While their foreign counterparts do the work by building loyal fan bases, doing research, and driving meaningful conversations around the brands they鈥檙e paid to promote, Nigerian Twitter influencers do the bare minimum. With that in mind, here’s a detailed guide on how to become a Nigerian Twitter influencer.
1) Start with super terrible jokes.
Just be sure to make it relatable and end it with an Odunlade meme or a picture of a malnourished black child laughing that has nothing to do with the joke itself.
2) Think up stupid scenarios for the timeline to drive engagement.
Some people will call you out on your bullshit but you will ignore them. That sweet-sweet engagement is all you need.
3) Do pointless comparison shit like this.
You have the option of making it a Twitter poll but don鈥檛 because then the post wouldn鈥檛 reek of desperation. Start with the line 鈥淟et鈥檚 settle this once and for all鈥 and then follow it with a comparison between two things NO ONE IN THE HISTORY OF EVER has thought were in competition. Someone has to ask the hard questions and that person is you.
4) Have an opinion about everything being discussed on the timeline. Especially things you know nothing about.
No matter the topic, make sure you show up out of nowhere to give your hot take absolutely no one asked for. Politics? Mental health? Witchcraft? Be there for all of it.
5) Constantly offend marginalized groups to gain clout.
Sure, you鈥檒l get dragged all over the timeline but all that exposure will be worth it in the end. Plus, the faction of Twitter that secretly agrees with your offensive views will retweet, follow, and then write in the replies, 鈥淭hey鈥檙e coming for you oh. lol鈥聽Whoever said there鈥檚 no such thing as bad publicity wasn鈥檛 wrong.
6) Start games that seem like harmless fun but also look suspiciously like ways to mine for people鈥檚 private information.
Someone once said these 鈥渋nfluencers鈥 are slowly gathering all our info to do something shady with it and I honestly won鈥檛 be shocked if that happens.
7) Ask weirdly personal and destabilizing questions from time to time.
I was scrolling through the timeline last week when I came across an influencer鈥檚 tweet that said: 鈥淲hat are you doing with your life?鈥 and I was suddenly thrown head-first into an existential crisis. Feelings like this are the kind you want to elicit.
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