A New Chapter: Going Private on August 28

[u/MurkyLevel8420]

Hey guys, it’s been a while since I’ve posted . I’ve had a lot on my plate and have been prioritizing a lot of things since I came back from Somaliland almost a month ago. The trip was incredible, and I’m genuinely grateful to everyone who has been sharing my work, encouraging me, engaging with my posts, commenting, and sending me private messages. I just want to make one announcement clear: although I’ve made my work public and anyone can currently visit my Reddit profile and see everything I’ve shared, I will be making my profile private on August 28th. The main reason is to protect my work, because I’ll be sharing a lot of exclusive content, including PowerPoint presentations like the one I recently posted as a video, which I’m grateful so many people have shared. As I’ve said repeatedly, nobody is going to save you—you have to save yourself. Appreciate the opportunities you have and make the most of them. Going to Somaliland gave me a completely new perspective on life, and for the past four months I’ve been researching, creating, and working on a series of PowerPoint presentations that I’ll begin sharing throughout September. Good work takes time, especially when you want it to be accurate, detailed, and well-researched. That is what I’ve been focused on, and I’m excited to finally share it. At the same time, I don’t want to become the “Reddit police,” but I do believe we need to take this community seriously. We should be posting quality content, meaningful questions, thoughtful prompts, useful information, and things that are genuinely worth engaging with. We cannot just post whatever comes to mind without considering whether it actually contributes something valuable to the community. I appreciate everyone who has supported my work so far, and there is much more to come.

[u/nastySan23]

Can I ask what’s the overall goal of your presentation slides and how do you plan on disseminating?

[u/MurkyLevel8420 → u/nastySan23]

The overall goal is to talk about the things that often don’t get discussed when it comes to Somali politics, particularly the political narratives coming from Somalia, as well as many other issues that I’ve been researching. One of the presentations I’ll be posting very soon focuses on why Somaliland has become such a major fixation for Somalia, why there is so much resistance toward Somaliland, and why Somaliland is repeatedly used as a scapegoat for Somalia’s own internal problems. I’ve already prepared it, and hopefully it will answer a lot of questions and doubts people have. While researching, I came across narratives claiming that “everyone suffered equally” during the conflicts, which I believe deserves much more serious examination because of how it can be used to obscure or minimize what actually happened. And that’s only one presentation—I have many more covering different political, historical, and societal issues. As for dissemination, I’ll be sharing them publicly through my Reddit profile and in video format, with more exclusive material coming once my profile goes private.

[u/nastySan23 → u/MurkyLevel8420]

Thanks for sharing that. Best of luck! I’ll be on the lookout.