There is truth in what you are saying. Nobody is right or wrong, no need to prove that. We are all here to learn. Positive and constructive feedback is more helpful. It keeps the conversation going 
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Hmmm! Sorry sirā¦
Thank you sirā¦ Iāve been on nairaland since 2006, honestly the looks has become boring but most of the users might not feel the same way that I feel though.
If I were to suggest any changes to nairaland, It would be an independent message box instead of the system they have now : initiating conversations in my email box, I donāt like it.
And creating some sort of verification system so people could have verified profiles. It would cut down the trolling that happens there. At times I feel nairaland encourages trolling so as to increase engagement.
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Yes, you are right on these things, One design/redesign canāt solve all the current site challenges at once, feedback from users too is also important, in design one also need to put the users in mind and not build something completely or far too different from what they are currently used to, maybe if this redesign was accepted/implemented, these things you mentioned and many others could be improved on, one feature at a time. Thanks for your contributions. Cheers!
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Yeah, this is why most websites create beta version.
Users can use both versions before migration.
The change wouldnāt be drastic, but gradual. Some people are afraid of change.
They can learn from Google webmaster tool, at first I disliked the new interface but recently I prefer it to the old one, thatās after I got to understand how it works.
Also, comments will be displayed based on hierarchy and votes based on the impact of the comment to the topic, thereby making spam comments irrelevant.
Iām sure thatās what 2go and the rest were thinking until they were dethroned. Yeah the thing about those other forums maybe not necessarily be about their designs, maybe just poor PR, because I havenāt even heard of them. Does Nairaland have the same traffic as Quora or Reddit or Twitter? They could do better.
Chief you did a great job. I would love to see a mobile version though. In fact it should have been mobile first.
You canāt redesign Nairaland because the template they are using is from a free software vendor called āsimplemachines orgā
https naijam com ng
The redesign is quite great. Thanks
Lolā¦ This is 2020. Nairaland has moved from SMF.