SomaliNet

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SomaliNet is a Somali networking website created in May 1998. Somalinet contains news, chat (IRC), forums, an online dating service, and a virtual library. SomaliNet's workers include volunteers in the USA, Canada, and Sweden, and paid employees in Somalia. Somalinet receives approximately 3,000,000 page views per a month, and it's forum contains more than 1,484,976 messages.

Contents 1 SomaliNet Forums 2 SomaliNet Chat 3 Project Goal 4 References

[edit] SomaliNet Forums

From somalinet.com front page (as of March 26, 2008) The forum has 1,484,976 posts, 98,753 topics and 74,223 users.

[edit] SomaliNet Chat

The chat rooms are always full with chatters from all over the world.

[edit] Project Goal

According to the creator of SomaliNet, the objective of the project is to provide easily accessible information on Somalia, give Somalis a virtual place to interact with each other, and to essentially serve the needs of Somalis and people interested in Somalia.

[edit] References

• SomaliNet's Home Page
• SomaliNet Project Description