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bruh i downloaded that adblockerpro.the site looks almost exactly the same now, but faster, more tron esque
Did Cameron Nelson and Method Man sell Niketalk
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this needs to be answered
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Alot of guys don't realize this d like for meth to address this.
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Ninja what are you talking about it's a few Eastbay banners on the side of the screen
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dude called Meth the God lol
Id take it back to my Matrix days and call Cam C the Creator and Meth the Oracle.
And hes been laying low the last day or so because he was busting his butt to make this transition happen. Dude needed some sleep. #truth
Id take it back to my Matrix days and call Cam C the Creator and Meth the Oracle.
And hes been laying low the last day or so because he was busting his butt to make this transition happen. Dude needed some sleep. #truth
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The ads on the side are pretty annoying, although I guess we can't complain! Just glad that this still exists so I don't have to go on Sneakertalk, my heart sank when I thought that was the only choice. :x
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idk how people are saying the ads are annoying.... every other website has them. if you cant block out ads while viewing websites by now, you're doing it wrong. plus i always click the ads just because.
i think you guys are just complaining to complain.
i think you guys are just complaining to complain.
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I'm responding to OP's questing in context to what he asked... What are YOU talking about?
I never said we did sell NT to corporate sponsors, but OP specifically asked if we did.
Come on mealy....
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No, NikeTalk has NOT been sold. Yuku's trying to run some sleazy clone by hijacking our old domain name and revoking our access to the old forums, but that's another matter and one that, with your help, will be addressed definitively in the near future.
NikeTalk has been saved. Look at what Yuku did the second we left? They threatened to do exactly that BEFORE we moved.
Moving was the only option - and not just because practically on this site hated Yuku's seemingly CONSTANT performance struggles and overall obsolescence.
The entire staff and I are still here and the site is STILL independent.
NikeTalk's been ad supported for years. We've NEVER deleted posts simply because somebody has something negative to say about a sponsor.
We're not just paying for hosting. We're paying for hosting AND service.
Partnering with a company like Huddler allows us to focus on exactly what we do best: support and manage the NikeTalk community. In the time I allocate for NikeTalk each day, would you rather that I spend it here, with you, or talking to sponsors? Would you rather or team spend time fixing bugs, writing code, installing upgrades, and handling security problems? I hope not - because most of us aren't trained for that, and our time is better spent helping you on the forums.
Huddler offers full technical support. They're handling our ad sales (though, if we're unhappy with a particular ad or campaign, obviously we have a say in the matter.) They have developers working full time to make the platform better. Right now, they're building a new mobile version that will work on all popular devices and platforms.
The "quality of life" they offer comes at a cost. And we still obviously want to raise money for charity.
Featured sponsors become necessary precisely because so many users are deploying ad blockers. If users block our ads, then every page served loses money. It's like stealing music or software. If it costs millions of dollars to make video game and everyone steals it, you'll never see a sequel - or anyone else investing in making a similar game. When people cheat the system. When they steal and don't pay - just by allowing a simple image to load on a screen - we all lose.
And so we have to figure out creative ways to pay the bills without selling out.
For example, users have been asking us for years to do contests. You tell me, does it make sense for me to take $200 that could go to a charity like Doctors Without Borders or Room to Read and spending that on a pair of sneakers to give away to people who are already fortunate? I'm sorry, but I can't do that. What I can do, though, is have Huddler work with sponsors to provide their products for giveaways.
The reason Shoe City is a featured sponsor is because one of our fellow members, who's been here for over a decade, knew about our move and wanted to help.
Although a sponsored contest immediately makes a lot of people nervous about corporate influence, in this case it's as close to a win/win/win as we're likely to get.
Think about it: you actually GET something out of it, a chance to win a product you really want, NikeTalk receives funding we can use to stay online and give to charity - that's insulated against ad blockers, and obviously Shoe City would get some advertising out of it.
That will not - and will never - cost us our freedom to express ourselves.
We want to make sure that all advertising is labeled and transparent.
