WoundedLamb:


Hhmm.... Having accounts on certain social networks is simply a matter of choice. We aren't necessarily better than those who don't have accounts on Nairaland. They are neither ignorant nor adamant. They might just have other ways of getting information that they find more convenient. It is not a darkness vs light combat. It's just social media. Let's not over-philosophize it.

I never claimed those on Nairaland are better or less ignorant than those not on Nairaland. In fact, one could argue that Nairaland has less betters than better, the less better being here to learn about themselves and from others and better themselves, unless one wishes to argue that "just social media" does not enlarge one's view.

You are more likely to have your beliefs challenged if you re on Nairaland, is my point, though its certainly not the only nor the best place to learn. There's after all books, youtube, going to a proper education institution, etc. There's no doubt we evolve though, as those who been here long might confirm.

Authoreety:


Who Nairaland epp...

Wud you kWeep kwaYet?
Some get jobs/ auto, edu, science.. tips n tricks/ are able to sell their products & services here

But whenever you vex a Mod, you can get banned on Nairaland for 600yrs

TheSourcerer:
its actually a place of professionals

Home n Abroad

The site is lightweight, except for the YouTube URL n large size of Photos being embedded

Olumighty123:
God rest Wale's soul, the very man who introduced me to nairaland way back. May his soul continue to rest in peace.

the friend I first heard of nairaland from way back 2006 is also late. PINKY like fondly call I will keep missing him, learnt a lot from him.

Nova1988:
i don't advice any sane person to join nairaland, this place is just full of haters, bigots, trolls, phobes and the biggest of them all religion and tribalistic people.

omo! I don't even know why and how I'm still here even after all the haters that full here and the worst thing is that I'm Fulani and a Muslim. when I first joined it wasn't easy because of all the hurtful things I see, it even got to the point that when I see a thread about Muslims or Fulani/hausa people I don't open it so my mood will not spoil. but now, I no send anybody papa. if you like insult me from now till tomorrow e no go move me.

I don't know if this solicitation is right but please, I'm emotionally begging you now, talk to your kinsmen. Please, do. They make life difficult for the rest of us. You sound literate and should, therefore, think in a better light. Please, I beg you with all my heart, and on behalf of every victim.

May God bless you if you do.

WoundedLamb:


Hhmm.... Having accounts on certain social networks is simply a matter of choice. We aren't necessarily better than those who don't have accounts on Nairaland. They are neither ignorant nor adamant. They might just have other ways of getting information that they find more convenient. It is not a darkness vs light combat. It's just social media. Let's not over-philosophize it.

MR. WOKE!

WoundedLamb:


Hhmm.... Having accounts on certain social networks is simply a matter of choice. We aren't necessarily better than those who don't have accounts on Nairaland. They are neither ignorant nor adamant. They might just have other ways of getting information that they find more convenient. It is not a darkness vs light combat. It's just social media. Let's not over-philosophize it.

Yes, it is possible that there are many positive traits that Nigerians who use Nairaland have that those who do not use the platform lack.

A big research was carried out few years ago regarding the use of web browsers. The outcome of the research showed that Chrome and Firefox users were more committed to work and better employees than Safari and Explorer users.

Safari and Explorer were mostly default browsers in their digital devices at the time of the research while Chrome and Firefox were not default . The fact that people who already had default browsers on their devices could go on to download other browsers to confirm which was the best showed positive traits that deserved to be studied. When tens of thousands of workers were studied, it was discovered that those who went on to install other browsers despite their default browsers were more productive and useful to their employers.

Below are 2 links to the research. It's contained in a whole textbook.


https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/people-who-use-firefox-or-chrome-are-better-employees/387781/

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/people-who-use-firefox-or-chrome-are-better-employees/387781/

There are also studies that show the kind of people who use Instagram more than Twitter or LinkedIn more than Tiktok. I knew the difference in quality between my friends who are active on LinkedIn and those who are active on Tiktok before any research confirmed it.

Political correctness is not needed in every discourse, Libtard!

TheSourcerer:
Thank you , very appreciated.

