Let's not wash our dirty linen in public

[Agbe]

It's already common knowledge that any post that is relating to Nigeria should be done on our local board here because this is where only Nigerian member are and we understand and interact because we know the challenges that we face as Nigerian citizens so any thread that is on another board should be generalized and should not have the name of Nigeria as that is not even appropriate because each board has their own rules so taking Nigerian topics to other boards is even out of place and your thread can even be moved back to the Nigerian local board so it's important that we localize our Nigerian problems here

[Orpichukwu]

Those are merit's hunter abd propagandists that spread fake headlines just to fish merit's or trying to meet their weekly posts quarter what I do most times is to report such posts since from my findings I discovered that most of such thread are aimed and targeted at something that is not good for the general good of the forum, I will suggest that we have such a thread where we report false and fabricated stories around the forum and get them tag.

People rush to spread rumours they hear and read without investigating further about the particular thread the OP referenced. It was later cleared that Trump was not even the one that was scammed, but someone from our country diverted money that was supposed to be donated to Trump for his inauguration. It was a totally different story, but as far as Nigeria is involved, they share it with any narrative they want, just like racists are quick to react when Bitcoin happens to fall under a scam scheme.

[Roseline492]

We have local board were all things that concerns us should be discussed but unfortunately a lot of person feels otherwise, perhaps they feel outside board is were they would get different opinions but however is actually not encouraging discussing some issues someone could use to see us as people who are always doing bad things or being infected by the corruption that is happening in the country, actually is not that I'm saying nobody should mention about Nigeria outside the local board but because of misconception or misunderstanding of generalization is better talking about it in the local board only because if we continue this way a lot of people will start using us to reference anything about bad behavior and deceit.

[Donneski]

Honestly, I once came across a topic here by a fellow Nigerian and to be honest, I cringed reading it. It made me feel really bad for us because it seemed like we were indirectly confirming the same negative stereotypes the world already holds against us. The truth is that many of us are into nothing but legitimate hustles by working hard, building skills, trading honestly and pushing for a better life. That’s why it hurts when we see our own people putting content out here that paints us all in a bad light. We forget to note that such contents  doesn’t only affect the poster rather, it damages how the entire Nigerian community is perceived in global discussions.

We should be more protective of our reputation as a people because once trust is lost, it’s difficult to rebuild.

[Barikui1]

Wetin you talk here no be lie, na truth you dy talk, but the problem here is that not everyone in this our local board Sabi write in pigin well, some people here, if them write anything in pigin, you no go fit read and understand wetin them dy try to talk, that one na number one.

Secondly, anybody wey dy bring anybody come this forum should try and lecture that person on how to behave him or herself because I see how most newbies dy misbehave anyhow and doing things with the intention of spoiling things for others and Nigerian at large, person like word bomb, that guy hand surpose touch am if to say I know am in person because him dy very stupid, him go dy call Nigerian greedy publicly, upon say moderator act fast and delete the stupid thread, him carry the matter go meta, honestly I was really angry because the guy dy too stupid, because in my own opinion,  freedom of speech dy no mean say you go talk anyhow.

Mia Chloe request to be a moderator in the beginners and help board no make am in anyway greedy, something wey I no even dy aware of till this stupid word bomb start complaining that Dem dy delete him post, so make we try know the type of people we bring to the forum because no be everybody well mentally

Las Las everybody here dey hustle for their own belle, the worst thing we go (which I don dey observe for here) Na to use our own spoil another person own. Las Las, all of us Na one for here, even if person make move and the person no be your fav, E no mean say you go wan come spoil the person own, all of us Na one and Na love supposed bind us together, the least we go fit do for ourselves Na to get one another back, even when the person make mistake, correct the person with love, no be to carry shoulder or do am to show say Na you sabi pass or come use am as opportunity to spoil the person own, E no good, because at a point, all of us don be newbie before and at some point, one or two persons don show us love and contribute to our growth, one good turn deserves another, E go only make sense to also show the same love to others, whether you sabi them personally or not.

True true all of us na one here, but take note say na only person wey see and treat you as a brother you go see in that brotherly way, if not you fit die before your time if you thinks say everybody love you and because of that, you open up in revealing things you should have kept to urself alone.
As for the love you dy talk about, I no dy against any newbie here especially a fellow Nigerian, I believe say as a Nigerian, the life they win you 3-0 already just by being a Nigerian citizen, so that newbie surpose get sense before taking some actions, him no know say oyibo man no go fit love you the Same way ur own naija brothers go love you, so him been dy try to crucify one of us just for cheap favour wey him no even get at the end.
So not having sense as a Nigerian dy really vex me because person wey no get helper surpose get sense as the popular say goes.

