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Over time, I have observed people directly or indirectly trying to compare Linda Ifeoma Ikeji and Oluwaseun Osewa.
Many spark off debates in different web places and others will quickly take sides. Some take sides based on tribal sentiments; others do because they are die-hard fans of one or both of them.
Seun Osewa is a fine young man (I think under 30 years), Western Nigerian decent, tech guru, and owner of a powerful and influential forum – Nairaland that is ranked No.8 in Nigeria. One of its kind in the continent handling millions of visitors.
On the other hand, Linda Ikeji is a 34-year old (averagely beautiful) lady, a failed model (according to Tonto Dike), Eastern Nigerian decent, and owner of a continental front-line blog – Linda Ikeji Blog (LIB) that is ranked No.10 in Nigeria. It also controls millions of followers.
At one time when Linda built/bought a house for (I think) parents, people started comparing their wealth and some started pressuring Seun to make frantic effort in order to increase his revenue through adverts.
Many fans called on Seun to start giving out cash prizes when Linda did her monthly LIB give away (she is still doing so).
At the time Linda bought some expensive car, another debate sparked off on who is richer.
Anything that happens to LIB some people will quickly (often ‘amebo-ishly’) come to report on Nairaland.
Now that Linda Ikeji is recruiting, one person created a thread on Nairaland calling on Seun to do recruitment. Funny! (such a person didn’t even know that Nairaland has many staff already).
And so on . . . .
Whatever the case, I think these are the top reasons why we should not, at any slight opportunity, start making comparison between the two fine fellows.
1. Nairaland is a forum and LIB is a blog. The two are not of the same category and will never be.
2. Linda Ikeji is flashier and flaunts wealth and some personal life. This increases emotions in her fans; making some to love her deeper and others to hate her even more.
But Seun is sort of a nerd, or will I say geeky person who hardly reveals status or achievements to public. He is just him and fine with himself. He is an entrepreneur though and apparently more intelligent than Linda.
3. The both of them do not compete (even though their pages may be competing for followers), neither do they compare themselves. They are just two persons that are working hard to be better.
4. They have different vision and mission statements for their web platforms.
5. We should not compare them because each time we do, we simply incite tribal/biased division and many who argue in the debate do not understand and are clueless.
6. They have their fans and are also richer than most of us who sit in their forum/blog making arguments.
But most importantly, you should not compare Linda Ikeji and Seun Osewa because Linda is a lady and Seun is a man. They are just different and cannot be compared.
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