I very appreciate you more. Thanks for being.

haybhi1:


I don't know if this solicitation is right but please, I'm emotionally begging you now, talk to your kinsmen. Please, do. They make life difficult for the rest of us. You sound literate and should, therefore, think in a better light. Please, I beg you with all my heart, and on behalf of every victim.

May God bless you if you do.

do y'all really think we can just talk to them? I have no ties to any politician whatsoever except from my grandfather but he was just a senator and he's already dead. i live in lagos, there's nothing I can do, even if I were there I still wouldn't be able to do shit, life is difficult for us too. yall are richer sef, so no be only una dey suffer am.

I hope everything gets better, inshaAllah.

ETHICALLYrlght:


Yes, it is possible that there are many positive traits that Nigerians who use Nairaland have that those who do not use the platform lack.

A big research was carried out few years ago regarding the use of web browsers. The outcome of the research showed that Chrome and Firefox users were more committed to work and better employees than Safari and Explorer users.

Safari and Explorer were mostly default browsers in their digital devices at the time of the research while Chrome and Firefox were not default . The fact that people who already had default browsers on their devices could go on to download other browsers to confirm which was the best showed positive traits that deserved to be studied. When tens of thousands of workers were studied, it was discovered that those who went on to install other browsers despite their default browsers were more productive and useful to their employers.

Below are 2 links to the research. It's contained in a whole textbook.


https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/people-who-use-firefox-or-chrome-are-better-employees/387781/

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/people-who-use-firefox-or-chrome-are-better-employees/387781/

There are also studies that show the kind of people who use Instagram more than Twitter or LinkedIn more than Tiktok. I knew the difference in quality between my friends who are active on LinkedIn and those who are active on Tiktok before any research confirmed it.

Political correctness is not needed in every discourse, Libtard!

First, you don't need to call names to make your point. Second, you cited researches carried out on other platform to showcase the possibility that Nairalanders might be better than non Nairalanders. The key word there is "might". This is because no such research has been done on Nairaland, so your take is just a possibility. If anything, the works you cited also shows that those who aren't using the platform might actually have better traits as well. We don't know either of these for sure and that was exactly what I communicated to the person I quoted. I told him it wasn't a case of light vs darkness.

If you read my comment correctly, you'd notice I said we aren't necessarily better than non Nairalanders and that they might just have other ways of getting information. If you had understood the words in bold, you might have saved yourself the stress of doing an extensive research just to fault my comment. You quoted me twice calling me Mr. Woke and a libtard. That's an indication you're more interested in the usual Nairaland fruitless fights than actually communicating. I only chose to reply your second post cause I believe you took your time find those references. But for your good and that of people around you, practice communication your thoughts with less emotions and more logic.

Nova1988:


do y'all really think we can just talk to them? I have no ties to any politician whatsoever except from my grandfather but he was just a senator and he's already dead. i live in lagos, there's nothing I can do, even if I were there I still wouldn't be able to do shit, life is difficult for us too. yall are richer sef, so no be only una dey suffer am.

I hope everything gets better, inshaAllah.

Amin yah Allah! You know I'm like you, whatever thread I feel would trigger me to bash and troll people, I don't open them, I just scroll pass no matter how inviting the subject is. I feel that's the only way one could stay out of trouble around here.

Nairaland is super.I cannot do without it.I have tackled issues through it.The problem with it is that, people don't understand her layout. I meant, how to contribute to her discussions, seek advice etc.It took me two years to understand Nairaland. And now,its my very best.

WoundedLamb:


First, you don't need to call names to make your point. Second, you cited researches carried out on other platform to showcase the possibility that Nairalanders might be better than non Nairalanders. The key word there is "might". This is because no such research has been done on Nairaland, so your take is just a possibility. If anything, the works you cited also shows that those who aren't using the platform might actually have better traits as well. We don't know either of these for sure and that was exactly what I communicated to the person I quoted. I told him it wasn't a case of light vs darkness.

If you read my comment correctly, you'd notice I said we aren't necessarily better than non Nairalanders and that they might just have other ways of getting information. If you had understood the words in bold, you might have saved yourself the stress of doing an extensive research just to fault my comment. You quoted me twice calling me Mr. Woke and a libtard. That's an indication you're more interested in the usual Nairaland fruitless fights than actually communicating. I only chose to reply your second post cause I believe you took your time find those references. But for your good and that of people around you, practice communication your thoughts with less emotions and more logic.

