Hi folks! Happy new year to y'all. Pls,kindly permit me to share a few stuffs with y'all so we can have a better romance forum this year. Please,if you belong to the following groups,pls try to change.

1. Those who come here looking for advice(when they already have their minds made up on what to do),expecting everyone here to accept their(poster's) opinions/views,and resort to quarelling & name calling when they cant have their way. If you've already made up your minds on what to do,pls dont bother us with it.

2. Those with very bad use/command of English. If you're on of those who make English sound like French/Latino when one is reading,pls work on yourself. It's sometimes very painful for some of us when we read such & sometimes,we tend to lose interest in your thread(s). This means you'd end up losing valuable advice when people cant understand what you're saying.

3. Those who type in "text msg formats/abbreviation" & call it shorthand. This is gross & unfair to other readers,who'd have to strain their eyes & crack their brains to understand what you're saying. Same goes for those who cant punctuate properly when writing. Eg: "I asked her: are you going home? She said yes,but after talking things through with you" written as "I asked her are you going home She said yes but after talking things through with you?" Pls take note of the differences in both sentences.

4. Those who like to post epistles with a link to a silly blog address to finish reading up boring stories. And most times,when one clicks on the blog address,one would be asked to click several links to get to the main story.... There are smarter ways of advertising your blogs & making more money. Once you do this here,you can be rest assured no one would want to click on your links next time(irrespective of how fascinating the story may be).

5. Those who open threads with little or no substance. Eg: A thread with title/topic - I cheated on her or We just broke up,and the body reads "pls advice needed". What kind of advice do you want when you haven't said anything to us?

6. All the jambites and SSCE holders on this forum,talking about love "when" their use of English is bad,should pls face their books & work on themselves. NL romance section should be the least of your worries now.

7. Those who open threads(especially boring ones) and keep asking mods to move thread to frontpage(notice me members). There's actually little or no difference btw you guys & the first to comment group.


Anyone who has one or two things to add to this,should pls do so.

Happy new year folks!

chronique: Hi folks! Happy new year to y'all. Pls,kindly permit me to share a few stuffs with y'all so we can have a better romance forum this year. Please,if you belong to the following groups,pls try to change.

1. Those who come here looking for advice(when they already have their minds made up on what to do),expecting everyone here to accept their(poster's) opinions/views,and resort to quarelling & name calling when they cant have their way. If you've already made up your minds on what to do,pls dont bother us with it.

2. Those with very bad use/command of English. If you're on of those who make English sound like French/Latino when one is reading,pls work on yourself. It's sometimes very painful for some of us when we read such & sometimes,we tend to lose interest in your thread(s). This means you'd end up losing valuable advice when people cant understand what you're saying.

3. Those who type in "text msg formats/abbreviation" & call it shorthand. This is gross & unfair to other readers,who'd have to strain their eyes & crack their brains to understand what you're saying. Same goes for those who cant punctuate properly when writing. Eg: "I asked her: are you going home? She said yes,but after talking things through with you" written as "I asked her are you going home She said yes but after talking things through with you?" Pls take note of the differences in both sentences.

4. Those who like to post epistles with a link to a silly blog address to finish reading up boring stories. And most times,when one clicks on the blog address,one would be asked to click several links to get to the main story.... There are smarter ways of advertising your blogs & making more money. Once you do this here,you can be rest assured no one would want to click on your links next time(irrespective of how fascinating the story may be).

5. Those who open threads with little or no substance. Eg: A thread with title/topic - I cheated on her or We just broke up,and the body reads "pls advice needed". What kind of advice do you want when you haven't said anything to us?

6. All the jambites and SSCE holders on this forum,talking about love "when" their use of English is bad,should pls face their books & work on themselves. NL romance section should be the least of your worries now.

Anyone who has one or two things to add to this,should pls do so.

Happy new year folks!

Is nairaland your pet project?

@Chronique...dude,u didn't tell me u've bought Nairaland from Seun. That's a big step.Congrats!

Abeg Abeg abeg! Make una free bros chronicles joor! D guy make sense na... Oga Chrono! I support u joor! Happy new year

Thanks chronique. Some posters should not be allowed on the internet, especially the ones with horrible shorthand

Happy New Year!

LastApostle:
Is nairaland your pet project?

sexkillz please edit this post please...how can one quote all those post just to ask a question?..last apostle you no try o

@chronique, ULTRA GBAM...fire on...you're on point

Ok,we don hear. We go try adjust. Happy new to u too.

Those who quote a very long write up only to type a few words or put a smiley at the end.

Good points.

Now, what about those who are genuinely searching for partners, or who would be genuine partners themselves, how do they avoid all the questionable characters and dangerous elements around here?

Maybe just not even bother? Just go the pre- internet way, which is keep your intuition about you, since the story of the girl who married a stranger who later divested himself of his entire body, on the way home, comes to mind. If not for God who saved her, in that story. Vice versa too, if you want to switch roles.

Those who comment on, and like their own post with their multiple IDs.

lalaosky:

sexkillz please edit this post please...how can one quote all those post just to ask a question?..last apostle you no try o

My post occupy your living room or you felt nairaland cannot accommodate it?

Vanneni: Those who quote a very long write up only to type a few words or put a smiley at the end.

Are you in any way referring to me?

LastApostle:
Is nairaland your pet project?

Ask me on the first of Jan 2014;I promise to answer you on that day.

Chronique, you make sense jare. I like the reality of your post. Those peeps are annoying... Others like Last Apostle too, quote-mania.

tpia@:
Good points.

Now, what about those who are genuinely searching for partners, or who would be genuine partners themselves, how do they avoid all the questionable characters and dangerous elements around here?

Maybe just not even bother? Just go the pre- internet way, which is keep your intuition about you, since the story of the girl who married a stranger who later divested himself of his entire body, on the way home, comes to mind. If not for God who saved her, in that story. Vice versa too, if you want to switch roles.

I'm not trying to discourage anybody. I just thought I should share an idea on how members of this section of the NL community can make this forum more refined,based on the fact that some people bring up serious issues here & everyone can definitely learn from them.

binger: @Chronique...dude,u didn't tell me u've bought Nairaland from Seun. That's a big step.Congrats!

Oh! Sorry,I forgot. Now that you know,kindly get two glasses & a bottle of champagne & let's toast to this.... *looking around to see if Seun is anywhere around*

@Idowu,Ijebabe,Lala,Oahray & others,thanks.

when I opened this thread, I thought I'll see another dailynews 2.0 but the content is well thought out. big ups and happy new year

LastApostle:
Is nairaland your pet project?

free d guy now or r u a learner?

Collinsterol: free d guy now or r u a learner?

I suggest you take elementary education to educate yourself on civility.

LastApostle:
Are you in any way referring to me?

I was refering to something like what you did.

Vanneni: I was refering to something like what you did.

Ok arrest me

You really make sense.
Lol @ jambites and SSCE graduates.

@Op, include those who come here for advice and do not come back to read the responses or answer questions asked them in furtherance of more erudite and helpful responses. They create a thread seeking advice and abandon it. Nice thread anyway.

djeezy: @Op, include those who come here for advice and do not come back to read the responses or answer questions asked them in furtherance of more erudite and helpful responses. They create a thread seeking advice and abandon it. Nice thread anyway.

True. You've already added it man;no need for me to type it again.

Lovetinz: Those who comment on, and like their own post with their multiple IDs.

that's ultra weird

LastApostle:
Ok arrest me

I don't have time for trivial issues.