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Lekan239:
yes we can say many things came up and its not nairaland's fault, but we shouldn't forget then, it was twitter and nairaland forum that has the most traffic and sometimes compete in Nigeria. I could also remember people have been asking for changes and update long time ago, so the forum could compete. Where is twitter today?. Yet we can categoraly compare twitter with nairaland because they are far apart and they serve different purposes. But nonetheless twitter engages in constant upgrade

Only twitter . How about dozens of others that are no longer around? See some below. Add to them sites like:
Myspace
Napster
AOL Instant Messenger
Neopets, your personal virtual pets
etc
Besides, Jack Dorsey has since moved on and is always criticizing X

I know I did not comment on time, but if this can be addressed, it will be a good improvement.

Create unlike button on, it will be more participating

Note: I'm part of the oldest nairalander here, this my account has lasted for so long
Even though I lost the first one

jericco1:
When last did you buy St Louis sugar

I always do
Thank you

QuinQ:
By the way I think the block button is totally useless and ridiculous. I can't believe they actually talked you into having such a silly button. Do you see any other forum with any such thing? Nobody is forcing anybody to engage with any other person. You can simply ignore them and focus where you wish. That's what makes it an open forum!

I agree with you regarding the block button. It was not necessary as it reduces interaction. Yes, ban those who outrightly insult others (I have been banned for this), but blocking further reduces communication. Most people need to understand the Internet is a marketplace, not their abode. Everyone cannot agree with you in a marketplace. Although Reddit has a block button as well, but I am just against blocking in general because it reduces an open communication.

Gerrard59:
I agree with you regarding the block button. It was not necessary as it reduces interaction. Yes, ban those who outrightly insult others (I have been banned for this), but blocking further reduces communication. Most people need to understand the Internet is a marketplace, not their abode. Everyone cannot agree with you in a marketplace. Although Reddit has a block button as well, but I am just against blocking in general because it reduces an open communication.

Couldn't have said it better.
As for Reddit, blocking doesn't impact anything because of the massive scale (see below). Just the number of sections - millions compared to less than 50 on Nairaland!
Block button is simply ridiculous on a site like Nairaland.

The #1 complaint is that the bot we built to handle toxicity makes too many false positive mistakes.

Seun:
The #1 complaint is that the bot we built to handle toxicity makes too many false positive mistakes.

bot will ban a comment under this account but when passed unto another account to be posted under same topic, bot will turn blind eye. Definitely there is a user account bias passed unto bot or something along that line.

There should be account verification and It should be optional,this will surely improve many things on this platform. I want to be a moderator

Seun:
Hello Nairalanders,

I'm Seun, the founder of Nairaland. Talk to me about what Nairaland is like for you. What's good and what's not so good right now.

I've been more focused on the backend and working on new features. It seems as if the moderation and other issues have fallen behind.

So, talk to me. What should we focus on in order to encourage you to start being more active on Nairaland?

PS: I have people dropping me messages presuming that Nairaland is over. What's that about?

The auto ban is too much oga seun I'm fade up honestly, I need strong comment against APC I get banned, any strong comment against injustice, drug dealers and rapers get banned by auto bot. Is too much. We can no longer express ourselves oga seun.

Gerrard59:
To be honest, I ... will list mine:

- Work on the anti-spam bot. It's annoying as it bans arbitrarily.
- The UI feature is okay. Nothing needed to change.
- Tackle the mass liking of posts by APC data boys. One post, boom 100 likes within a few hours.
- The length limit of a long quoted post was brilliant. Well done!
- The suggestion of paying creators should be disregarded. You will have people start creating fake news and writing fake stories just so they earn money. This has created a fake news, aka Things That Never Happened syndrome on Twitter. Nairaland is meant to be largely anonymous, so I don't know why people want to earn money while being anonymous.

Lastly, if Mr A creates a thread that's well detailed, that thread should hit the front page rather than Mr B who does the same hours later, but his thread hits the front page simply because he's popular.

When I mentioned that the bold was edited by the koromoto mods, that post got hidden.

Anyway, I get the message and would act accordingly.

Seun Osewa, thank you o!

TheBlessedMAN:
I am one of the writers in the Literature section of Nairaland. I am writing this to respectfully share a concern that has been on my mind for a while.

