The days where superior arguments and serious intellectual discourse reigned supreme on Nairaland are long gone. It has fast become the wild wild west.

I remember the days of Deri, Barcanista, Sincerenigerian, Egift, Datolee, Old Omenka (dem don take their nonsense scatter my debating skills), plus the other dude everyone thought was FFK, Donphilopus,

Those times have long gone and will never return.

The days where superior arguments and serious intellectual discourse reigned supreme on Nairaland are long gone. It has fast become the wild wild west.

I remember the days of Deri, Barcanista, Sincerenigerian, Egift, Datolee, Old Omenka (dem don take their nonsense scatter my debating skills), plus the other dude everyone thought was FFK, Donphilopus, Aressa, etc.

Those times have long gone and will never return.

chamboy:
First of all, I reckon Seun and the moderators should sound out a big warning to all bigot -be it Political, Tribal or Religion. The level of Rhetoric for critics should've limit. In my very best of act, I would block all hateful speech directed at president, tribes, sect, religion and ban the perpetrator respectively.

it is all about traffic, tribal and hateful comments gets lots of traffic, and seun as a business man plays along.... Bad news sells!

: I think Mr Osewa needs to strengthen his restraint against sectarianism and falsehood details.Seun has his restrictions. He leased nairaland to this satanic goverment since 2015.

Somebody will just rise up all of a sudden... come on nairaland and start spewing trash.

So you feel the owner of the forum is not doing enough...go and create ur own forum na, where ur own rules can apply.

Don't come here to start telling the man how to run the forum...you have no clue how he started.

Wat u don't like about the forum, most people like them.

Go nd sit down some where jare.

Arcamax:
I will begin by thanking you for for this wonderful platform that has helped give Nigeria a voice. It is a very laudable achievement as Nairaland has been a source of news, entertainment and education over the years.
I have been a member of Nairaland since 2005 and I've owned a few monikers over the years.
However my reason for this letter isn't only to acknowledge your contributions to the society but also to allay some fears and reservations about some increasingly disturbing trends on Nairaland lately.

My apologies to anyone who might feel offended by the issues I'll raise but some things have to be said.
Nairaland started off well as a place where we were all proud to gather and acquire/disseminate knowledge and information but lately I'm sorry to say that Nairaland is fast going to the dogs.

Any foreigner who visits the site for the first time will have no other impression about Nigerians other than that we are deeply divided and fight like animals. It is the sad truth. This is partly owing to the type of threads that are permissible and vituperations and aspersions cast on each other by opposing tribes and ethnicities. This is part of what motivates other countries to abuse Nigerians because they sense that we are divided. I think certain ground rules can be established as the current rules on this site are mostly ineffectual and rarely implemented.

I don't see why you'll pin a thread discouraging secession on politics section front page but allow folks to hurl tribal and ethnic slurs against each other.
I don't see why free for all ethnic banters are allowed and encouraged by moving such to the front page.
Of all the social media platforms we use in Nigeria, Nairaland is the most powerful at promoting and encouraging ethnic divides and antagonism but maybe you Seun, are yet to realize that.

On twitter, everybody acts woke, on facebook, everybody is showing off what they don't actually have. On instagram, some hustle and some show off. On LIB, bellanaija etc, folks just want juicy gossip. On Nairaland, it's a jungle where free for all fights are encouraged.
The days where superior arguments and serious intellectual discourse reigned supreme on Nairaland are long gone. It has fast become the wild wild west of the African cyberspace and every form of stupidity and unruly behaviour is welcome.

If you went to an american site or Rwandan site and saw the kind of content one usually sees on Nairaland, what opinion would you form about the country?

This site is helping to promote disunity and entrenching it upon the younger generation as a huge chunk of nairaland's present membership is under 25 years. Some of these kids have a street comraderie with friends from other tribes but when they come on Nairaland, it's time to voice out all forms of vituperations against tribes to which some of their best friends belong to all because of the anonymity which the internet holds. Anonymity shouldn't be an excuse for folks to lose decency.
Serious minded folks will only watch events unfold on Nairaland when they can find the time but will not bother to comment. These serious minded folks are the ones who can actually bring investment to Nairaland not the rabble rousers.