[BitBakerr1]

See eh e get somethings way I won talk, e get some things way we need to dey talk with pidgin language for our local board here, OP watin you talk dey very correct but you for talk am for pidgin language so that outside person no go even understand watin you dey talk make e no con be like say we dey try hide our bad side or scam activities way dey happen for our country.
OP you never see anything e get one post way I see way our Nigeria person dey call Nigeria's scammers and idiot I was so angry and mad I no really understand why some Nigeria people dey always let us down.
Bad things way dey happen for all this oyibo people country na something way dey shock me war everywhere still una dey feel say them better pass us way be black.
Yes corruption dey this our country and no where corruption no dey for the world, no where bad things no dey happen for scam matter self we Nigeria's still dey learn work, so abeg make we mind how we dey downgrade our country Nigeria for this forum, this forum na world forum so make we no downgrade ourself con later dey complain say this white people dey let us down.

[icebar]

There are many countries in the world where the fraud ratio is very high, but it is not being reported in the media in that way. It is not acceptable for the media to link a Nigerian person to a negative news and make defamatory comments about the entire country. There are both good and bad people in a country. It is sad if the reputation of the entire Nigerian people is commented on for one bad act. Of course, there is nothing wrong with saying what is good and bad that is true but one should not say anything that is not true. Corruption is a very common thing now. Corruption exists in almost all countries of the world so no such slander should be made that focuses only on the negative aspects overall.

[Floxynice]

See eh e get somethings way I won talk, e get some things way we need to dey talk with pidgin language for our local board here, OP watin you talk dey very correct but you for talk am for pidgin language so that outside person no go even understand watin you dey talk make e no con be like say we dey try hide our bad side or scam activities way dey happen for our country.

Sorry baba, I thought about it too but I no too dey fluent typing in pidgin. The most important thing now be say make we all give ourselves and anybody we wan bring come here small orientation. No be everything wey  dey happen to us for the country supposed enter here. Make this people no come blacklist us because of the things we dey talk for here.

[Somto9Light]

I have observed some posts by Nigerians in this forum which, in my opinion, are too sensitive to be posted for non-Nigerians to see. One of such posts is this: Bad government instigate more crime

I understand that we, as Nigerians, have our challenges as a country and we also have our bad sides as well, but believe me when I say this: corruption and scams are not only peculiar to Nigeria.

We should consider the implications of certain topics we raise about us on this space. The world already holds unjustifiable stereotypes about us as Nigerians, thinking we are all scammers. Discussions like this coming from us will further validate their negative perception about us. You can imagine if the forum members stop dealing with Nigerians because of one scam story from a bad egg.

Let's not spoil the collective reputation of Nigerians in this forum with what we post or do.

Let's not wash our dirty linen in public.

Some topics should be limited to the Nigerian local board.

This makes a lot of sense mate, and yeah, I have been seeing a lot of scam report coming from our local board here, and of which I don't see other countries making several reports regarding this scamming issue But other  bitcoin/ important discussion, I'm not against making scam report in this forum but we should try and adjust or limit from making such post. Because the forum is very broad to an extent that people from different countries can decide to visit our local board and when they find out that the rate of scam is very high here they can decide to do something crazy, because they will feel that we are promoting scammers in our country so we should try to make amends just as op have said.

[IceLincoln]

Good talk OP…. This matter No be just about posting news portraying our country in bad light even us for the forum e get som kind things wey we no suppose Dey post or comment. We supposed Dey show a United front especially when it comes to posting outside the local board. Some of us Dey attack our brothers openly for those  Oyibo threads and no b reasonable critic of opinion sef na abusive objections and e no good, e get some of these people wey Dey probe people acct or report for one thing or the other. A naija nigha go still Dey chuk pin for another naija account….,, all this kind attitudes no nice for we here as a community. We supposed Dey look out for each other, encourage people make dem grow for the forum.

[Majestic-milf]

 Well, that nah true observation you make oh. I don check am and see say even these whites dey hardly discuss the shortcomings of the government aside from the ones wey dey obvious. The essence of having a local board nah so that we fit talk things like that for here. Nah true say even as him talk am for the other board, e still no change any thing order than to demean and downgrade the country more and more but maybe nah how overwhelming the situation dey nah make am do wetin him do.
 The news also show say other countries no go waste time point fingers on this country when bad things happen because as long as we no see the guy, the person fit no be Nigerian but African but since to them, nah only naija people dey rush into scams, e come dey easy to point fingers.
I know say we government get role to play for the growth of the nation and to empower youths but when them no come put body, e mean say their hands come automatically dey useless? Why not go and learn a skill instead of to dey blame the government for their bad decisions.

[Btcdeybodi]

wetin i just observed na say most of the members wey dey carry topics wey concern Nigeria dey go outside na still newbies and for those wey dey carry sensitive matters wey concern the country dey go outside local board just dey do am to obtain small favors like to get merits which dey end up not even getting. My advice na just say any body wey come across any thread wey dey mostly related to Nigeria make dem report that post to the moderator for it to be moved to the local board.

