GodMode:


She's giving money out to potential competitors...

I've been thinking of creating a comment bot specially for those blogs that do giveaways...

Its very f:oolish of them to do giveaway based on comments only

Thats a very big step dat we need.

davidsmith8900:


Dat I agree with but lets not 4get dat NL celebrated its 10th bday in March but doesnt even have up to 2 million registered members, while Facebook has 11 million Nigerian users. Like y cant NL upgrade itself from a forum 2 something else? 2 something better? NL shound have messenger service by now. It should have a great search engine, but it doesnt bcuz we lack creativity.

NL is not google.
NL is not yahoo.
NL is not microsoft..

NL is owned by someone who is satisfied and happy with where NL is...

NL is not an ambitious company...

Its a one man business.

davidsmith8900:


Dat I agree with but lets not 4get dat NL celebrated its 10th bday in March but doesnt even have up to 2 million registered members, while Facebook has 11 million Nigerian users. Like y cant NL upgrade itself from a forum 2 something else? 2 something better? NL shound have messenger service by now. It should have a great search engine, but it doesnt bcuz we lack creativity.

Well.... Guess the founder knows why he hasn't added other feautures cos it has been put across to him a few times.

davidsmith8900:

Thats a very big step dat we need.

I don't understand

GodMode:


My point is they did something different.. They targeted a market that wasn't explored...

But my main point is targeting a niche..

NL is an "all round" forum...

Imagine creating a website or forum just for politics, sports, romance...

The users on NL will reduce drastically..

Definitely true.but Im not telling NL to downgrade, Im telling NL to upgrade. Like NL allowed Whatsapp n 2go to come into their country n rule them easily. Look at how LINE, WeChat n others are dominating the Asian market but couldnt dominate American n European markets? Look how Google n Facebook dominate American n European markets but couldnt dominate Asian markets. They could only do it 2 Nigerians n as long we may boring, dull n not creative, they'll always will.

THIS SHOULD BE ON FRONT PAGE TO HEAR PEOPLES THOUGHTS ON NAIRALAND LONGEVITY.

Godmother:


Well.... Guess the founder knows why he hasn't added other feautures cos it has been put across to him a few times.

Most likely bcuz he needs more creative n innovative people to work with. U need great people on,your team to remain great.

davidsmith8900:


Definitely true.but Im not telling NL to downgrade, Im telling NL to upgrade. Like NL allowed Whatsapp n 2go to come into their country n rule them easily. Look at how LINE, WeChat n others are dominating the Asian market but couldnt dominate American n European markets? Look how Google n Facebook dominate American n European markets but couldnt dominate Asian markets. They could only do it 2 Nigerians n as long we may boring, dull n not creative, they'll always will.

Asians always support and promote their own...

There are some asian websites written mainly in Mandarin...

That can't happen in Nigeria... They'll say tribalism, plus some Nigerians can't read their native language..

Oya mke i talk my own.

A messenger is a good feature but do u guys know that it would distract most people from commenting on threads?
I guess NL owner wants you guys focused on the forum and thats smart on his part.

Also if 2 or 3 good webmasters put ideas together with good finance i believe it would compete with nairaland in 10yrs time although it would be nearly impossible to churn out the no of topics NL has and which gives the forum natural organic traffic.

davidsmith8900:


Most likely bcuz he needs more creative n innovative people to work with. U need great people on,your team to remain great.

All programmers are creative and innovative...

100ksalescom:
Oya mke i talk my own.

A messenger is a good feature but do u guys know that it would distract most people from commenting on threads?
I guess NL owner wants you guys focused on the forum and thats smart on his part.

Also if 2 or 3 good webmasters put ideas together with good finance i believe it would compete with nairaland in 10yrs time although it would be nearly impossible to churn out the no of topics NL has and which gives the forum natural organic traffic.

People have created top websites within one year...

denzmark:
do you think nairaland will still be nigeria's no 1 forum in 10 years?
Or do you have a competitor in mind you suspect?

I thought a certain Yarn me dot com would be able to compete but the owner lacked finance to promote his forum and now bad mods/plugins has shut down the site. Too bad

GodMode:


NL is not google.
NL is not yahoo.
NL is not microsoft..

NL is owned by someone who is satisfied and happy with where NL is...

NL is not an ambitious company...

Its a one man business.

N this is y I am so pissed. I have a problem with this mentality. Its like everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. We all complain dat Nigeria is not doing good n we have a chance to be good, but no we will rather be satisfied with what we have. Nairaland is not google, not yahoo n doesnt plan to, dat is complete bullshit. After all we been thru. After how people treat us badly around da world n we have a chance 2 shine n prove people wrong, but u would rather settle. Everywhere we go people look down on us, n now it is our turn to change dat, but u wouldnt. Look what could happen if NL was more ambitious? Do u know how many people we can feed? How many Boko Haram terrorists we can stop? How many corrupt politicians we can expose? We can change the world n make Nigeria or Africa da giant dat it really is. If NL was ambitious, we could hire more unemployed people.

GodMode:


People have created top websites within one year...

Pls back up your statement with a site name

GodMode:


I don't understand

This is a big step dat we need to move forward. U had an idea to make NL betta n Im for it.