You have no defence.

Your first statement was a presupposition that choice of social media platforms was a function of choice alone. Mention of Nairaland only supported the topic sentence you commenced your comment with.

I'm teaching you that using an internet platform instead of another can be an indicator of certain positive traits and not just choice, leftard

ETHICALLYrlght:


You have no defence.

Your first statement was a presupposition that choice of social media platforms was a function of choice alone. Mention of Nairaland only supported the topic sentence you commenced your comment with.

I'm teaching you that using an internet platform instead of another can be an indicator of certain positive traits and not just choice, leftard

OK.

TheSourcerer:
I live in Abeokuta , the Home of Seun , hardly In fact never In my 26years staying her I've not net someome who knows nairaland , not less of been a nairaland , even my family believe its a waste of data space , they rather watch movies , they believe , nairaland is a place so serioustopics , serious discussions and they are not ready for that , I.e The site is how a science student would look at further maths problem.. They just ignore , the best you hear is 'yeah I've heard the site some where '
I dunno, Do I wish more coverage for Nairaland ? Yes
Do I know what to do No , so I'm making a thread for all you NL genius out here.

Those that knew only come here to seek help and that's all. No daily visit

TheSourcerer:
its actually a place of professionals, best of Nigeria's population are here , please learn the habit of not condescending your countrymen.

Country men that think like animals
Lol

If you are not intelligent and you don't want to be intelligent, then Nairaland, is not for you....

We no dey beg shit, to smell!

kingjis:


Country men that think like animals
Lol

The average Nigerian has an IQ of 70,.

Nova1988:
i don't advice any sane person to join nairaland, this place is just full of haters, bigots, trolls, phobes and the biggest of them all religion and tribalistic people.

omo! I don't even know why and how I'm still here even after all the haters that full here and the worst thing is that I'm Fulani and a Muslim. when I first joined it wasn't easy because of all the hurtful things I see, it even got to the point that when I see a thread about Muslims or Fulani/hausa people I don't open it so my mood will not spoil. but now, I no send anybody papa. if you like insult me from now till tomorrow e no go move me.

Are you really Fulani?

Shoodboi:
I joined Nairaland in 2009 back when it was Discussion Forum. Many phones didn't have internet access, most people didn't know how to use the few that did, and data was expensive for those who knew how to use it.

1 hr in a cafe cost 120 - 150, which was equivalent to a dollar back then. (That's 400 - 600 naira today)

So we had a lot of intelligent people here since no one would waste their funds to come online to post nonsense:

The Politics section was filled with intelligent discussions free of any form of name-calling. They even had a Wall of Shame where they posted useless politicians every month. Even the Romance section where you find the most ridiculous people was very sane back then. I remember 190 very well. Crazy funny guy.

And very intelligent discussion on politics and even religion used to come to the front page. I remember one of such happened between Logicboy and one Mr Noni, I think. They had a match and then a re-match.

Things have changed today, every lunatic can afford data. NL struggled at a time and went from a discussion forum to a forum/news site, blog, gossip blog, and is now some kind of blog-social media hybrid but is still run like a forum.

And that is the problem:

Why should I visit NL instead of a standard blog or some Instagram blogger, for the latest news and gists?

Why should I visit NL instead of Twitter to discuss the latest news and hold other reasonable discussions?

Posting even a basic thread here is insane. I spent hours posting a research thread the other day about P&ID's lawsuit with the Nigerian government. I had to upload the images on my previous posts here on NL and then link back to them so that I could put images in-between texts and not at the bottom.

NL needs to upgrade. It doesn't need to be aggressive but the current site has terrible user experience. I know Seun doesn't want to change the site because he's concerned about load speed and likes leaning to the side of what works rather than taking risks, to trying new things, but this is something he needs to do.

A good start is to introduce dynamic homepages where everyone sees different topics on the homepage depending on their interest. Or why should we all see the same homepage? Everyone wants different things.

