Dipo Tepede.POeT

I'm a Nairaland member and I must say I have respect for Seun because of his views, ideas, and mentality as a whole. As a Nigerian living abroad I do not come across Nigerian with such objective views and comments here let alone from those at home which I find depressing to say the least. His responses in this interview show how insightful he is and I believe that is commendable.

On another note I've read a few comments from bitter ex, or even current Nairaland members on blogs about how he handles his role as the board admin. I find it worrisome how we are quick to bash people we have differences with - «e-differences» in this case! I've never ran a public forum but as a Computer Science graduate I know perfectly well what takes. It's no mince meat! Especially when you have a huge member base and high traffic. It's not just technical issues you need to worry about but non-technical as well such as profane contents, protecting your members, and legal aspects . Some of the technical difficulties Seun has already highlighted in this interview. The big question is «Where do you draw the line on order keep yourself within safety as well as keep your board alive, and allowing members to make post without restrictive rules?». Remember that the more successfull your board is the more you have to moderate, and the more difficult it is to hide it away from from scrutinisers, scammers, spammers, and other irritants lurking around the web.

We live in a thankless world. And it's almost impossible to please some people. May I commend everyone who has had the vision to set up a platform like the one am using now. From dipotepede.com, nairaland.com, nairaland.net, to deoluyemi.com et al. Since man is inherently imperfect, every man-made system or operation cannot attain perfection- both in conduct and in elements.
Yet, should we spare the rod and spoil the child? Should we thank a dare-devil robber for doing charity without bringing him to book? It's instructive that we learn to separate people from issues; in principle that is. The Nairaland.net admin may have some crucial points if, only if, his allegations against Seun of nairaland.com are valid. Until then, a suspect is innocent... Being educated is out of date; being enlightened and civil is the essence of a man. Someone mentioned folks who can read and write as being illiterate! How? Perhaps, illiteracy has taken up added meaning?
And sometimes, the way we go about alleging others of wrongdoing smacks of vendetta, vindictiveness, and villainy. These don't draw much followership...the real truth and struggle are lost in them. The spirit behind uncovering some dirty acts should be that of helping others to see, to hear and to feel. People should appreciate that you want them to understand what they are yet to. You have to help others to help you in your cause lest you risk boomerang.
In the real world, it is not enough that someone is charitable/philanthropic/sagacious, the person must be known and seen to be honest and humble. All these things come to play. Issues and people aren't dealt with in isolation. They are objects of context. So in our rationalisation and emotionalising, let's look at the whole picture, think within and outside the box. Let's not look at it from the point of view that am benefitting from something/someone, then anything others say or write about the subject is biased and baseless! Let's not divide our world on the basis of what I want; let's all stand on the side of truth and enterprise.
Remember, don't forget: lie is a sprinter, truth is a marathoner.
We may fight, we may quarrel, we may disagree...let's do all these to become pals, partners, et cetera. Why not consider this: «a perverted, confused or defective moral sense is yet reverently to be handled, after the manner of the Redeemer, who would not quench the smoking flax or break the bruised reed. It is dangerous to make a judgment when one can't know all the facts....» «There's more to life than winning everyone's liking and approval. Success is pursuing one's calling to the best of one's ability. In other words, one dedicates one's true self to serving God and one strives to do His will.» Try but don't lie...

Seun,
Personally i think you're doing a good job with your site, maybe because i don't have the kind of issues these people are having with you. While everyone should be allowed to express themselves, i think you should try to ignore these comments. Lest i forget, i've benefited a lot from the information gathered from the nairaland site. Little wonder you subscriber base just keeps increasing.
Stay cool my brother and keep up the good work.

seun
I just dey feel u joo.
In fact, i am planning to place some advert on your site soon.
see ya.

@Seun
You dont need to reply this dot net guy, he only wants to achieve stardom from your success. Ignore him, nikegenius had said it all. Those of us that patronise Nairaland, new what we gain from it and we know how successful it was. While we do not pretend not to know why he is attacking you, let us continue to celebrate the success of nairaland. And lest I forget, those interview are really thought provoking, except of course, and on a lighter note, i want you to take GOD seriously.
Thanks Uncle Dipe for the interview, please keep it up.

Folks, shall we keep trading blames on ourselves...like OBJ/Atiku Saga....and make such escalate?
Well, I think d proferred lessons/corrections/adjustments can be taken...
Lets all be teachable, pls.
Haba, dissing ourselves won't take us anywhere...biko, e jo, d'a Allah

1luv...

Seun,
Pls ignore them all. You don't need to answer some people's ignorance.

Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:17:25 +0100
From: «Seun Osewa»
To: «coocoo bara»
Subject: Re: Please, delete my profile immediately

Hello Coocoo,

Thanks a million for your email. While you're at it, you need to
revoke your citizenship of Nigeria because Obasanjo was criticized by
his political opponents.

Request denied.

Best Regards,
Seun Osewa.

On 3/19/07, coocoo bara wrote:
> Seun,
> Please, delete my profile immediately from your forum.
> I am disgusted reading the bad comments made about you and
Nairaland at the following sites:
> 1. http://www.dipotepede.com/2006/10/04/interview-with-the-nairaland-king/
> 2. http://www.traedays.com/blog/2005/05/breaking-news-trae_z-has-been-banned-from-nairaland/
> 3. http://azuka.zatechcorp.com/2006/05/31/nairaland-woes/#comment-4447
> 4. https://www2.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=23722797&postID=3393442379282297255
>
> You may wish to ban me or block my IP as I do not intend to return to your site again or recommend anyone.
>
> I´m gone for good!!!
>
> Coocoobara - UK (Member for only 2 days)
> coocoobara@yahoo.com

Am I a strict admin? Yes.
But I don't tell lies, because I'm principled.
I don't post false traffic figures, or give any false info.
It's unfortunate that people choose to believe
these anonymous liars and cowards.

Unfortunately, Nairaland is run by an illiterate (Seun), sole administrator.

Majority of the members are illiterate who are very ignorant. They share same views with Seun and they dislike educated people. Dull forum run by uneducated man and attended mainly by unintelligent jobless people.

Seun will ban you if he identifies you as being too popular, educated or intelligent. He will ban you if he feels you are gaining popularity in the forum. Not a good place for working class or highly educated people. Avoid Nairaland if you are educated and intelligent.

Like most online forums, Nairaland could be better managed and attract educated people if Seun would appoint 3-4 highly educated moderators among some of the few educated members such as ´McKren, Big B1, Iyke-D, LadyT´.

Seun is making no dime out of the forum as he claimes. It´s a 419 false claim that will get him nowhere. At most, he could be making 50 USD in 3 months via adverts by Nigerian standard. He would do better reselling hosting as he used to, if he has the funds.

If he is a programmer as he claims, he should by now have developed a forum software of his own rather than use a third party software developed by SMF (USA). A FORUM software is simple to develop and can be developed in less than 1-3 months depending on your programming experience.

I am a programmer, software developer and managing 2 own companies in Europe. I have been in the Internet business since 1997 and I think Seun is doing a little good job but he cannot succeed the way he is going about his little business with false claims, arrogance and complete lack of experience.

He should collaborate with educated people to run the forum and don't exaggerate or falsify his successes. At this time he does not have many members as he claims but he may already experiencing cost problems due to bandwidth consumption. I can only forsee failure and closure as the members grow in future and he will be unable to cover the cost of hosting bandwidth.

I would have offered him a free hosting on my company server but he doesn´t deserve it as he continues to falsify his successes.