100ksalescom:

Pls back up your statement with a site name

Ins ssta ggram came from nowhere. Whatsapp came from nowhere. K:eek came from nowhere. Dribbble came from nowhere.

But the site below explains how he did it...
www.matthewwoodward.co.uk/tutorials/how-i-built-a-top-100-blog-in-12-months/

davidsmith8900:


This is a big step dat we need to move forward. U had an idea to make NL betta n Im for it.

How much NL go pay am for the free idea and besides NL owner claimed at one point some years ago that if he were to be given 1kobo for ideas being given to him he would have become a billionaire.

GodMode:


Ins ssta ggram came from nowhere.
Whatsapp came from nowhere.
K:eek came from nowhere.
Dribbble came from nowhere.


But the site below explains how he did it...

www.matthewwoodward.co.uk/tutorials/how-i-built-a-top-100-blog-in-12-months/

Nice 1. Mke i sharply read amam

GodMode:


Asians always support and promote their own...

There are some asian websites written mainly in Mandarin...

That can't happen in Nigeria... They'll say tribalism, plus some Nigerians can't read their native language..

Yes, I agree with u on this. We need to support our own and make changes.

davidsmith8900:


N this is y I am so pissed. I have a problem with this mentality. Its like everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. We all complain dat Nigeria is not doing good n we have a chance to be good, but no we will rather be satisfied with what we have. Nairaland is not google, not yahoo n doesnt plan to, dat is complete bullshit. After all we been thru. After how people treat us badly around da world n we have a chance 2 shine n prove people wrong, but u would rather settle. Everywhere we go people look down on us, n now it is our turn to change dat, but u wouldnt. Look what could happen if NL was more ambitious? Do u know how many people we can feed? How many Boko Haram terrorists we can stop? How many corrupt politicians we can expose? We can change the world n make Nigeria or Africa da giant dat it really is. If NL was ambitious, we could hire more unemployed people.

Last time I checked...

I::SIS has twitter accounts so your points can be easily countered...

One thing I suspect yahoo and the rest have in common is that they are U:ncle s:am.

Do u want s:eun to die before his time

Don't u want him to live in peace

100ksalescom:
Oya mke i talk my own.

A messenger is a good feature but do u guys know that it would distract most people from commenting on threads?
I guess NL owner wants you guys focused on the forum and thats smart on his part.

Also if 2 or 3 good webmasters put ideas together with good finance i believe it would compete with nairaland in 10yrs time although it would be nearly impossible to churn out the no of topics NL has and which gives the forum natural organic traffic.

I understand where u are coming from, but dont people still chat on BBM n Whatsapp n yet take the same time to post on Nairaland? Y cant NL aim to be a conglomerate? Ppl will post on threads n chat n use search engines when they feel like it. Nothing is voing 2 stop dat.

GodMode:


All programmers are creative and innovative...

This statement is so not true.

davidsmith8900:


This is a big step dat we need to move forward. U had an idea to make NL betta n Im for it.

100ksalescom:


I thought a certain Yarn me dot com would be able to compete but the owner lacked finance to promote his forum and now bad mods/plugins has shut down the site. Too bad

Yarn was a knockoff... A copycat... On top of dat da owner wasnt serious 2 me wheneva I spoke 2 him about investments. It was like I was forcing him 2 do things he didnt like. Now the website n company are both dead.

100ksalescom:


How much NL go pay am for the free idea and besides NL owner claimed at one point some years ago that if he were to be given 1kobo for ideas being given to him he would have become a billionaire.

Then y doesnt he make use of these ideas? Or turn these ideas into companies?

davidsmith8900:


This statement is so not true.

Like I said, its not easy to think...

I'm not talking of those guys that install cms and other software...

I'm talking about the "ones that write code"...

Note: I said "write code" which includes checking coding sites for examples..

I did not say "those ones that programming is like ABC"... cos those guys are 50 programmers in one person..

GodMode:


Last time I checked...

I::SIS has twitter accounts so your points can be easily countered...

One thing I suspect yahoo and the rest have in common is that they are U:ncle s:am.

Do u want s:eun to die before his time

Don't u want him to live in peace

How will he die before his time? Why wont he live in peace?

This topic has more posts than views n needs 2 hit frontpage while we have alot of people online in order to get feedback on how NL is fairing.

davidsmith8900:


How will he die before his time? Why wont he live in peace?

When "those guys" hear that someone in Africa is trying to make things happen... Do you think they'll sit back watch

The N:aij:a g:ovt is ready to betray their own... Look at BVN... Now F:asho:la wants to put free Wi Fi in everyone's homes...

"Those guys" are putting things in place to monitor N:igerians and the N:aij:a g:ovt is accepting with open hands( though they are already monitoring, they want it to be more effective)...

davidsmith8900:
This topic has more posts than views n needs 2 hit frontpage while we have alot of people online in order to get feedback on how NL is fairing.

If they want to move it.. They should do it during the day..

davidsmith8900:
This topic has more posts than views n needs 2 hit frontpage while we have alot of people online in order to get feedback on how NL is fairing.

Probably won't happen, sadly. It sure sounds like negative vibe.

GodMode:


If they want to move it.. They should do it during the day..

Will not happen but if you've noticed webmasters n programmers are more active btw 6pm to 6am on nairaland. So your morning talk no go too work the way you think.