Self-improvement is something everyone strives for, and a 24/7 online virtual suggestions platform like Saajal is the step to take towards it! Read on to find out why.

The need for feedback

There are many little things about each of us that can make or break a first impression, isn’t it?

Even if you don’t go to a job interview every day, being the best version of yourself around all the people in your life can go a long way in leading youtube to your goals and aspirations. The only way to make this possible is to identify your weaknesses and the things that you could improve. Things that you wouldn’t mind changing at all, but wouldn’t notice until someone pointed it out to you.

Think of it as the way you look at your reflection before leaving your house in the morning. You notice your hair sticking out or your eyeliner a little smudge, and you fix it. But if you didn’t look at that mirror, people would have made fun of you behind your back all day.

Taking feedback from other people can give you an insight about yourself just like your mirror does. For example, maybe you smell during parties, chew a little too loudly at the dinner table, or maybe your new haircut doesn’t look as good to others as it does to you. Wouldn’t you want to hear these things?

To be fair, we do have some sources of such input. Our friends and siblings tend to mock us and be brutally honest to us about our shortcomings. We usually mock them back and answer sarcastically, but we take their suggestions into account and improve ourselves.

But is that enough?

What about something from your high-school yearbook group, or zumba class, or your workplace? Feedback from colleagues and acquaintances, perhaps?

We are often so busy with the mundane tasks in our everyday lives, that it becomes nearly impossible to take some time to have one-on-one conversations with people, and ask for their opinions. More often than not, we are also confused about deciding whom to ask.

And even if we do manage to do so, these people are usually hesitant to share their opinion of us with us, because they fear we would get offended, and rightly so. How often have you been able to honestly tell a person that their socks don't go with their shoes, or that they have a bad morning breath? Exactly.

When a person gives us feedback, we can’t help but feel slightly embarrassed about it and worry about what they must think of you. Being too caught up on that person and their opinion of you can leave you very little time and energy to work on the characteristics that they reviewed in the first place.

An anonymous feedback tool would solve this issue. Everyone who wishes to tell you something can fearlessly give their reviews on a platform where their identity would not be revealed. It is sort of like WhatsApp, but completely anonymous and private.

It’s not all good

There is a major problem with this, though. Honest feedback need not always be constructive criticism. Heck, it need not even be honest, sometimes! You might receive hate comments on such platforms.

Comments about your appearance, intelligence, race, sexuality, financial status or religion can deepen any underlying insecurities. These supposedly honest reviews can cause severe trauma in recipients. Over two-thirds of children who get diagnosed with mental health issues say that they have experienced cyberbullying in the previous year.

According to statistics from enough.org, 47% of young people have received threatening, intimidating or nasty messages through the internet. And since the onset of COVID-19, there has been an increase of 70% in the extent of bullying or hate speech among children. Internet obscenity is a grave problem and seven out of ten Americans do not believe that federal laws against it are being vigorously enforced.

Saajal to the rescue

The cloak of anonymity it’s a superpower for bullies. They could use such a medium to spread rumours, make threats or body-shame you. With no measures taken to sort through the messages you receive, anonymous feedback can be a nightmare.

But fret not, for our anonymous feedback platform, Saajal, has an AI powered moderator that gets rid of messages containing Spam or abusive content before you take a look at them.

If a particular feedback is unclear to you, or if you want to let the reviewer know that you have addressed the issue they brought to your notice, you can use the reply feature provided by Saajal to do so. In this way, you can chat with the person who gives you feedback, while not knowing who they are.

When you receive a lot of messages, Saajal uses entity extraction to group them based on commonly occurring keywords so you can identify the main areas that you need to work on. You can then pick one at a time, and read the reviews related to that topic, if need be.

Your friends and colleagues are also more likely to give you feedback on Saajal over traditional anonymous feedback platforms because of its simplicity. All they have to do is scan the QR code or tap on the link of your Saajal URL posted on your social media profile, OR enter your mobile number and type away! There is absolutely no need to enter any personal information or log in.

SSL encryption adds an additional layer of security, as all messages exchanged on the platform are end-to-end encrypted.

Succeed with Saajal!

As long as your conversations on Saajal do not exceed 500 messages a month, you can use the platform completely for free! If you want a plan with a higher number of messages, get in touch with us so we can work it out for you. You can try any plan for 6 months, before you start paying.

Create your Saajal profile today and accelerate your journey of self-improvement!