I was the first and, as far as I know, the only writer to reach 2 million views in the Literature section. (COUNTLESS, a story of sex betrayal and vengeance) . When I started writing on the platform, (back in 2017) the energy was very high. Readers were active, writers were motivated, and there was healthy competition for the top spot. It pushed many of us to give our best.

Unfortunately, things have changed.

The current treatment and support for writers is not encouraging. Many writers are losing motivation, and the strong competition that once made the Literature section lively is gradually fading away. It feels like the section is no longer receiving the attention it deserves


.
I believe the Literature section still has great potential if a few improvements are considered.

Here are some humble suggestions:

Feature outstanding stories regularly on the front page to give writers more visibility.

Bring back the monthly or quarterly awards for top-performing writers and stories.

Create pinned guides or support threads to help new writers grow and stay motivated.

Improve moderation in the Literature section to reduce spam and keep discussions quality.

Consider partnerships, contests, or reading challenges that can bring readers back and revive healthy competition.

Boss, many of us are passionate about writing and about the platform. We simply want to see the Literature section grow again and become vibrant like it used to be.

Thank you for your time and for building a platform that has helped many Nigerian writers find their voice. I sincerely hope our concerns will be considered.
Warm regards,


Modified. - here is the link to my ongoing story.
.https://www.nairaland.com/8521601/friends-frenemies-foes-darousmart-chronicles

You left countless uncompleted for years i kept a tab and kept refreshing it every month, then I gave up and even stopped reading your literatures cos what's the essence.

ttmax09:
You left countless uncompleted for years i kept a tab and kept refreshing it every month, then I gave up and even stopped reading your literatures cos what's the essence.

Countless was completed bro. Only the sequel wasn't.

But I got a new masterpiece going on now. Click the link and read. You gon be glad you did.

Please, work so we can change our email address on nairaland. I made a mistake while registering.

Thanks

Seun:
Hello Nairalanders,

I'm Seun, the founder of Nairaland. Talk to me about what Nairaland is like for you. What's good and what's not so good right now.

I've been more focused on the backend and working on new features. It seems as if the moderation and other issues have fallen behind.

So, talk to me. What should we focus on in order to encourage you to start being more active on Nairaland?

PS: I have people dropping me messages presuming that Nairaland is over. What's that about?

Gerrard59:
To be honest, I ... will list mine:

- Work on the anti-spam bot. It's annoying as it bans arbitrarily.
- The UI feature is okay. Nothing needed to change.
- Tackle the mass liking of posts by APC data boys. One post, boom 100 likes within a few hours.
- The length limit of a long quoted post was brilliant. Well done!
- The suggestion of paying creators should be disregarded. You will have people start creating fake news and writing fake stories just so they earn money. This has created a fake news, aka Things That Never Happened syndrome on Twitter. Nairaland is meant to be largely anonymous, so I don't know why people want to earn money while being anonymous.

Lastly, if Mr A creates a thread that's well detailed, that thread should hit the front page rather than Mr B who does the same hours later, but his thread hits the front page simply because he's popular.

Great submission, but I will like to point out that I’ve seen someone sitting next to me made a tribal post about Thunder Balogun as a great footballer and a cross section of people , mostly Yorubas like the post, even we thought it was bot LIKES, it’s a pure reflection of our society, not bot 🤖 , but someone called Seun attention and reported it as bot and the post was taken down and the poster was sad , not all post with many likes are bots

FutureFocus:
Great submission, but I will like to point out that I’ve seen someone sitting next to me made a tribal post about Thunder Balogun as a great footballer and a cross section of people , mostly Yorubas like the post, even we thought it was bot LIKES, it’s a pure reflection of our society, not bot 🤖 , but someone called Seun attention and reported it as bot and the post was taken down and the poster was sad , not all post with many likes are bots

I agree with you, but specifically APC data boys have hacked the mass liking to allocate an innumerable number of likes within short period to their posts. Sometimes, these posts are one line sentences and boom, 100+ likes.

So it defeats the suggestion of other Nairalanders that the more likes a post generates, the higher it should be in a thread. Implement that and all the first page posts would be that of APC's.

