₦airaland Forum

I was scrolling through here and it’s the same cycle insults, party fights, tribal sentiments. Tomorrow, repeat.

Meanwhile we complain about unemployment, bad leadership, corruption… but how often do we actually sit down and break things down properly?

I recently came across a discussion on majoori.com (their “Advice Your Government” section), and I won’t lie the difference was clear.

Someone even broke down the Enugu water issue explaining things like last-mile pipe failures, power problems, and how the state is losing revenue because billing doesn’t work properly. Not just complaints, actual solutions.

It made me wonder if the problem is not just leadership, but also how we as citizens discuss issues.

Do you think Nigerian politicians even pay attention to conversations like this online… or are we just talking to ourselves?

Here, the website you’re advertising, Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and the like are mediums to waste otherwise useful time. Online noise is just what it is — noise. Action takes place when people perform things offline.

KendoXR:
I was scrolling through here and it’s the same cycle insults, party fights, tribal sentiments. Tomorrow, repeat.

Meanwhile we complain about unemployment, bad leadership, corruption… but how often do we actually sit down and break things down properly?

I recently came across a discussion on majoori.com (their “Advice Your Government” section), and I won’t lie the difference was clear.

Someone even broke down the Enugu water issue explaining things like last-mile pipe failures, power problems, and how the state is losing revenue because billing doesn’t work properly. Not just complaints, actual solutions.

It made me wonder if the problem is not just leadership, but also how we as citizens discuss issues.

Do you think Nigerian politicians even pay attention to conversations like this online… or are we just talking to ourselves?

KendoXR:
I was scrolling through here and it’s the same cycle insults, party fights, tribal sentiments. Tomorrow, repeat.

Meanwhile we complain about unemployment, bad leadership, corruption… but how often do we actually sit down and break things down properly?

I recently came across a discussion on majoori.com (their “Advice Your Government” section), and I won’t lie the difference was clear.

Someone even broke down the Enugu water issue explaining things like last-mile pipe failures, power problems, and how the state is losing revenue because billing doesn’t work properly. Not just complaints, actual solutions.

It made me wonder if the problem is not just leadership, but also how we as citizens discuss issues.

Do you think Nigerian politicians even pay attention to conversations like this online… or are we just talking to ourselves?

Yes we are wasting our time arguing politics, yes, the politicians are reading our messages. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivor is on Nairaland. Most politicians are.

meobizy:
Here, the website you’re advertising, Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and the like are mediums to waste otherwise useful time. Online noise is just what it is — noise. Action takes place when people perform things offline.

I get your point, but offline action doesn’t come from nowhere.
It’s influenced by how people think and right now most online discussions aren’t helping with that

Omowale2023:
Yes we are wasting our time arguing politics, yes, the politicians are reading our messages. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivor is on Nairaland. Most politicians are.

Even Reno is on nairaland,I heard Anonpoet is one of his usernames,don't know how true tho.

Omowale2023:
Yes we are wasting our time arguing politics, yes, the politicians are reading our messages. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivor is on Nairaland. Most politicians are.

If they’re actually reading, then these conversations matter more than we think.
The real question is are we giving them anything worth reading?

KendoXR:
If they’re actually reading, then these conversations matter more than we think.
The real question is are we giving them anything worth reading?

Obidients are certainly not giving anybody anything worth reading with the yen yen yen.

There are some nuggets of information here for the common man which is what should concern you and I.

aswani:
Obidients are certainly not giving anybody anything worth reading with the yen yen yen.

There are some nuggets of information here for the common man which is what should concern you and I.

it’s not about any group. The real issue is how we separate useful information from emotional arguments, so discussions stay practical and helpful to the average person.

LordBiden:
Even Reno is on nairaland,I heard Anonpoet is one of his usernames,don't know how true tho.

I doubt Reno is here.

KendoXR:
I doubt Reno is here.

He might not be as active now that he is an ambassador but he used to be here giving it to Obidients wotowoto

aswani:
He might not be as active now that he is an ambassador but he used to be here giving it to Obidients wotowoto

LoL e be like say you get personal beef with obidients?