₦airaland Forum

In a bid to help Nairaland improve, some well-meaning Nairalanders are asking the forum's founder and one of Africa's finest tech entrepreneurs, Seun Osewa, to enhance the forum's banning mechanism to meet a standard befitting of the platform.

According to these Gen Z members, moderators should abandon the archaic method they currently use to ban members and instead adopt a more dignified approach. In this approach, users are not just banned; rather, the moderator should use euphemisms—telling the user to take some time off Nairaland to cool off, instead of bluntly saying "you're banned." They should explain why the user is being asked to take a break in a kind and corrective manner, while encouraging them to return with a commitment to positive contributions. This, they believe, will strengthen bonds, foster mutual respect, and solidify the forum's reputation as a world-class social platform. They cited examples of how this is done on other forums, like Lowendtalk (screenshot attached).

They called on the moderators to assist Seun in achieving this, as he cannot do it alone. "Moderators should be tolerant, engaging, loving, and considerate," one member said.

"The current system makes it seem like a bot from 1991 is in charge of banning. Members are banned unceremoniously by anonymous users. No human touch, no dignity, even ChatGPT can do better. It's time Seun and his moderators start doing things the Gen Z way," another member observed.

However, others noted that while Seun genuinely cares about the members, he also values the well-being of his moderators. He doesn't want anyone to victimize the moderator responsible for their ban. But this logic was questioned by some, who argued that the opposite could happen—banned members might blame the wrong moderator, leading to bad blood. Moderators should be allowed to vindicate themselves if they wish, as their public image is on the line. The current anonymous system could still be maintained, but moderators should have the option to use a more friendly approach if they choose. They could issue public warnings to users if they deem it necessary.

Useless Epistle to the church in Agulu

This has more words than Paul's letter to Philemon

See as the thing dey read like Chinese

Good idea 💡

EvilMerodack:
Useless Epistle to the church in Agulu

This has more words than Paul's letter to Philemon

See as the thing dey read like Chinese

You need to see a psychiatric hospital

COMRADES, this post no get meaning, Seun wei no dey ever listen to our advice or contributions/ suggestions on how to improve or upgrade Nairaland

Innovations are good

How polite they are is a problem...

They should be more detailed in explaining the reason of the ban or deletion of topics.