Good People, I did some house cleaning in the last few minutes. Yes, I blocked many people in our community. They broke my rules which are actually more conservative than LinkedIn’s. As I have noted, calling names, insulting people by calling them names, degrading commenters due to their tribe/gender/etc, pushing ad hominem attacks, etc are NOT allowed on my feed.
What is allowed is an intellectual debate: challenge the theses put by Ndubuisi Ekekwe or our members, but do not go after them as persons. I put a lot of effort into making sure people comment here, and one rule is this: we want to make everyone feel confident that s/he can express an opinion without a personal attack. And to a large extent, our community is healthy, dynamic and growing. Those who had been blocked would not be missed (they have my contact via Tekedia, and most do ask to be unblocked after promising to stay on topic and avoid tribal attacks).
Also notice that those insulting Obi, Atiku and Tinubu are out; feel free to do whatever you want against them, but do not use my feed. I grew up in a community where two governors attended community meetings, and waited for permission to express views in community squares, from their elderly village-living kinsmen. Simply, while we disagree on policies, RESPECT must be respected!
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More so, my name is Ndubuisi and an Igbo man. That is a constant as in mathematics. While I try to be fair and balanced here, I understand that everything I write is viewed by many Nigerians from the lens of tribe. That is fine. But when I observe that someone is just fixated on that, blinding him or her from reason, I make things easier by asking the person to leave.
Disagree with me but do not disagree because my name is not Adamu or Kunle, but because it is Ndubuisi. If we cannot converge there, it means there is no basis to debate.
Finally, I ADMIRE having everyone here. I learn so much from the community and please keep coming, commenting and we will co-advance. Yes, FOLLOW Ndubuisi Ekekwe if you have not done so already. I will do my best to keep it healthy for all. Thanks.
Added this for Facebook Feed
I do this in LinkedIn once in a while; I did it last night. Hopefully, our community here will grow. I am sharing for us to understand the rules. There have been many stuffs, insults, etc recently on this Facebook feed. Attacking Obi, Tinubu, Atiku, etc are not allowed; do them on your feed. I want intellectual conversations. If you do not agree, offer a counter-perspective but no insults.
I see my feed as a school and that means pushing the envelopes of idea creation, dissemination and assimilation, understanding that I do not write to please anyone. Also, you do not and must not please me. But let us debate and may the best idea WIN. On Linkedin, there are more than 110 comments with tens of thousands of views, but no insult; they just focus on ideas. Let us work towards that here; I thank you for coming to this feed.
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Excellent work , ensuring the place is clean and well
The people accusing you or colouring what you share with tribalism, can they also point us to their tribesmen capable of writing meaningfully and consistently, so that we can learn from them too? People abuse privileges a lot here, the first sign when it comes to fishing out ungrateful creatures. Of course not many can quantify what you do here regularly, until they are asked to write a valuable paragraph.
The least tribalistic people here are often accused of tribalism, and then those who have no relationship with honesty, integrity and decency are quick to accuse people who have distinguished themselves in these areas; is our world not wonderful like this?
Let me come and be going, I have finished my airtime.