Hello Fellow Webmasters, greetings to all.

I guess all of us who use facebook for our website promotion must have noticed the recent drop in the number of comments your fans make on your wall posts, or were you thinking that your beloved fans and readers don't come online again? Well they do. Mark Zuckerberg recently introduced the "promote" button so that we (webmasters) can pay some amounts to enable our wall posts reach more of our audience. This is different from adverts, you know.

As if the promote stuff is not enough, I read in a US magazine last month that facebook will soon start charging users. If that is implemented, it means you and I, plus all the children sleeping on facebook day and night may have to start paying for their account usage, depending on number of friends and pictures/videos uploaded. Imagine?

Well it's okay. Nigerians are smart, very very smart. I was going through some social network alternative to facebook when I saw another social network hosted on http://varpal.com/ and went further to know that it is owned by a Nigerian by name Chris. The guy is smart because I was about going into that when I saw his website, very much like the Mark Zuckerberg's facebook.

Webmasters, and Nigerians in the house, isn't this a good development? How long are we going to sit back and depend on these western guys to run our affairs for us? I don't think there is a popular forum in Africa as big as Nairaland. And I am happy that it is owned by a Nigerian as well, Seun my guy.

Let's support ourselves to grow.
See more on FACEBOOK TO START CHARGING USERS HERE http:///L61tG

varpal, is gonna rock , hope to see some new features different from Facebook?

Moderators can you please move this to the front page, this is a nice initiative and people need to know this. Good to know we still have brilliant minds as this in Nigeria.

Nice. It's high time Nigeria started appreciating their own. Varpal is a great place to be.

I believe in a true naija man!
Looking foreward to seeing varpal on the top. Well-done Chris.

I see varpal as a great alternative to facebook coz of its hot features D̶̲̥̅̊αt its in it... I see Varpal going places... Thumbs up to christopher.......
@moderators, dis type of post ought to be ind trending post coz all Nigerians need to hear dis...

Nice one there. Will explore it and share it on my blog.

Nice initiative.

very aggressive thinking...way to go Chris. If they can do it, so can we!

Cheers!

what about lagbook (if am not mistaken). Anyways thumbs up for him