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We're always discussing about how we can make this forum better. And as I was contemplating this, I decided that a good idea would be to start a list andget people's opinions....
It seems like everyday we get people posting topics which generate alot of hate. This is usually due to the posts being:
a) Pointless
b) Asked often/repeatedly
c) Uninformed/late
These are topics that are not totally against the Niketalk R.O.C. however, are quite frowned upon because of the lack of creativity and because we've seenthem a MILLION times. Theres nothing new about it. It's the same thing over and over.
So I figured why not come up with a list of post topics which are deemed "taboo" within our Jordan Brand Forum community. I think this can be a veryuseful list to those "newer" members who are excited about unleashing a bunch of topics in which they think has never been posted before...
Here's some that seem to come up often and really hold no value:
"What's your FAVORITE Air Jordan of all time?" (These create only one-word replies, andreally hold no value. Everybody has different favorites...WE KNOW THAT. But why do we need this post to come up every two weeks?? We don't.) These alsoinclude Ranking posts and Specific Jordan posts (i.e. What's your favorite AJ IV? or what color combo is your favorite??). **edit: We've created anofficial post which can be found here: Official "What's your FAVORITE Jordan of all time?
"What's your LEAST FAVORITE Air Jordan of all time?" (Most people will say theXV's...But do we really need a 100 reply topic stating this?). Basically the same as above but showing your unappreciation instead.
"Whats your Holy Grail? (One-word answers...No discussion, unless people are hating on why you'drather pick the Air Jordan XVI as your grail rather than OG Carmines). Niketalk has been around since 1999, and this post comes up more often than not.
"When did you start collecting J's" or "What shoe started it out for you?" or "How manyJ's you got? Sometimes it's interesting to see what or how people got into the shoe game, but these just come up way to often. Thismight be some good ones we can archive and let it grow in the JB Archive section.
"Quality" topics. Yes, we know many of us are frustrated with the lack of quality coming out inrecent Jordans, but as I mentioned before...It's been posted waaaaaaaaaaay to many times. This includes topics on shoes creasing! Here's a tip: If youwear your shoes, properly, the shoes WILL eventually crease. Get over it...THEY'RE SHOES! Unless you have a NEW and exciting idea, please don't postyour blog on why JB's quality sucks...We know it. And if it's about a specific shoe that was just released, you can always use the "official"post. Or better yet, put these posts in the Sneaker Reviews Forum!
"Nike Air vs No Nike Air" (This topic has been brought up so many times, it's not evenfunny...Yes, we would all like "Nike Air" back, but it probably won't happen. Let a dead horse rest in peace). We currently have this discussiongoing on here: What is the big deal about having Nike Air on J's??
Shoe "A" vs. Shoe "B" threads ...(These really hold no value. If we had polls, thismight be a good idea, but posts like these are a waste of bandwidth since they only generate one word answers and NO discussion.
"Which shoes should I ___?" and "what matches what?" type posts: These include peopledebating on what shoes they should buy/sell/trade/wear/etc...These can get pretty annoying. Basically the people who post these topics can't decide forthemselves. I usually lock the thread with a "flip a coin" comment. No matter what, the end decision is up to THAT person! How about this? If youcan't decide what to wear with the shoes you got, you shouldn't be wearing the shoes in the first place. And since we're on the subject, the wholeVICK jersey posting needs to stop! It got tired real quick, and now it's just plain annoying. And honestly, I'll just delete it on site.
"How do you store your Jordans?" Unless you got some high tech way of storing shoe boxes, do wereally need a post with people answering the same response over and over? Also, since this qualifies as a "care/maintenance" post, you can also usethis thread: OFFICIAL SNEAKER CARE/MAINTENANCE POST.
"Appreciation" Every now and then we get posts that are dedicated to an old fan-favorite. Thesetypes of posts should go in the Sneaker Showcase forum becausethey usually include member's personal collections of that particular shoe.
"Official _______ posts" : Please allow the Niketalk staff come up with these. Now it'sbecome a race to see who can come up with them the quickest. If a certain shoe tends to be receiving alot of attention, we're gonna make an official postfor 'em. And yes, most new releases will have a temporary "Official" post to cut down the clutter.
Also, when an Official post exists, please use it. Just because you think your question will go unanswered in the official post, please don't create a newtopic out of selfishness. Be patient, 9 times out of 10 someone will answer it and if they don't it's probably because it's been answered already.
"Jordans up on ____.com" I understand a heads-up is needed sometimes, but please be courteousand use the Website/Store/Outlet Reports post, unless we have an Official post. We have enough advertisements onNiketalk. We don't need them as post-topics as well.
How do I clean Jordans? We've now created an official post for these types of questions. Click here:OFFICIAL SNEAKERCARE/MAINTENANCE POST.
Nickname posts! QUIT with the damn nicknames!!! It's bad enough we got people calling shoes"breds" and "raptors"....Call them by the color name or number. Don't make up something!
Any post discussing FAKES!: Theres just no place for this on Niketalk. The way we look at this issue, isthat ANY talk of FAKE shoes, is still talk about them. It gives small promotion to the garbage out there! If it's a legit check, you know where to put thepost. Other than that, keep it off Niketalk.
How do you wear/lace/show your Jordans? 1) These types of post belong in the Sneaker Showcase forum. 2) Unless you still haven't learned how todress properly, or lace your shoes, why would you want to know how to lace your shoes??
Will _______Sell out? or How much will these go for in the future? You're asking us to predict thefuture for you? Seriously, theres NO way to even tell. If you want the shoe bad enough you're going to make accommodations in order to get them, right?Check the buzz on Niketalk. Is there an official post for 'em? If so, what are people saying? You can get a good feeling about how a shoe will do just bylooking at how much attention it's doing BEFORE the release date.