[Samlucky O]

Well I have thought about this and discover that the people that mostly create this kind of thread are the newbies who just come recently because the old members here are fully awear about the warning, because there was a time this was rampard when our very own Niger guys was creating thread in the general board just to tarnish our image but a warning signal was given to them till it's stoped. We are not going to relent,we need to keep educating the newbies till  they come to their right sense that Nigeria is not the only country that is currupt, and for that reason our own is not supposed to be always talked about. I no say Dem dey do all this things to buy favor from dis oyibo men but common those things na robish, make we try get since abeg.

[ASloveapg]

I have observed some posts by Nigerians in this forum which, in my opinion, are too sensitive to be posted for non-Nigerians to see. One of such posts is this: Bad government instigate more crime

I understand that we, as Nigerians, have our challenges as a country and we also have our bad sides as well, but believe me when I say this: corruption and scams are not only peculiar to Nigeria.

We should consider the implications of certain topics we raise about us on this space. The world already holds unjustifiable stereotypes about us as Nigerians, thinking we are all scammers. Discussions like this coming from us will further validate their negative perception about us. You can imagine if the forum members stop dealing with Nigerians because of one scam story from a bad egg.

Let's not spoil the collective reputation of Nigerians in this forum with what we post or do.

Let's not wash our dirty linen in public.

Some topics should be limited to the Nigerian local board.

I agree with you. When someone exposes their negative aspects, it not only reflects on the information but also on the ethnic identity. Many non-Nigerians have the misconception that Nigerians are scammers, corrupt and such comments reinforce their misconception. Presenting ourselves in an international platform like this forum in a way that does not damage the national image.

[Giwagi56]

Nice talk my broda, I been get this matter for mind don tey and to be honest I Dey wait for person wey go just burst the matter, some of us no dey defend our country for outsiders front, na corrupt our government corrupt we no support paint our country black, na our government no good but our country still remain one of the best country in the world, for we to get mind Dey paint our country black e mean say we too no be better person and no be good citizens as we call ourselves, no any country wey no get scammer but as our people no fit see small money na e make everywhere blast, we should not allow any body see us finish and be talking negative about us because it will affect us and no any outsiders go wan dey trust us, abeg make we no how to talk, everybody dey suffer but make we dey reason before we talk.

[Fiatless]

Bad people dey everywhere. Na US and European countries get the highest scammers. These people dey scam us steady but you go hardly hear am for their mouth.  No matter how pikin bad reach him mama no go cast am for outside. I support wetin op talk because no bi for our mouth this people go dey here about our matter. Make dem read am for another source, but make the thing no come from our mouth.

Since some of them dey lap for this unit sometimes,  if we one dicuss this kind matter make me code am for our local language.

[sokani]

Common sense suppose tell pipo say just as e get wetin go happen for awa family wey you no go carry go outside go talk, naso e supposed be for the local board. E get some sensitive matter wey concern awa country wey we no supposed carry go English board go open awa nyansh. Make we dey guilded by the things we dey yan. No be awa own bad pass, make we dey try use awa head.

[WhoYouCantKill]

Your point is quite clear. I understand you are saying though it is necessary to identify our country's problems, it is equally necessary to be careful on how we bring them to an global forum. Posts that talks about crime and corruption not having context may end up raising stereotypes that counts speak against Nigerians. This isn't about shying away from our issues, it is about safeguarding our collective image and carefully selecting what can be dished out in the global space and what should be kept in local board.

Nigerians should be careful on raising very sensitive matters on international platforms, because such may arouse stereotypes or harm our general image.

[Man of peace]

You made a very good point,but how I wish it will be possible for us not to.because i believe there are still other countries that has the same problems or challenges we are having here in our country too, but still you cannot see them exposing it just like ours, and sometimes I begin to wonder how they manage to sort out their indifference without others hearing their voice like we do.

And that makes me to believe that other countries are far in civilization than us and that helps them to manage themselves amicablely.. and the funniest thing is that some of this country are worster than ours still you will not see them on the social media like we do,..

But I still not forget that their government always their to them whenever they raise alarm and listen to the voice of their citizens unlike our government who don't care about us...

[Smartvirus]

This matter way you relate so like this eh, na something way person Dey see for the forum cef and e go just Dey pepper for eye. You never even do nothing cef and breeze don already blow your ynash open for outside. Person way for like run matters with you go just come up with one kind negative assertion of you base on watin them don hear of our people. Na that kind bad narrative we no suppose Dey loud am for here, no be our own bad pass but, na our own sound pass and e no suppose be like that. Everybody Dey package their matter make e nice, na so e suppose be for this end too.