₦airaland Forum

think i missed the drama.

personally, that half and half guy advert parked permanently on the front page, is getting on my nerves?

what's the ad about anyway?

lol

Seun Osawe,

lmao.

[quote author=ekt_bear]Nope, never heard of it before the OP posted it.[/quote]it's from aesop's fables and has been adapted into various other contexts.

i wonder what the big deal is about the 20- 50 or so pounds per fortnight the wife might be earning from the minor burger flipping job she might get until she finds proper employment?

is that what will pay the mortgage?

Seun: So? It just demonstrates that people don't register on Nairaland in order to enjoy the interface. They register to enjoy and interact with the content, and since new Nairaland did not change the content of Nairaland, the registration rate could not have changed. Also, any reduced usage by PC users would have been counterbalanced by increased mobile usage. The comparison with Western forums is irrelevant; you should be comparing us with other Nigerian Forums that target Nigerians living in Nigeria. Use common sense.

i think you personally would be better off analyzing other forums like boards.ie and finding features that could improve the user experience on nl.


dont just be all gragra because you feel nl seems to be the main forum where nigerians congregate for now.

remember the parable of the hare and the tortoise.

resting on past glory can be inane sometimes, and leads to complacency.

RIM's solution appears to be a re-emphasis on the corporate market and reducing its focus on consumers.

Although Apple has trounced RIM in the consumer market, analysts aren't sure that backing away from consumers is a good strategy; Apple has begun making inroads in the business market, too. Barclays Capital's Jeff Kvaal expressed reservations in a research note, pointing out that more companies today let employees use their own smartphones rather than issuing BlackBerries for corporate use. "We would have preferred RIM emphasize consumer," he wrote.

"The history of wireless is littered with OEMs that had significant product cycle/share gains, but then missed structural market shifts," Jim Suva, a Citigroup analyst, wrote.

we'll see how it all pans out i guess.

i seriously did not know blackberry doesnt have touchscreen devices?

Without a cool touchscreen device to keep customers from defecting, the company has been slashing prices on its existing handsets. It still hasn't been able to boost sales

http://marketday.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/30/10941667-blackberry-squeezed-rim-searches-for-options

my goodness- in this day and age when everything is touchscreen?

what's the link between the cake/s and someone's rear end?

3 years and 3 months. This is what we get from Seun. New Template?

yes.


nothing unusual about that, being nigeria.

Facebook now has 4million+ people from Nigeria

most are in the diaspora.

one of the write ups i read was talking about the R& D department.

Blackberry seems to not have caught up with current trends in the information technology market.

This is the same trend I see on nl if care is not taken.

Dont rest on past popularity but try to follow the way the wind is blowing as per consumer preferences.

establish a consumer R& D dept and LISTEN when people are telling you what they want as per site interaction. . . . . .

eni a wi fun oba je o gbo. . . . .. . .

when your market is customer driven, it's a very bad idea to not take cognizance of that fact, imo.

I remember the days of palm pilot. . . . . .

change your phone number, duh.



all these day dreamers.

the pressure is becoming unbearable.

in what way?

did they grab hold of your trouser?

I have witnessed several divorces here in the US involving Nigerian women and foreign men. The women usually say that they missed having that Nigerian man who thoroughly understands her culture and with whom she can find solace. They all regret it.

una no dey tire!!!

what a load of poppycock.

dabrake: t[/b]ila[b]pia, why are you so ugly?

are you saying ugly people are not created by God?

If I'm ugly, does that remove something from your jollof rice?

MrMaintain: Thank you all for d responses and lots of food for thought.

