A friend once said that the average civilized Nigerian youth has either an MTN sim or a GTB account or both. These brands have come to stay and in a way have an influence on our lives.Also, for the average job seeker, nairaland has become an indispensable tool in the quest for a better job. With loads of information, insight and firsthand experiences in drops and in excess on the forum, You would have to work extra time and extra hard in the job market if you want to go alone in the path of the traditional "Tuesday Guardian".
One common occurrence in most job test or assessment centres is the meeting of two or more nairalanders. By their conversations, you will know them. They are always the most vibrant in the waiting room, seem to know everything, have loads of stories to share from previous adventures and the best part is the way they seem to connect in split seconds like they knew each one another from Adam. It seems like the way we connect with our cousins even when meeting for the first time.
Nairalanders seem to have a license to jump into any discuss. Most times, you just have this gut feeling that you are talking to one and surprisingly, you are almost always correct. for every registered nairalander, there seem to be 3 guest followers on a particular thread. I have met a number of them and I believe so for most of us. (met one at oshodi market and introduced myself immediately)
Have you had such experiences where people walked up to you to ask "Are you on nairaland?" or vice versa. kindly share your experiences

masagoody:
A friend once said that the average civilized Nigerian youth has either an MTN sim or a GTB account or both. These brands have come to stay and in a way have an influence on our lives.Also, for the average job seeker, nairaland has become an indispensable tool in the quest for a better job. With loads of information, insight and firsthand experiences in drops and in excess on the forum, You would have to work extra time and extra hard in the job market if you want to go alone in the path of the traditional "Tuesday Guardian".
One common occurrence in most job test or assessment centres is the meeting of two or more nairalanders. By their conversations, you will know them. They are always the most vibrant in the waiting room, seem to know everything, have loads of stories to share from previous adventures and the best part is the way they seem to connect in split seconds like they knew each one another from Adam. It seems like the way we connect with our cousins even when meeting for the first time.
Nairalanders seem to have a license to jump into any discuss. Most times, you just have this gut feeling that you are talking to one and surprisingly, you are almost always correct. for every registered nairalander, there seem to be 3 guest followers on a particular thread. I have met a number of them and I believe so for most of us. (met one at oshodi market and introduced myself immediately)
Have you had such experiences where people walked up to you to ask "Are you on nairaland?" or vice versa. kindly share your experiences

no not once.

Met at least 10 Nairalanders......all great people.


There's a thing about this forum

taiwolusol:
Met at least 10 Nairalanders......all great people.


There's a thing about this forum

true...very true

nairaland is a great forum where everyone has equal opportunity to air his view.

shyna01:

no not once.

3 words, you come quote the whole OP

I don't really have to ask directly, I just go like
" there was this post on NL ......" most of the time they go
" you are on NL too?"
I have met a good number of them mostly less active members dou.

In case

NL has about 1.3 million members. That's about 1 NLer in every 100 Nigerians. If you remove children and oldies. You could get as many as 1 in every 40-50 Nigerians. Take it to the youth level and that'd be an even smaller ratio.
So I'd say if you go out on one sunny morning, chances are you'll walk past two or three people your age who are NLers.

nekaa:
I don't really have to ask directly, I just go like
" there was this post on NL ......" most of the time they go
" you are on NL too?"
I have met a good number of them mostly less active members dou.

Huh, that's quite a brazen approach. Cute pix, btw.

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NL, the best forum for Nigerian youths. Very informative and interesting, I learn everyday from this forum. Met the wonderful ones. I went for an interview last year, a guy just approached me 'are you singlefade?', I was so surprised. He is my very good friend now, so happy I met him.

singlefade25:
NL, the best forum for nigeria youth. Very informative and interesting, I learn everyday from this forum. Met the wonderful ones. I went for an interview last year, a guy just approached me 'are you singlefade?', I was so surprised. He is my very good friend now, so happy I met him.

We also met once

abdulslutsky:

We also met once

Really?

I've met countless people who are guest on NL though a lot of them complain about it being too childish.

I have not











But will be meeting close to 30 nairalanders on 17th of this month here in ph.... So if u re in ph on the 17th holla let's get to meet!!


https://www.nairaland.com/2066824/port-harcourt-nairalanders-get-together/4

Just stumbled on a post by a guy, i checked his profile and alas he lives in my neighbourhood.

I also introduced a colleague of mine who had also registered on d forum.

singlefade25:
Really?

Yes, mansard insurance. We chatted for a few minutes. I knew I was talking to singlefade25 but I never bothered to ask.
If you can rack your brains, you should be able to recall that tall dark and handsome boy on sweater that day

I perceive front page .Am nt too active on nairaland,so I don't bother asking. d only time I managed to ask d guys response was too annoying (his words; so u re into dat childish stuff).d next minute I saw him browsing thru nairaland,had to tell him I never knew u re 1 of dose kids. I hate smelling attitude

bros masagoody met me on my way to lekki at oshodi. i tot he was a scammer / pick pocket i nearly ran. funny ish

Yes! Dreyl , Andyblaze and some others

Met one guy @ an interview and we got talking. I mentioned the same comment I posted on a thread, and the guy was like ''are you XtraSmooth on Nairaland?''.
For some, in the course of chatting with them they'll say ''I read it somewhere on Nairaland that...''. Then I'll say ''Wow, are you on NL?''. The girl will say ''nah, not really. I'm just a guest'', lol she go just lie gimme cos my next question for be her username.
Lastly, this site has been of immense help to me since I joined in 2008 while in the Uni. #TeamNairalandAddict.

ednut1:
bros masagoody met me on my way to lekki at oshodi. i tot he was a scammer / pick pocket i nearly ran. funny ish

hahahaha...
thank God say e quick me call the word nairaland.. Na that day I go for lose two teeth...
the only thing on my mind after meeting you was.....baddttt guyyyyy.....

@Aso savings assessment centre, a nice dude walked up to me and said.. hello, masagoody..I said yes. he turned out to be the almighty Lero15. together with another nairaland babe, three of us got talking,..trekked from canton course (abi watin be that place again) to lekki phase one, kept on talking till we lost our way.
We got proper directions from a security personnel, pass toll gate, missed our way again and ended up in addax head office, when back and forth looking for road when wide like anything. got to the bus stop, to go our seperate ways became wahala. we devised a plan to ensure we ended up taking the same BRT bus.....
nairaland sha!

XtraSmooth404:

Lastly, this site has been of immense help to me since I joined in 2008 while in the Uni. #TeamNairalandAddict.

2008 wow.....no wonder you dey make sense... wished I joined earlier than I did.

out of the four people I asked, two are on nairaland and two are not. 1 person has only asked me.

masagoody:


2008 wow.....no wonder you dey make sense... wished I joined earlier than I did.

We lost that account that tsunami year

I have met 1or 2 Nairalanders. I know 3 of my classmates on Nairaland. I have spoken on fone with a handful of others. Pheww!
Nairalanders always stand out in crowd in reality. U dont just hv to stress ursef to show u r 1. Its obvious in d way we talk.

XtraSmooth404:

We lost that account that tsunami year

I dey tell you. I never knew how addicted I was until the tsunami. I felt almost useless outside work hours. refreshed the saved page almost 119 times...it really taught me a lesson...never to be attached to anything whatsoever. I am learning to stay unattached to things presently. But nairaland, I never sure.

k

naira land is quite useful...