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The technology for blocking Twitter doesn't belong to Nigeria. She is only renting it and will be paying $250,000 per hour till it decides to unblock Twitter.

Do you think it's worth the cost?

I don't want to believe country that isn't credit worthy to be borrowed money could be penny-wise pound foolish.

And Twitter loses 15 - 17 million subscribers by deleting our president's tweets.

We go recover am back through nairaland

This report is based on what? Do you guys just believe any screenshots thrown at you?

MalcoImX:
And Twitter loses 15 - 17 million subscribers by deleting our president's tweets.

You don't understand that Twitter's major source of revenue is through adverts, and how much does Nigerians spend on Twitter ads compared to the amount we spend on Facebook?

Twitter ad started just last year in Nigeria.

Twitter's server will rest from Nigerians' tweets that isn't bringing in as much money as countries like South Africa, Kenya, and other countries outside Africa.

ok

abes:
This report is based on what? Do you guys just believe any screenshots thrown at you?

NetBlocks is a global internet monitor working at the intersection of digital rights, cyber-security and internet governance.

They've got the internet monitoring tools/software.

It's like an online calculator.
E.g. if you input 2 + 2 in an online calculator, answer = 4

It's the same with [url]https://netblocks.org/cost/
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Next thing, these bastards will hike fuel price

IjapaTiroko:
NetBlocks is a global internet monitor working at the intersection of digital rights, cyber-security and internet governance.

They've got the internet monitoring tools/software.

They've successfully monitored internet blocks in Colombia, Senegal, Russia, etc.

How does that translate to Nigeria losing over N2B in 24hrs? Please explain...

How much did Twitter lose?

And what kind of screenshot is that?

abes:
How does that translate to Nigeria losing over N2B in 24hrs? Please explain...

Read the first paragraph in my first post.

The technology to block Twitter doesn't belong to the Nigerian government. It's rented. And it is being paid for.

Tu compris ?

Let's say you create a software that can successfully block websites from countries, any country that wants to block a certain website will contact you to help them block it, and you will charge them per hour or per day, etc.

So Nigeria is paying $250k per hour to the website blocker

Okoroawusa:
How much did Twitter lose?

And what kind of screenshot is that?

Almost all of Twitter's revenue - about 85% of it - comes from advertising on its site.
There are three main ways for a company or an individual to advertise on Twitter: by promoting a tweet that will appear in people's timelines, promoting a whole account, or promoting a trend.

Nigerians just started giving Twitter money last year or so, and compared to other rich countries, Twitter's ad revenue from us is still negligible, unlike Facebook which we have been accustomed to.

When you elect an illiterate
What do you expect

Ekez:
G

G for Gerrarahia

2bn Naira?

How much is Jack losing?

IjapaTiroko:
Read the first paragraph in my first post.

The technology to block Twitter doesn't belong to the Nigerian government. It's rented. And it is being paid for.

Tu compris ?

Let's say you create a software that can successfully block websites from countries, any country that wants to block a certain website will contact you to help them block it, and you will charge them per hour or per day, etc.

So Nigeria is paying $250k per hour to the website blocker

This is false. To block websites, all you do is tell the ISPs to deny service to specific links and it is done.

Companies also do it on their internet where they restrict websites people on the internet can visit

IjapaTiroko:
G for Gerrarahia

where dem uproot you from

MalcoImX:
And Twitter loses 15 - 17 million subscribers by deleting our president's tweets.

And who told you that lie?

Nigerians are still accessing twitter.

Fayose twitted after the ban. Banky w did the same. Several Nigerians are dragging the FG on twitter after the ban.

So, twitter lost NOTHING

Only dumb headed daft idiots like you think twitter is losing anything.

Nigeria is still paying the price for voting a dundee into power.

That's the Giant of Africa for you.
Our leaders can do anything to support it's failed course....
Penny Wise, pound foolish...
Primitivity and foolishness at it's peak.

IjapaTiroko:
You don't understand that Twitter's major source of revenue is through adverts, and how much does Nigerians spend on Twitter ads compared to the amount we spend on Facebook?

Twitter ad started just last year in Nigeria.

Twitter's server will rest from Nigerians' tweets that isn't bringing in as much money as countries like South Africa, Kenya, and other countries outside Africa.

Many Buahri defenders talk like daft individuals. MalcolmX just displayed that in his comment.

IjapaTiroko:
Read the first paragraph in my first post.

