picture of DJ smiling during his daily postingHi Everyone!

This is DJ’s Daddy talking with you today. I would like to discuss the future of DJ’s World.

As you may have noticed, DJ has not posted since October 21st. It must be understood by everyone that DJ is a real child. You can see his picture in the About Page. When we started this site with DJ some 6+ months ago, DJ was so excited and happy. His mother and I could not slow him down as he saw a way to make many friends around the world. Of course, DJ being 4 years old needed a lot of help with the idea of developing DJ’s World. Dj’s mother and I with help from his brother and sisters provided a lot of help and moral support. We were lucky to have our friend Darwin to do the art work. Everything was set in place. We launch DJ’s World on DJ’s birthday.

We tried to cover many subjects that greatly interested DJ. We helped him to learn to research information and to allow him to tell his story his way and then “translate” those words into written words that the world at large could understand. As hard as it was for a 4 year old child, Dj stuck with the job of working almost everyday on the site. This is a great feat for any 4 year old child.

With tracking software, we were able to track the visitor traffic each and every day. The visitor rate grew quickly. We knew that the growth in traffic had to be by, mostly, “word of mouth.” Unlike many other start-up blogs, we could not join link groups or blogging catalog groups because we wanted more than anything else to keep the site “child safe.” The problem that has developed over time has been the lack of visitor comments. Comments are so important to the life of a blog. It was the main reason that DJ wanted to do the blog…meeting new people around the world and making friends with children in other countries. Since the start-up last April, we have received only 3 comments. Think about that…only 3 comments. Why? We don’t know.

This is surely discouraging to anyone but to a 4 year old child it is a sorrowful experience. Dj has been very sad about the situation for quite a long time.

Just recently, we were told by Darwin that he doesn’t have time to help on the art work for DJ’s World. We had so many plans for the artistic side of DJ’s World and now we are at a lost as what to do. This has been very hard on DJ. He wanted to move along with DJ’s School and DJ’s Store and we are unable to realize his dream.

Maybe now, you can understand how DJ feels about this experience. He is really “down” about the blog. DJ’s mother and I have had some talks with DJ and he has decided to give DJ’s World a second try. He will start posting next week about educational items and other things that interests him. DJ has stated that he wants to learn new things about the Philippines and the world around us and pass that on to his many visitors.

We need your help. It only takes a few minutes of your day to place a comment to DJ on his daily post. It is not much to ask for a 4 year old child that puts his heart into this project. DJ’s mother and I allowed DJ to do this project as a learning experience. We had hoped that he would learn that there is a big world out there with many nice people. We wanted to teach him, at an early age, that there are more good people than bad people.

Help us to make DJ’s World a success by taking a few minutes and leaving DJ a “Hi! How are you doing” message. You will feel better about yourself for the rest of your day.

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2 Comments so far »

  1. by Camille Ramos, on December 16 2008 @ 2:29 pm

     

    hello DJ!:]
    i’m your sister’s classmate last year.
    how are you?
    i bet you don’t remember me anymore.
    anyway.
    i like your blog.:]
    merry christmas and advance happy new year!
    weee!
    bye.
    good luck.
    p.s.
    i like the countdown widget.

  2. by DJ, on December 16 2008 @ 7:06 pm

     

    Hi Camille! Yes, I remember you. My sister misses you very much. We hope that you will have a great Christmas. The weather is nice and cool now here in the Philippines. Take care and come back soon to visit! Your friend DJ!

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