Even facebook with billions of users still has strict enforcement of guidelines which are regularly reviewed.

I look forward to the day Nairaland will be acquired partly or wholly by the big techs, but not with the kind of content it presently promotes. Content is key. You need to ask yourself why membership enrollment has dropped drastically despite most of the membership being from individuals with multiple monikers and the site still has way less than 5million members since inception? In a nation of 200+million? Plus other nationalities on the platform?

I enjoin you to kindly revise site rules and it's enforcement to drive quality traffic to your site. I am concerned as one of the early members having taken a long break due to the content and returning to find worse content. The media is a powerful tool that shouldn't be used dangerously.

Thanks for your time as I hope to enjoy a better Nairaland in the coming days.

Yours sincerely,

Arcamax.


Ps: It would be appreciated if any of the mods can push this to the front page. Lalastic lala, I know this is not a snake thread but you can push it to the front page please.

omenka:
I remember the days of Deri, Barcanista, Sincerenigerian, Egift, Datolee, Old Omenka (dem don take their nonsense scatter my debating skills), plus the other dude everyone thought was FFK, Donphilopus, Aressa, etc.

Those times have long gone and will never return.

So funny...

omenka:
Nairaland isn't "fast going to the dogs", it has been devoured my the dogs and there's nothing left of it.

We've been making this calls for years but Sèun in his characteristic aloofness, has decided to do nothing about it. I guess he's thinking in due time, these virmins will get tired and quit their acts, not knowing they're just warming up. I suppose he believes their activities bring more traffic, hence, more money to his pocket. I wonder if he ever wonders why very big brands don't advertise here.

It is a damn shame.

You see , the guy behind the cancellation of comments is still same guy behind 60% of scams going on NL.

May be some mods are accomplice cos they all seems helpless

omenka:
I remember the days of Deri, Barcanista, Sincerenigerian, Egift, Datolee, Old Omenka (dem don take their nonsense scatter my debating skills), plus the other dude everyone thought was FFK, Donphilopus, Aressa, etc.

Those times have long gone and will never return.

I don't even know what to contribute on nairaland anymore. I rather just click on the like and share button these days.

Yobabad:
OP you have done well, but unfortunately the tribalism you see on nairaland is like that in every other social media platform, go to Twitter is like that, even on Sahara reporters face book page you will see more, Nigeria has been divided already is only pronunciment that is reminig. Don't forget that Yoruba Muslims started tribalism on this forum

at the mention of "Yoruba Muslim" I already know the tribe you're from.

your people throw blame and abuse on every other tribe in Nigeria on all platform and you have not for once see yourself as the major disunity force in Nigeria, is diving Nigeria not your ultimate goal ? ,yet you're still trying to divide the Yoruba by tagging some "Yoruba Muslim"

you people can try to divide yourself or even the country I don't care. all I know is that you can't in any way divided my people, as a Christian and also a yoruba, i hate it anytime you people use the name "yoruba muslim". 70% of us have people practicing both religion in our family.

If you can't address us as a tribe that we are, don't try to dived us. We live in harmony here but you people see them as your number one enemy, you can't be at war with my brother and expect me to be at peace with you.

The same way we live in harmony, we accommodate every other tribe, but you people still see Yoruba as you problem. if you are talking of disunity in Nigeria we all the tribe responsible for that, just count my people out.

Look at them. They will never start anything on their own. All they look for is readymades they can take over or bring down.

Go and preach to Twitter, Facebook etc or better still, kill them with your vicious virus.

donphilopus:


I don't even know what to contribute on nairaland anymore. I rather just click on the like and share button these days.

