Posts by darkspilver

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UK IndependentUK Commission on Child Sexual Abuse possible new, separate inquiry into JWs

by Lostandfound in

the guardian newspaper today reports that the iccsa has received “numerous” reports relating to child sexual abuse among jehovahs witness's, and it is possible they will establish an entirely separate inquiry into these reports.

the government set up the iccsa independnt inquiry into child sexual abuse some time ago and their has been a delay in the inquiry operating as thw role of chair s established.. typo in heading, sorry .

darkspilver

Now in the printed newspaper:

IN PRINT - PAGE 5 - "Jehovah's Witnesses may face separate child abuse inquiry" - THE GUARDIAN (UK), Friday, March 9, 2018

Above also includes the article - Case Study: 'I was groomed by an elder'

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San Diego sex abuse cases against Jehovah's Witness organization settled

by jp1692 in

this just in as reported in the san diego union-tribune: .

san diego sex abuse cases against jehovah's witness organization settled - kristina davis, march 6th, 2018.

darkspilver

Also

Sex abuse cases against Jehovah's Witnesses church settled (Gonzalo Campos) - New York Times (US), March 6, 2018 - via Associated Press, multiple world outlets

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Connect the dots: Cut the baby in half

by OrphanCrow in

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*thanks to bubba on reddit for the heads up this uplifting children's activity.

what is the purpose of this activity?

what is the message?

darkspilver

FWIW here's the finished picture, with the dots joined up.....

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/246615/_post/4665522

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Apostasy: The Movie - Directed by Daniel Kokotajlo

by darkspilver in

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daniel kokotajlo's new film apostasy has it's world premiere at the toronto international film festival in september 2017. apostasy.

family and faith come into conflict for two jehovah’s witness sisters in manchester, when one is condemned for fornication and the other pressured to shun her sibling.. this fresh, unadorned first feature from director dan kokotajlo carries an unmistakable note of authenticity from its very first scenes.

set in a jehovah's witness community in england, the film's strength and power lies in its directness.. apostasy depicts the growing rift in a family — a mother and two daughters — who are rigorously devoted to their religion.

darkspilver

Coming to the Bergamo Film Meeting Festival....

Apostasy the Movie: Italian Premiere - Bergamo Film Meeting Festival - March 15 and 16, 2018

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Im Writing An Ex-JW Self Help Book

by pale.emperor in

we all know waking up from the cult and trying to leave is a very scary and life changing experience.

for many it's traumatic and few find the transition easy.

we have to deal with families cutting us off entirely or keeping us at arms length at best, lies being told about us by the organization, ex members gossiping about us and finding ourselves in a world very different from what we're prepared for.. for this reason, i've decided to start writing a self-help book informing jws of what to expect when they leave the org.

darkspilver

FWIW this one is being released April 17, 2018...

New Book - "Shunned: How I Lost my Religion and Found Myself" by ex-Jehovah's Witness Linda A Curtis

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Web traffic statistics released for the Reddit ExJW Subreddit

by darkspilver in

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fwiw, the moderators have released the traffic statistics for the reddit exjw subreddit.

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web statistics are not generally an exact science - the 'best' indication is normally the 'unique' visitor number - although one person may be using more than one device to access the website (ie using desktop and mobile), but also more than one person may being using the same device (ie a shared home desktop).. on a forum-style website, the number of 'page views' is a bit pointless as it will normally always be much, much higher than a non-forum-style website - but it can give a general idea on how engaged visitors are (how many topics/threads they are reading).

darkspilver

slimboyfat: Plus wasn't the abridged annual report released in January?

I don't think that would have necessarily triggered visits to an 'ex-jw' website / forum.

The annual report was released at the end of December 2017.

I released my own version (gleaned from the JWorg website) on December 26, 2017:

2017 Service Year Report Worldwide Table with individually lands/countries

JWorg released their own 'official' version on December 31, 2017

From JWorg 2017 Service Year Report Worldwide - with individually listed lands/countries (incl baptisms and memorial attendances)

slimboyfat: How does it compare with Mormon readits or whatever you call it?

The ExMo reddit has around 3-and-a-half MORE members/subscribers than the ExJW one.

John Free: 3 million page views in a month! Am I reading that correctly?

I think the highest is around 2-and-a-half million page views - but on a forum, page views are a bit meaningless as each topic/thread that is viewed counts as a 'page view' - so it is easy for visitors to rack up high numbers, compared to a standard (non-forum) website.

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Web traffic statistics released for the Reddit ExJW Subreddit

by darkspilver in

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fwiw, the moderators have released the traffic statistics for the reddit exjw subreddit.

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web statistics are not generally an exact science - the 'best' indication is normally the 'unique' visitor number - although one person may be using more than one device to access the website (ie using desktop and mobile), but also more than one person may being using the same device (ie a shared home desktop).. on a forum-style website, the number of 'page views' is a bit pointless as it will normally always be much, much higher than a non-forum-style website - but it can give a general idea on how engaged visitors are (how many topics/threads they are reading).

darkspilver

Yeah new devices could be a reason - though I suspect most of them are replacing existing devices, so less incentive to web browse purely for the novelty.

Ex-JW-wise there where a number of major events in January, including

Dr Phil TV Programme with Tatiana

FaithLeaks released the JW 'PalmerLeak' documents

John Cedars released Pillowgate videos

For Reddit, there was also a highly voted comment on a popular 'AskReddit' thread

See the post below for more info:

Traffic / Subscriber 'spikes' and co-relation with events

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Web traffic statistics released for the Reddit ExJW Subreddit

by darkspilver in

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fwiw, the moderators have released the traffic statistics for the reddit exjw subreddit.

.

web statistics are not generally an exact science - the 'best' indication is normally the 'unique' visitor number - although one person may be using more than one device to access the website (ie using desktop and mobile), but also more than one person may being using the same device (ie a shared home desktop).. on a forum-style website, the number of 'page views' is a bit pointless as it will normally always be much, much higher than a non-forum-style website - but it can give a general idea on how engaged visitors are (how many topics/threads they are reading).

darkspilver

FWIW, the moderators have released the traffic statistics for the Reddit ExJW Subreddit

Web statistics are not generally an exact science - the 'best' indication is normally the 'unique' visitor number - although one person may be using more than one device to access the website (ie using desktop and mobile), but also more than one person may being using the same device (ie a shared home desktop).

On a forum-style website, the number of 'page views' is a bit pointless as it will normally always be much, much higher than a non-forum-style website - but it can give a general idea on how engaged visitors are (how many topics/threads they are reading)

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