Times Internet announced today that their spiritual networking property Speakingtree.in is seeing a significant increase in registered user base since the site integrated tightly with the Facebook social graph. The site has over 3000 articles in eight categories, adding over 1500 blogs and 3000 discussion threads each month, hosting the views of spritiual leaders such as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Deepak Chopra, Maulana, Thich Nthat Hanh, Andrew Cohen and more.
Those spiritually inclined can log in to speak to these masters, or to share their ideas and listen to the views of other spiritual seekers, through a network of connected services including blogs, forums, message boards, and direct messaging, which is integrated with Facebook recommending to users the most relevant content and helping them grow their activity and contribution badges.
"The purpose of the site is not just to encourage spiritual seekers to interact with each other but to also help them cope with the tough worldly pressures. We believe that this initiative will help users tap into their faith, strength…in effect 'log in to themselves’,” said Archana Vohra, Vice President, Times Internet Limited.