Lol. Its not as easy as you think. People have tried and Failed. For now , Linda is unshakeable. She has been doing this for years. She has built large followership for her blog.
Her saving grace is the fact that she started when most Nigerians didn’t know what blogging is.
Why.So.Uncouth?
Simplicity is primitive. …
Wow! Oga/madam… Take it easy please!
There’s a lot of gold in this post. Especially the one about identity. Also wondered about how there was no NairaLand API or “Share to Nairaland” button.
There is actually an unofficial nairaland API. It still works. One could actually build a "share to Nairaland’ button with it, if so curious.
My brother, the pain and bad belly here is too much . I am in Germany. It is another mentality. But I will learn quick.
I think you should start by not seeing every criticsm as “bad belle”. If there’s success story I admire that much in the industry today, it would be Andela. However, I would be disappointed if when I take shots at him on a public forum like this one, he considers it jealousy. Thankfully, he doesn’t. We are all here to learn from each other at the end of the day.
PS. Just because a mediocre service that launched at the right time is making it doesn’t make it worthy of celebration. We love to hate Interswitch, but it’s out of a need for something better, and definitely not “bad belle”.
Here’s the thing though.
Making criticism simply because we can is definitely not a healthy attitude.
It’s always easier to see what someone else is doing wrong than to analyze and see what they did right.
With criticism you’re left with a feeling of superiority, like you’d definitely do better if you’re in their shoes. Would you have what it takes to get there in the first place?
Case in point.
We can all see ways for nairaland and linda ikeji to improve. However who here can lay a blueprint down to get to where they are? If you can, why haven’t you executed?
Why aren’t you getting us from the tyranny of “mediocre options” and giving us better quality service with equal amounts of traction?
Do you have what it takes to survive the early years of doing something like this? Will you have the resources to continue by the time you get to their size and implement these things?
If not, what makes you uniquely qualified to “point out the speck in their eyes”?
I honestly feel we’re better served learning what they did to get from nothing to whatever level they’re at. I don’t think many radar members have that kind of traction in whatever they’re doing so … learning from definitely beats throwing stones at this point.
As articulate as your post seems, it is a prime example of a Nigerian mentality that disgusts me the most, and I dare say, why we don’t deserve nice things.
Roger Ebert, probably the greatest film critic to walk this planet, never directed or acted in a single movie, yet he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005 for his contribution to the industry. I’ll just leave that here.
I’m not sure how a technologically inept founder of a gossip blog impacts the technology industry as whole so more grease to her elbow in whatever she does and how she does it. Not my cup of tea.
PS. When you hire consultants to come in and help advice on and improve your management/business practices and they submit their report, I hope you don’t ask them why they haven’t started their own companies.
I’m hardpressed to find a handful of people who would claim i think like a typical Nigerian, so this is a refreshing change of pace. Thanks for that 
More to the point, she built up a web property, got traction and monetized her platform. How many Nigerians have successfully completed all the steps?
Let me put it this way.
Let’s pretend I have a gossip blog and I’m paying you well enough for your consultation that it’s worth your time to do this.
What’s your game plan for building a linda ikeji killer from the ground up?
Bear in mind I’m willing to pay you as much as it takes to do the work but I’m hell bent on bootstrapping my gossip blog.
Perhaps I should spell out the “Not my cup of tea” bit? I came here to point out the danger of dismissing every criticsm as “bad belle” when I saw a post that did just that, from someone who “joined” Radar 3 days ago to do the same on another thread - which had to be locked by the way.
I’m still trying to understand this statement. Or I have a different definition of criticism. Your post is flawed in so many ways. “We can all see ways for nairaland and linda ikeji to improve. However who here can lay a blueprint down to get to where they are? If you can, why haven’t you executed?” - like seriously?
I understand that what Linda Ikeji has done might not be morally right to some people n that yes her and Seun Osewa needs to be more creative and innovate but none the less, I still believe that we should give respect n pay homage to those who deserve it. There is a reason y people are talking about them on radar.techcabal.com.
I dont know them personally n dont know what they are doing for their communities, but in terms of business n in the journey towards success, they are both my heroes.
At the same time, some critics on here sound like bitter jealous haters. If u think u can do a better job than both of them, lets see what u got. Instead of tearing them down, pick yourself up n prove 2 da world dat u are indeed better. Let your glory shine. Let the universe see your light. If not, then shut up. Life is already hard for most of us. We dont need anymore negative energy.
I suppose me pointing out that criticizing what should serve as a case study in traction and growth for people who build is deeply flawed.
My apologies.
My whole post should be interpreted as “why criticize when there’s so much to learn”.
I can see how it could be misconstrued as “you have no right to criticize” but my entire point is simply that they make great case studies of bringing a digital thing to Nigerians.
Unless we’re experts at that, isn’t there more value in learning from them?
@xolubi , do you know that it is very easy to advice a politician? Why. Even the most uneducated man in the village knows what the politicians could do better. It is actually called user experience feedback, not advice. For advice you need a master degree and 3ys working experience on that field. There are no free good advice out there.
Please be careful. Lord bank will block your comment.
why do you have to go in the same line of work and do it better before you can criticize? why can’t i just call it trash and keep it moving? If this was like a jovago criticizing a hotels.ng or vice versa, your comment might hold perhaps a little weight.
the whole thing is just silly. imagine applying this stupid logic to everything YOU criticize. don’t criticize football managers until you’ve won the world cup. don’t criticize rappers until you’ve gone platinum. shit, don’t criticize dstv until you built comcast.
if i don’t like it, i don’t like it. that don’t mean that i’m hating
I just love Radar. @seyitaylor will NEVER be bored again. EVER. 
In all honesty, you’re the person in greatest danger of being blocked.