The WORST thing that can happen to a forum like ours is for it to be subverted, so that you can never tell whether a user is expressing a genuine opinion or shilling for an employer. I'd rather give companies you already trust an outlet to promote their businesses honestly than make it so the only way to "crack" NikeTalk is to ruin it via subversion. (And don't think that it hasn't been attempted before.)
If we couldn't continue to run NikeTalk independently, we wouldn't run it at all.
Our goal with this move was to provide the best user experience possible, and I think - as a total package of service AND platform - we felt Huddler was by far our best choice.
Even now, they've got our backs and are working closely with us to counter Yuku's attempt to hijack niketalk.yuku.com. I was working on the launch without sleep from Monday morning until about 4 am last night. Huddler's team has been there every day and often late at night helping us every step of the way. The technical challenges in moving from Yuku to a new platform are enormous - and no one, to my knowledge, has EVER succeeded in keeping things like account names. We even created a special script to bring over as many of the charity badges our users earned as possible.
More work has gone into this move than you guys will ever know.
That's been TREMENDOUSLY costly. It would've been infinitely cheaper to abandon all of our data and start fresh on a vbulletin, but our top priority was the user experience - not saving money.
Yes, it will cost more money to maintain this site. Frankly, I think you guys are worth it.
NikeTalk has been saved. Look at what Yuku did the second we left? They threatened to do exactly that BEFORE we moved.
Moving was the only option - and not just because practically on this site hated Yuku's seemingly CONSTANT performance struggles and overall obsolescence.
The entire staff and I are still here and the site is STILL independent.
NikeTalk's been ad supported for years. We've NEVER deleted posts simply because somebody has something negative to say about a sponsor.
Thanks for understanding.
Here's the problem:
We're not just paying for hosting. We're paying for hosting AND service.
Partnering with a company like Huddler allows us to focus on exactly what we do best: support and manage the NikeTalk community. In the time I allocate for NikeTalk each day, would you rather that I spend it here, with you, or talking to sponsors? Would you rather or team spend time fixing bugs, writing code, installing upgrades, and handling security problems? I hope not - because most of us aren't trained for that, and our time is better spent helping you on the forums.
Huddler offers full technical support. They're handling our ad sales (though, if we're unhappy with a particular ad or campaign, obviously we have a say in the matter.) They have developers working full time to make the platform better. Right now, they're building a new mobile version that will work on all popular devices and platforms.
The "quality of life" they offer comes at a cost. And we still obviously want to raise money for charity.
Featured sponsors become necessary precisely because so many users are deploying ad blockers. If users block our ads, then every page served loses money. It's like stealing music or software. If it costs millions of dollars to make video game and everyone steals it, you'll never see a sequel - or anyone else investing in making a similar game. When people cheat the system. When they steal and don't pay - just by allowing a simple image to load on a screen - we all lose.
And so we have to figure out creative ways to pay the bills without selling out.
For example, users have been asking us for years to do contests. You tell me, does it make sense for me to take $200 that could go to a charity like Doctors Without Borders or Room to Read and spending that on a pair of sneakers to give away to people who are already fortunate? I'm sorry, but I can't do that. What I can do, though, is have Huddler work with sponsors to provide their products for giveaways.
The reason Shoe City is a featured sponsor is because one of our fellow members, who's been here for over a decade, knew about our move and wanted to help.
Although a sponsored contest immediately makes a lot of people nervous about corporate influence, in this case it's as close to a win/win/win as we're likely to get.
Think about it: you actually GET something out of it, a chance to win a product you really want, NikeTalk receives funding we can use to stay online and give to charity - that's insulated against ad blockers, and obviously Shoe City would get some advertising out of it.
That will not - and will never - cost us our freedom to express ourselves.
We want to make sure that all advertising is labeled and transparent.
The WORST thing that can happen to a forum like ours is for it to be subverted, so that you can never tell whether a user is expressing a genuine opinion or shilling for an employer. I'd rather give companies you already trust an outlet to promote their businesses honestly than make it so the only way to "crack" NikeTalk is to ruin it via subversion. (And don't think that it hasn't been attempted before.)
If we couldn't continue to run NikeTalk independently, we wouldn't run it at all.