Gerrard59:
I agree with you, but specifically APC data boys have hacked the mass liking to allocate an innumerable number of likes within short period to their posts. Sometimes, these posts are one line sentences and boom, 100+ likes.

So it defeats the suggestion of other Nairalanders that the more likes a post generates, the higher it should be in a thread. Implement that and all the first page posts would be that of APC's.

Link me to the worst case and I'll look for the handles that like these posts and deactivate them if they seem to be suspicious.

Seun:
Hello Nairalanders,

I'm Seun, the founder of Nairaland. Talk to me about what Nairaland is like for you. What's good and what's not so good right now.

I've been more focused on the backend and working on new features. It seems as if the moderation and other issues have fallen behind.

So, talk to me. What should we focus on in order to encourage you to start being more active on Nairaland?

PS: I have people dropping me messages presuming that Nairaland is over. What's that about?

You favour Muslims more than Christians; putting that caveat before commenting on Muslims stuff....but you allow Christians to be based. Yet you're an atheist. Is that not confusing for you....

True.

Ɓut, the question is do children of this days even create informative or educational post.
This is not a nairaland pandemic it happens on all social media Check the contents people creates now on social media tiktok, FB, IG,X etc people just chase clout for fame and monetisation

edogu:
I
joined Nairaland in 2009, and I can confidently say this is not the same Nairaland I once knew. It is not the platform I proudly introduced to my dad and some of my siblings. It is not the forum that I used to recommend to our students whenever I want to give them examples of online forum.

What makes it to the front page these days is quite disappointing. There was a time when informative and educative content dominated the space. That seems to be fading.

The moderators really need to step up. Some appear politically biased or otherwise, and that raises concerns about fairness. How can moderation truly be impartial when personal leanings seem to influence decisions?

Seun:
Hello Nairalanders,

I'm Seun, the founder of Nairaland. Talk to me about what Nairaland is like for you. What's good and what's not so good right now.

I've been more focused on the backend and working on new features. It seems as if the moderation and other issues have fallen behind.

So, talk to me. What should we focus on in order to encourage you to start being more active on Nairaland?

PS: I have people dropping me messages presuming that Nairaland is over. What's that about?

monetize your forum

Follow quora and Reddit steps

By now you supposed to be on top 100 forbes youngest Africa billionaire but you aren't ready to make it happen

https://www.nairaland.com/8632238/full-stack-engineering-bootcamp-path-software

@seun - why is a boot camp that may have tis to russia on FP? with all the horror stories of nigerians being tricked into the russian front lines?

GloriousGbola:
https://www.nairaland.com/8632238/full-stack-engineering-bootcamp-path-software

@seun - why is a boot camp that may have tis to russia on FP? with all the horror stories of nigerians being tricked into the russian front lines?

seun won't feed his family right

me i want to place targeted tech AI training academy ad , please send me the emil adress to contact for the advert placement.

the antispam bot banned budaatum for https://www.nairaland.com/8632965/nigeria-overtakes-india-highest-number/5#138736654. Ban expires at Today at.

Seun:
Hello Nairalanders,

I'm Seun, the founder of Nairaland. Talk to me about what Nairaland is like for you. What's good and what's not so good right now.

I've been more focused on the backend and working on new features. It seems as if the moderation and other issues have fallen behind.

So, talk to me. What should we focus on in order to encourage you to start being more active on Nairaland?

PS: I have people dropping me messages presuming that Nairaland is over. What's that about?

budaatum:
the antispam bot banned budaatum for https://www.nairaland.com/8632965/nigeria-overtakes-india-highest-number/5#138736654. Ban expires at Today at.

that's offensive

Why complaining

budaatum:
the antispam bot banned budaatum for https://www.nairaland.com/8632965/nigeria-overtakes-india-highest-number/5#138736654. Ban expires at Today at.

The bot feels that your post contains clear personal insults such as:
“you don’t sound that lucky”
“wouldn’t you be better off using the brain you do have”

Seun:
The bot feels that your post contains clear personal insults such as:
“you don’t sound that lucky”
“wouldn’t you be better off using the brain you do have”

And what does human you feel? Do you agree with your bot?