Want to clarify. I know hw hard I worked to purchase the place I have now, although those who are familiar with London will know that whilst Camden is good for young professional you can't have family there (hectic). So I'm talking abt in the future. Should we (God willing) be blessed with family etc and have family home. I must add that my current one is perfectly fine, as I (thankfully) got a sweet variablÉ rate deal and am not locked in fixed.
She isn't a gold digger @ all, I agree with most of you that this is just an individual issue with us. I was very careful not to sayy MOST women are like dis cos its clear that they aren't. I guess it's abt the communication anyway.

noyostica....hmmm u think I don't know your type ehn? Form big guy for nairaland to make u sound somehow but how be it u get so much time that every one of your posts has been on romance section? (Go check his profile) Keep deceiving urself, cos u not deceiving anyone else.

you still dey talk?

what concerns nl with your personal problem btw.

did you meet your fiance here?

https://bindapple.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/iphone-vs-blackberry.jpeg


that's blackberry, right?

yes, i do see more people with iphones these days.

maybe blackberry should change its interface to match apple's.

not sure where most of these guys are coming from nowadays.

not even married yet but already planning how to spar with the partner.

do people get good jobs as soon as they set foot in foreign countries? Maybe the poster has connections i guess.

if the issue of your wife's salary bothers you that much then have her handle other bills if the two of you cant reach an agreement about the mortgage.

but why not even let her get the job first?

has she even gotten visa?

is the poster typing from mushin and imagining he's paying mortgage?

how is the guy paying his mortgage now, before marriage?

if he's not ready to marry then he shouldnt for goodness sake.

and if paying rent is a problem then he should find a rich woman where he is, who can pay his bills for him.

Tpia, I am begging you to show me this reality of life. Let me learn from you now. I don't claim to know-it-all. I am always willing to learn

everybody has their own reality, and mine isnt yours and vice versa ie yours isnt mine.

so, technically, i cant claim to know more about life than the next person, even if i say i do. The next person can however, feel I know more.

different experiences, different realities.

I think her attempt at 'opening the eyes of the Black man' is kind-of cute

does the black community only consist of black men?

show us what the Black woman has as an advantage over her white counterpart and make us Black men wish for nothing else except a Nubian Princess

what you consistently fail to get is it's not a competition, and only a lefulefu aka lost soul would make it such.

do you not know the meaning of apples and oranges and arent you judging people based on skin colour even though you claim you're not racist?


anyway, i want to be done with this thread sha. I dont argue with people who reason like this. Its a problem that's beyond me.

they're withdrawing from the consumer market and focusing on business customers only.

didnt want to post the sad news yesterday.



i know how nigerians love blackberries.

^^not sure why you consider observations, accusations.

nobody accused you of anything- reread my posts one more time.


the site gets new members almost at the rate of one per minute [give or take] and this has been consistent for a while and didnt change even when you switched to the new interface.

so, it stands to reason there's an automated program involved using algorithms or some sort of loop system, to boost the numbers. Nothing to get personal or offended about, and feel free to prove me wrong- no biggie.


@ topic: lipstick alley statistics. From the site:

Lipstick Alley Statistics:


Lipstick Alley has 58,391 members, (25,352 active members) and we welcomed 1759 new members this month, a change of +14% compared to february.


The forum contains 333,732 threaded discussions.

maclatunji


one day you'll wake up from your dream.

i'm not interested in debating this with you but i do have an issue with the way you're attacking the op.


that's uncalled for and totally unnecessary.


i will leave you to your delusions since i have no personal stake in whatever you say is bugging you about the thread. Who you marry or want to marry, is not my business.

My focus is the black community and neither am i concerned with those who say they do not see a problem. That doesnt mean others must not see the problem.

if you feel your destiny lies outside these basic issues, then by all means follow your heart wherever it takes you- but stop attacking others who are grounded in the reality of life.

^ my point was the traffic is the same as it's always been.

namely its linked to some form of autobots which automatically maintain the traffic flow.


I've been checking the traffic since the site was switched to nl2 and saw nothing to suggest otherwise.

also check out immigration board for instance

http://forums.immigration.com/forum.php

210,000+ members and 303586 threads.

compared to nl which has 837,000+ members and 837879 threads.

The thread count is equal to the number of members. There's something weird about that.



here's another example


http://immigrationvoice.org/forum/


members 83,000+, threads 33,110.

thread count is lower than total number of members.