Our goal with this move was to provide the best user experience possible, and I think - as a total package of service AND platform - we felt Huddler was by far our best choice.
Even now, they've got our backs and are working closely with us to counter Yuku's attempt to hijack niketalk.yuku.com. I was working on the launch without sleep from Monday morning until about 4 am last night. Huddler's team has been there every day and often late at night helping us every step of the way. The technical challenges in moving from Yuku to a new platform are enormous - and no one, to my knowledge, has EVER succeeded in keeping things like account names. We even created a special script to bring over as many of the charity badges our users earned as possible.
More work has gone into this move than you guys will ever know.
That's been TREMENDOUSLY costly. It would've been infinitely cheaper to abandon all of our data and start fresh on a vbulletin, but our top priority was the user experience - not saving money.
Yes, it will cost more money to maintain this site. Frankly, I think you guys are worth it.
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I know nothing comes free, but I guess people just miss the 'old' feel. Nostalgia feel already! lolz
With that said, NT's charitable contributions are very note worthy. I would say, it's been a positive bright spot.
ISS has had a very big make-over, and so have many other sites.
With that said, NT's charitable contributions are very note worthy. I would say, it's been a positive bright spot.
ISS has had a very big make-over, and so have many other sites.
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my b dawg i thought you was saying that NT sold outI'm responding to OP's questing in context to what he asked... What are YOU talking about?
I never said we did sell NT to corporate sponsors, but OP specifically asked if we did.
Come on mealy....
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I don't even notice the ads on the side.
Probably from all the sexy sites I go to, some of their side ads are bad news so ignoring it is second nature.
Probably from all the sexy sites I go to, some of their side ads are bad news so ignoring it is second nature.
meek meals
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My b dawgI'm responding to OP's questing in context to what he asked... What are YOU talking about?
I never said we did sell NT to corporate sponsors, but OP specifically asked if we did.
Come on mealy....
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Ads don't bother me as well
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Meth...what's up with the SN change?
I don't really understand what everyone is complaining about. NT and the rest of the mods/admins pretty much gave us what we've been asking for. 1) leave Yuku and get it of the wizard forever. 2) new features 3)updated look 4)somewhat similar and with the OG feel to the site.
The ads doesn't bother me because I know it helps run and pay for the site. Ads are there for a reason, nothing is free.
I don't really understand what everyone is complaining about. NT and the rest of the mods/admins pretty much gave us what we've been asking for. 1) leave Yuku and get it of the wizard forever. 2) new features 3)updated look 4)somewhat similar and with the OG feel to the site.
The ads doesn't bother me because I know it helps run and pay for the site. Ads are there for a reason, nothing is free.
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You know I aint eem notice that?
Saw the avy and wall of text. Knew the score.
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man can't believe after all this time people still are skeptical of meth.
ya'll should be thankful he even put up with us anymore.
SMH...
I think it's time we reciprocate the loyalty he's shown us after all this time (not to mention the patience he's had with some of us).
He doesn't need to do this, he does this because he cares about this community.
ya'll should be thankful he even put up with us anymore.
SMH...
I think it's time we reciprocate the loyalty he's shown us after all this time (not to mention the patience he's had with some of us).
He doesn't need to do this, he does this because he cares about this community.
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I'm not 17 anymore. Moving finally gave me a chance to tweak the name so that it's more representative of my role here.
And I was tired of getting PM's about Blackout 3.
If you're a loyal member of this website, like I am, you'll soon have a chance to show it.
You see this nonsense they're pulling with the old niketalk.yuku.com address? They threatened to do that to us this winter.
Getting NikeTalk off of Yuku was only half the battle. The other half will be fought by ALL of us.
I'm sure we'll get into a lot more depth later on - but, for now, don't get your Yuku accounts banned just yet. We will most certainly have use for them soon.
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hey i'd like to actually change my screen name -off topic- i know.
but i've been sick of the sneakerheathen monicker for a while now.
and as far as us doing our part meth, I'm sure NT will come together for you when you need us.
we here.
but i've been sick of the sneakerheathen monicker for a while now.
and as far as us doing our part meth, I'm sure NT will come together for you when you need us.
we here.
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