Nairaland was a frontier bridging the communication divide between citizens in the diaspora and those within. Overtime, it attracted experts from more specialised facets of life –family, travel, cars, sexuality, cooking, etc. Content created outside this productive umbrella is expendable noise. Political headlines, for example:

1) have a brief shelf life

2) only exist afterwards for reference purposes. The discourse they generated is neither revisited nor beneficial to future audiences, who are preoccupied with happenings from their day

3) often rarely originate from nairaland itself

The other entertainment topics are even worse (romance) since rarely do two individuals share same problem. Same goes for jobs, etc. After 21 years, the arena has changed. Those users in the diaspora have since been replaced by millenials, who in turn have migrated to more engaging platforms. Their successors should have been gen z but those have a poor reading culture hence the structure doesn't appeal to them. The ones who do are quite exposed to western media (anime, Korean movies, advanced philosophy, digital income streams, online fraud). You have to speak this language to court their attention

Any contrary analysis aiming to rekindle the beehive of activity on this site is misguided. One must first acknowledge the evolution of the platform and audience before they can answer correctly how best its next course should be charted

Personally, its archive on productive sections mentioned earlier are an inimitable goldmine. My recommendation is for it to repackaged as a repository such as Wikipedia or a queriable oracle such as chatgpt. That way, it's always relevant and solves the search problem which currently exists in a primitive form

The political section generates highest amount of traffic but is actually a news aggregation forum. Comments come from and end on nairaland but the news doesn't begin here hence it can't be authentic. Nairaland has no reporters. I'm not calling this a flaw but an indication that it can probably be repurposed into a more bespoke product

Stackoverflow began as a question and answer platform but were probably the worst hit after the advent of ai revolution. They didn't deploy an antispam bot to combat "toxic" contribution. Instead, they released a sub platform where the ai feeding off past questions on the main platform attempt to assist with your custom enquiry. That is forward thinking evolution

Seun can decide to keep tinkering with his bloodthirsty henchman bot, or bikeshedding with trivial, cosmetic changes like polishing emoji. Unfortunately, it's a lost opportunity to think outside the box and take a courageous step toward innovative excellence. After acquisition, the creators of paystack attempted to pivot to another product. Google has a suite of offshoots from their original search engine. As is, nairaland is floating in the vacuum of limbo, stagnant. It's not going to grow by overhauling the ui. I don't visit sites cuz they're beautiful. I visit cuz they solve a specific pain point. I don't visit nairaland or chatgpt to admire their beauty

Seun:
Hello Nairalanders,

I'm Seun, the founder of Nairaland. Talk to me about what Nairaland is like for you. What's good and what's not so good right now.

I've been more focused on the backend and working on new features. It seems as if the moderation and other issues have fallen behind.

So, talk to me. What should we focus on in order to encourage you to start being more active on Nairaland?

PS: I have people dropping me messages presuming that Nairaland is over. What's that about?

It is well with nairaland sir.

I think the amount of words required to make a post is on the high side and has had many nlanders typing unnecessary words after they're thru with their post, making the threads look quite unserious and disorganized.

Hence want to suggest you reduce the amount of words required to 1 or 2.

Thanks and God bless.

Seun:
Hello Nairalanders,

I'm Seun, the founder of Nairaland. Talk to me about what Nairaland is like for you. What's good and what's not so good right now.

I've been more focused on the backend and working on new features. It seems as if the moderation and other issues have fallen behind.

So, talk to me. What should we focus on in order to encourage you to start being more active on Nairaland?

PS: I have people dropping me messages presuming that Nairaland is over. What's that about?

One big problem we have here is the apparent hatred of women on this site.

like this example

Ebenezer2021:
99% of women cheat, just that they're more smarter and instantly delete chats after every conversation

And this is not the first time one sees such comments on this site.

In fairness, there are the occasional anti male comments too.

I personally don't believe in restrictions on speech, but I do believe that more action needs to be taken against such comments.

( I've reported the comment to the moderators by the way)

nairalanda1:
One big problem we have here is the apparent hatred of women on this site.

like this example



And this is not the first time one sees such comments on this site.

In fairness, there are the occasional anti male comments too.

I personally don't believe in restrictions on speech, but I do believe that more action needs to be taken against such comments.

( I've reported the comment to the moderators by the way)

I will cause you if you dare mention my moniker again