Blog posts are simply a piece of writing or other item of content published on a blog. Blogs have been a medium by which information are being passed in this age.
People all over the world go on social media platforms/internet to get stories and gists from various fields which have been a substitute to newspapers/tabloids.
People (audience) in this part of the world have a way of reacting to the news, stories, and gists that comes their way while surfing the web/internet.
Nigerians are known to be fun-lovers; the way the people react to different issues/topics about life is top-notch and can be seen in the way they react to blog posts.
According to a latest research by NCC, there are 76 million mobile phone internet users in Nigeria. Many of these users have been glued by the contents they get from the internet.
5 Ways Nigerians React To Blog Posts
Contents are churned out by writers on blogs on a daily basis which are in different categories; entertainment, politics, sports, religion, and so on. Here are 5 ways Nigerians have reacted to blog posts;
- Surf The Blog Post: These set of audiences scroll through the blog page for the headlines. All they need is to be updated about the trending topics for the day. They are at least briefed about the happenings around them even though they can’t go into the details about any of the stories at their disposals. These people actually know Lai Mohammed wants to sanction CNN but don’t care about the content of his letter.
- Find Facts On Blog Post: Unlike the first set of audience, these people click on the link to a blog post to find out what the content creator have to say about a particular post. Since newspapers are out of their list, then the blog is their avenue to be informed so they click on the link to be informed. The headline might give them a clue but want to find the fact in the content. Nigerian Army might have claimed they were at the Lekki Tollgate, these audience wants to check where the order came from in the content.
- Fake The Blog Post: Just like the government had claimed some stories on the internet are fake, these set of audience can’t see any truth in any blog posts. They are the set of people who sees blog posts as a way making up lies. These people think there’s nothing like hoodlums but young Nigerians disguising as peaceful protesters to cancel the government.
- Drag The Writer: These set of Nigerians take to the blog to ‘catch cruise‘ by dragging the writer of the blog posts. These set of audience have the anthem ‘Awon blogger blogger’ in their mouth. These people are the real definition of Nigerians who are known as ‘warlords’ on social media platforms. They are the ones that will comment by saying ‘Nengi did not beg Laycon for iPhone oo, mumu blogger‘.
- Regulate The Blog Post: Just like FG is planning to regulate social media, these set of Nigerians do their best to regulate the activities of other visitors to a post. They help to tell what they’ve read in the content while other readers have jumped to conclusion with the headline. The comment section is their space for regulating the activities of the blog. These set of audience will fight tooth and nail with their data if you come for them or any post that doesn’t go well with them on the blog. They are like; ‘You don’t click the link and you are there saying balderdash about Erica’s style going by the headline’.
Kindly mention the category you belong to in the comment section. Thanks for reading this blog post.