The technology to block Twitter doesn't belong to the Nigerian government. It's rented. And it is being paid for.

Tu compris ?

Let's say you create a software that can successfully block websites from countries, any country that wants to block a certain website will contact you to help them block it, and you will charge them per hour or per day, etc.

So Nigeria is paying $250k per hour to the website blocker

Do you actually believe this rubbish you are posting? Nigeria is renting a special software to block IP address? Renting from who?
What kind of dumb kids are we producing these days?

ojun50:
We go recover am back through nairaland

Seun hasn't implemented the strategy to make Nairaland be more than a Nigerian thing.

Nairaland has the platform to accommodate all English speaking African countries. This will mean restructuring Nairaland as we know it today to be something more African.

Nigeria's economy will stop dictating Seun's revenue because he will be earning Rands, CFA, etc rather than sneaking Google ads at the bottom of the page

If Seun can contact me sha, I will draw a blueprint for him

Twitter is not going to loose anything . Infact it will increase its standing among liberals .
Who account for much of adbase of twitter

abes:
Do you actually believe this rubbish you are posting? Nigeria is renting a special software to block IP address? Renting from who?
What kind of dumb kids are we producing these days?

You probably are new to the internet, or you are part of the 99% that doesn't know how things work here.

How do you think the DSS tracks people on the internet? Isn't it through softwares? Did they build it? If they didn't, do they get it for free?

The BVN & NIN technology, was it built in Nigeria or did we get it for free?

How do you think Israeli software companies make their money? Isn't it through payments from softwares they built?

Get more knowledge hombre:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/8/nigerias-defence-agency-acquires-spy-equipment-says-report

IjapaTiroko:
You probably are new to the internet, or you are part of the 99% that doesn't know how things work here.

How do you think the DSS tracks people on the internet? Isn't it through softwares? Did they build it? If they didn't, do they get it for free?

The BVN & NIN technology, was it built in Nigeria or did we get it for free?

How do you think Israeli software companies make their money?

Me new here? You are funny, check my profile registration date.
You don't need a special software to block an IP address. Blocking is as simple as an ISP adding IP address to a block list on its server.

Mynd44:
This is false. To block websites, all you do is tell the ISPs to deny service to specific links and it is done.

Companies also do it on their internet where they restrict websites people on the internet can visit

HOW COUNTRIES BLOCK CONTENT
by Electronic Frontier Foundation

There are various methods used to block content online.

Government actors can block or tamper with domain names, filter and block specific keywords, block a particular IP
address, or urge online content providers to remove content or search results.

Often, governments rely upon commercial software to do the job for them. Products readily available on
the market for use in homes, schools, and libraries have been used in several countries. Though the export and sale of these tools is generally legal, it often raises questions of human rights and corporate social responsibility. Some countries, such as China, use a combination of the aforementioned
techniques, by pervasively blocking keywords, foreign websites, and urging companies such as Google to remove
certain content.

Others, such as Morocco and Egypt, take a minimalist approach to content blocking, by filtering a certain
selection of URLs. The level of transparency in content blocking also differs from country to country. Some offer block pages that explain to users that a site is blocked (as well as, sometimes, why it is blocked) and/or means of challenging a specific site block, while others re-direct the
user to an error page; before the fall of the Ben Ali regime, for example, Tunisia famously redirected users to an HTTP 404 error page.

Cc: abes

Hmm

IjapaTiroko:
HOW COUNTRIES BLOCK CONTENT
by Electronic Frontier Foundation

There are various methods used to block content online.

Government actors can block or tamper with domain names, filter and block specific keywords, block a particular IP
address, or urge online content providers to remove content or search results.

Often, governments rely upon commercial software to do the job for them. Products readily available on
the market for use in homes, schools, and libraries have been used in several countries. Though the export and sale of these tools is generally legal, it often raises questions of human rights and corporate social responsibility. Some countries, such as China, use a combination of the aforementioned
techniques, by pervasively blocking keywords, foreign websites, and urging companies such as Google to remove
certain content.

Others, such as Morocco and Egypt, take a minimalist approach to content blocking, by filtering a certain
selection of URLs. The level of transparency in content blocking also differs from country to country. Some offer block pages that explain to users that a site is blocked (as well as, sometimes, why it is blocked) and/or means of challenging a specific site block, while others re-direct the
user to an error page; before the fall of the Ben Ali regime, for example, Tunisia famously redirected users to an HTTP 404 error page.

Cc: abes

Mynd44 ... All you know is to ban