Nude pictures are beginning to
dominate the Nigerian Twitter space as
the act is fast becoming fashionable
among young ladies. One of the typical
Twitter female users of the social
network who engage in this act is one
with the name, Pretty Osaro. Osaro
posted three nude pictures of herself on
May 15, each showing her in different
positions . On her handle she says, I
wanna be famous, doesn’t matter how many guys…
The main objectives ladies who engage in the despicable act seek to achieve
is to break into trending topics on the social service and ultimately build a
huge Twitter following and gain cheap popularity.Ladies who have made
this act a hobby employ hashtags to string together these obscene pictures
to get them easily noticeable by other Twitter users. For instance , some of
them use hashtags such as #boobsmonday, #boobsfriday and post their
nude photographs.
Other girls equally interested are lured into posting their own nude pictures
on the social site by employing the use of the hashtags for the day — such
as #boobstuesday on a Tuesday, which make their nude pictures travel fast
and go viral.
Osaro went on to lament that her previous Twitter account was suspended
and lashed out at those who reported her via Twitter Help Center for posting
offensive contents. “My previous account was suspended, if you don’t like
what I do kindly unfollow or f..k out of my timeline,’’ she says.
In the usual manner in which desperate girls seeking fame on social media
do, Osaro has at one time or the other reached out to celebrities who make
use of Twitter to retweet her to the hundreds of thousands of their fans.
The day Osaro posted her nude pictures on the social service, she tweeted
the same picture to Nigerian music artistes — Wizkid and Davido with — a
view to getting them retweet the pictures.
She has also sought the help of American socialite and TV personality, Kim
Kardashian who has over 17 million Twitter followers. Tweeting at
Kardashian, she says, “Am I not hotter than @Kimkardashian?
@KimKardashian, I love you so much please retweet me.”
Other Twitter users with the names Bayelsa Queen and Ha Royal
Sexcellency regularly trend on Twitter, posting their nude pictures. Besides,
there is a nude picture being credited to one Adefope Temilola, which has
been circulating on Twitter for over two months.
A new media enthusiast, Tunji Lardner, describes the development as a
“really bad behaviour’’, adding that typical youthful aspirations are now
being amplified globally by social media. He adds that with the current level
of under-development in the country, Nigerian youths — both male and
female, should redirect their youthful vigour to hold political leaders
accountable for their misdeeds with the new media technologies.
He says, “These are invariably young and immature people grappling with
the need for popularity and acclaim from their peers. This is just another
manifestation of the ongoing breakdown of our social order and the loss of
parental control and oversight of our digital children with analog parents.’’
Lardner who is the Executive Director, West Africa NGO Network, warns that
those engaged in the act risk the negative consequences and urges them to
move towards changing the content and quality of their online discourse.
He says, “Everything lives forever on the Internet. Those pictures posted will
be archived and someday retrieved, and can most certainly come back to
haunt you, perhaps when you are looking for a job or even when you want to
get married.’’
“Those involved can start by changing the quality and contents of their
online discourse. Use these powerful technologies to interrogate the political
system, ask the tough questions, find the tough answers and hold their
leaders accountable for their misdeeds.’’
Speaking on the ways of stemming the tide in the country, he observes that
it is difficult to legislate morality on a global and virtual platform like the
Internet. According to him, the responsibility for the moral tone and content
of youth participation in social media still rests with society at large.
“Their engagement on these platforms and the quality of their discourse is a
direct reflection of the society’s prevailing norms. But there should be an
understood code of conduct that is widely disseminated, spelling out the
pitfalls of the dark side of social media.
“Perhaps the traditional media can help evolve this standard, and there is no
need to reinvent the wheel. There is a considerable body of work that deal
with youth and the use of social media,’’ he adds.
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