My brother no be small thing

A lot of the responses to this thread actually depicts what I wrote about. While some have found a way to bring tribal tones to it, some have linked it to bad belle. It shows the quality of content being celebrated here.
Everybody is making attempts at what they feel is savagery but actually it is uncouth behaviour.
Very few grasp the crux of the matter and the advice about the need to enforce set rules.
No society can thrive without enforcement of rules. No business can stand the test of time without rules.
When Nairaland started in 2005, a lot of us were confident that Seun's Nairaland would be one of the new startups to be acquired by the big techs.
It made great strides at the time, then gradually, sectarian comments and threads were allowed and even encouraged. Folks like Bkbabe (I wonder what happened to that fellow) and co gradually started using ethnic slurs and that's how the degeneration started.
Some say that's what drives his traffic. Okay. Can Seun honestly answer in the affirmative that the quality of traffic he enjoys now is what he actually wants? A platform's ad revenue and quality of ads is only as good as the quality of traffic it generates. How many times have any of you seen ads from big companies here on NL?

While I understand the challenges of running a business, much more a media business, rules and enforcement are critical components.
I am not by any means telling Seun and his mods how to run his business, I'm asking the relevance of set rules if there's no intention of enforcing them.

chamboy:
I think Mr Osewa needs to strengthen his moderation against tribalism and false information.

Finally! Someone that gets the point.

Okoroawusa:

My brother no be small thing

Yes boss.

Where are all the Nigerian sites that started before 2005? You wanna kill this one too.

Arcamax:
A lot of the responses to this thread actually depicts what I wrote about. While some have found a way to bring tribal tones to it, some have linked it to bad belle. It shows the quality of content being celebrated here.
Everybody is making attempts at what they feel is savagery but actually it is uncouth behaviour.
Very few grasp the crux of the matter and the advice about the need to enforce set rules.
No society can thrive without enforcement of rules. No business can stand the test of time without rules.
When Nairaland started in 2005, a lot of us were confident that Seun's Nairaland would be one of the new startups to be acquired by the big techs.
It made great strides at the time, then gradually, sectarian comments and threads were allowed and even encouraged. Folks like Bkbabe (I wonder what happened to that fellow) and co gradually started using ethnic slurs and that's how the degeneration started.
Some say that's what drives his traffic. Okay. Can Seun honestly answer in the affirmative that the quality of traffic he enjoys now is what he actually wants? A platform's ad revenue and quality of ads is only as good as the quality of traffic it generates. How many times have any of you seen ads from big companies here on NL?

While I understand the challenges of running a business, much more a media business, rules and enforcement are critical components.
I am not by any means telling Seun and his mods how to run his business, I'm asking the relevance of set rules if there's no intention of enforcing them.

Osewa needs to remove all these nonsense mods that keep moving nonsense to front page while there are many reasonable write ups in sections.

donphilopus:


I don't even know what to contribute on nairaland anymore. I rather just click on the like and share button these days.

It is so irritating. I guess that is why a veteran nairaland political warlord like Truckpusher now resides only in the romance section.

Thought one could try his hand out there, but it isn't just my thing and it would take me just a second to get bored.

omenka:
It is so irritating. I guess that is why a veteran nairaland political warlord like Truckpusher now resides only in the romance section.

Thought one could try his hand out there, but it isn't just my thing and it would take me just a second to get bored.

Lol. Most of the veteran political commenters have moved faraway from politics section. Some of them even prefer sports' section these days.

Whatever.

Well OP,I'm new here and I must confess that Nairaland actually mirrors the deep chasm that exists among Nigerians of diverse ethnicities,religion and political affliation.In fact,it is so terrible that even when news that concerns everyone are posted here,some foolish folks will still somehow paint them with ethnic bias and unwarranted bigotry.This is dangerous!
I hope Mr.Seun will understand that the evil he allows to fester on his forum will ultimately finds its way back to him.A WORD IS ENOUGH FOR THE WISE!

omenka:
It is so irritating. I guess that is why a veteran nairaland political warlord like Truckpusher now resides only in the romance section.

Thought one could try his hand out there, but it isn't just my thing and it would take me just a second to get bored.

Even the romance section bores me to death.
No fun , no games just bunch of kids running amok.