Plus NLs poor moderation and I don't care attitude toward religious and tribal lunatics isn't helping either. In fact, this sort of behavior was what killed popular US forums and anonymous sites, and NL is slowly going that way too.

NLs dominant age group is between 25 and 35, and without newbies, this site would go with our generation, that's if it lasts with it.

Abeg get out mumu
Yen yen yen

Im actually addicted to Nairaland
I learn another here..and hav been active for a decade

I thought when I left Nigeria, I will stop using the forum and focus on Quora and Reddit..

But I can't just do without it...
I can say it's the only thing that remind me of my home and heritage...

Nairaland is for smart and Intelligent people

Nova1988:


do y'all really think we can just talk to them? I have no ties to any politician whatsoever except from my grandfather but he was just a senator and he's already dead. i live in lagos, there's nothing I can do, even if I were there I still wouldn't be able to do shit, life is difficult for us too. yall are richer sef, so no be only una dey suffer am.

I hope everything gets better, inshaAllah.

They are your kinsmen, you know them better than anyone here. The culture of bloodshed across Nigeria as to stop. We are all brothers.

My friends accuse me of hiding useful information from them. Yet when I tell them where I get it from, they refuse to visit the site.

Wahala for who no know nairaland sha.

Readability:

It was during the sit-at-home period. It was very filled then, people were home so they had to tune somewhere to keep sanity. I've seen people visiting nairaland, but most hide it. They always hide it, I don't know why, seen like 6 or 7 thereabout, pressing their phone under desk, surfing nairaland. Maybe to avoid asking for moniker.

Lol seriously. I don't know why people do this. I've seen many people doing it.

I don't hide mine o. In fact I preach to people about this site

ETHICALLYrlght:


Yes, it is possible that there are many positive traits that Nigerians who use Nairaland have that those who do not use the platform lack.

A big research was carried out few years ago regarding the use of web browsers. The outcome of the research showed that Chrome and Firefox users were more committed to work and better employees than Safari and Explorer users.

Safari and Explorer were mostly default browsers in their digital devices at the time of the research while Chrome and Firefox were not default . The fact that people who already had default browsers on their devices could go on to download other browsers to confirm which was the best showed positive traits that deserved to be studied. When tens of thousands of workers were studied, it was discovered that those who went on to install other browsers despite their default browsers were more productive and useful to their employers.

Below are 2 links to the research. It's contained in a whole textbook.


https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/people-who-use-firefox-or-chrome-are-better-employees/387781/

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/people-who-use-firefox-or-chrome-are-better-employees/387781/

There are also studies that show the kind of people who use Instagram more than Twitter or LinkedIn more than Tiktok. I knew the difference in quality between my friends who are active on LinkedIn and those who are active on Tiktok before any research confirmed it.

Political correctness is not needed in every discourse, Libtard!

You're kinda right.

My friends who use nairaland, Quora and Reddit are more interesting to talk to and broad-minded than the ones who don't.

Olumighty123:
God rest Wale's soul, the very man who introduced me to nairaland way back. May his soul continue to rest in peace.

Na job search introduced me to Nairaland, a very long time ago. That time, some nairalanders were not yet born or were just tiny little things.
I have changed moniker like five times since I joined. That time, Musiwa was the popular clown of Nairaland with his annoying maps

You are very right. Introduced a few people. Most young people want entertainment on social media, and nairaland just don't cut it for them. All of them are not into forums/discussions.

I am Congolese and I have been on Nairaland since 2009. My First moniker was TheCongo before switching to TheCongo2.
Here in Canada, I have never met a Nigerian who know of Nairaland. But I have met people from Nairaland

phemmyfour:
Those that knew only come here to seek help and that's all. No daily visit

hmm we really should act more like a family here ..... There's literally no other place like NL, but for others they have no reason to even join or even affliallte with it.....

1Sharon:


Omg I'm not too open about being on nairaland aswell, I don't know why.

Ppl just feel ashamed of visiting forums for some reason

They don't feel ashamed, they just want to maintain their anonymity. The fun in nairaland is the anonymity.

siofra:

Lol seriously. I don't know why people do this. I've seen many people doing it.

I don't hide mine o. In fact I preach to people about this site

I don't hide mine too.