my writing. Like most Xangans I was disappointed when hearing that Xanga might close down.

However having contemplated the time spend with Xanga, the time of blogging and interacting, I decided today to pledge my support of 1 year for Xanga! Given that Xanga had been a reliable platform for my blogging for such a long time, it is time to give at least something back and contribute to Xanga 2.0. It is a way to thank Xanga for what they have done by providing a blogging platform and for keeping my memories alive for nine year. I sincerely hope Xanga will continue and that the memory of all Xangans will continue.

My disappointment has shifted in seeing that only about 500 Xangans have pledged to support the relaunch. Even at 1$ every Xangan can do his or her bit to assist in Xanga going forward. Everybody wants to know which bloggers Xanga will take over but so few are willing to truly put a hand into their pockets to support Xanga. Given what Xanga has already done for its members and the many free sites that was supported by Xanga I am of the firm believe that everybody can make a contribution. Does Xanga really have only 500 active and committed members? If all the bloggers of Xanga pledge a 1$ the target they need for the relaunch can easily be attained. It takes a little bit from everybody to make a difference.

If you agree with me then please recommend this blog entry and get it on the front page of Xanga.

Before you recommend – add your 1$ to the Xanga relaunch effort.

It is time for that final push where everybody is needed to put their weight behind the effort. It is not an argument about what Xanga can do for you in the future but what Xanga has done for all of us in the past. Lets pull together and make a difference. Let this be another one of the memories we all share of the time when Xanga launched Xanga 2.0. I would like to remember this time as a time of victory for Xangans.