What/which shoes are/were the most HYPED? Does it really matter? People will give you different opinions all day long on why the Grape V'sare more hyped than the Olive V's....But bottom line is, it doesn't matter. If you really want a pair of shoes, it shouldn't matter how"hyped" they are.
Are ______ okay to wear? This seems to be the latest trend among "taboo" posts. People asking ifa certain pair of shoes are okay to wear and if cracking/creasing/yellowing can be avoided. Cracking/creasing/yellowing is inevitable. ALL shoes willeventually fall apart. This answer all depends on what kind of condition the shoes are currently. Are they deadstock? How did you store 'em? Are theyalready showing signs? These are questions you must ask yourself. If you are that worried about a particular shoe cracking or crumbling, then maybe youshouldn't be wearing them. Only you are going to find out. You can ask this question and a hundred people might give you the green light to wear them, andthen all of a sudden they start chipping. So for now on, wear your shoes with caution. Older shoes obviously have a higher risk of breaking down. However, thisdoesn't mean they will. I'll still rock some OG AJI's around with no problems. And if you are still uncertain and MUST make this post...Please doso in the Sneaker Reviews Forum. Since you're asking aboutthe durability/performance of a shoe, that's where it would belong/
Anti-Gentry Posts. This post comes up way to often. We've heard it all. Everything from him being theAnti-Christ to him being the sole reason why Jordans suck now a days. It's not a new post. Please don't create a new one.
These are just a few examples which seem to pop up every so often. I know we can't get rid of them forever, because we're always going to have newmembers who think that these might be the most creative topics ever...If anything, maybe the staff will create "Official" posts for these and housethem in our Archives section. So when someone does start a topic of the above mentioned, we can refer them to the archives section and let them post theirreply in there....This way, the forum won't be annoyed with such posts again...
What are some other posts that seem to be "Taboo"??
Niketalkin' since December 15th, 1999!
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It seems like everyday we get people posting topics which generate alot of hate. This is usually due to the posts being:
a) Pointless
b) Asked often/repeatedly
c) Uninformed/late
These are topics that are not totally against the Niketalk R.O.C. however, are quite frowned upon because of the lack of creativity and because we've seenthem a MILLION times. Theres nothing new about it. It's the same thing over and over.
So I figured why not come up with a list of post topics which are deemed "taboo" within our Jordan Brand Forum community. I think this can be a veryuseful list to those "newer" members who are excited about unleashing a bunch of topics in which they think has never been posted before...
Here's some that seem to come up often and really hold no value:
"What's your FAVORITE Air Jordan of all time?" (These create only one-word replies, andreally hold no value. Everybody has different favorites...WE KNOW THAT. But why do we need this post to come up every two weeks?? We don't.) These alsoinclude Ranking posts and Specific Jordan posts (i.e. What's your favorite AJ IV? or what color combo is your favorite??). **edit: We've created anofficial post which can be found here: Official "What's your FAVORITE Jordan of all time?
"What's your LEAST FAVORITE Air Jordan of all time?" (Most people will say theXV's...But do we really need a 100 reply topic stating this?). Basically the same as above but showing your unappreciation instead.
"Whats your Holy Grail? (One-word answers...No discussion, unless people are hating on why you'drather pick the Air Jordan XVI as your grail rather than OG Carmines). Niketalk has been around since 1999, and this post comes up more often than not.
"When did you start collecting J's" or "What shoe started it out for you?" or "How manyJ's you got? Sometimes it's interesting to see what or how people got into the shoe game, but these just come up way to often. Thismight be some good ones we can archive and let it grow in the JB Archive section.
"Quality" topics. Yes, we know many of us are frustrated with the lack of quality coming out inrecent Jordans, but as I mentioned before...It's been posted waaaaaaaaaaay to many times. This includes topics on shoes creasing! Here's a tip: If youwear your shoes, properly, the shoes WILL eventually crease. Get over it...THEY'RE SHOES! Unless you have a NEW and exciting idea, please don't postyour blog on why JB's quality sucks...We know it. And if it's about a specific shoe that was just released, you can always use the "official"post. Or better yet, put these posts in the Sneaker Reviews Forum!
"Nike Air vs No Nike Air" (This topic has been brought up so many times, it's not evenfunny...Yes, we would all like "Nike Air" back, but it probably won't happen. Let a dead horse rest in peace). We currently have this discussiongoing on here: What is the big deal about having Nike Air on J's??
Shoe "A" vs. Shoe "B" threads ...(These really hold no value. If we had polls, thismight be a good idea, but posts like these are a waste of bandwidth since they only generate one word answers and NO discussion.
"Which shoes should I ___?" and "what matches what?" type posts: These include peopledebating on what shoes they should buy/sell/trade/wear/etc...These can get pretty annoying. Basically the people who post these topics can't decide forthemselves. I usually lock the thread with a "flip a coin" comment. No matter what, the end decision is up to THAT person! How about this? If youcan't decide what to wear with the shoes you got, you shouldn't be wearing the shoes in the first place. And since we're on the subject, the wholeVICK jersey posting needs to stop! It got tired real quick, and now it's just plain annoying. And honestly, I'll just delete it on site.
"How do you store your Jordans?" Unless you got some high tech way of storing shoe boxes, do wereally need a post with people answering the same response over and over? Also, since this qualifies as a "care/maintenance" post, you can also usethis thread: OFFICIAL SNEAKER CARE/MAINTENANCE POST.
"Appreciation" Every now and then we get posts that are dedicated to an old fan-favorite. Thesetypes of posts should go in the Sneaker Showcase forum becausethey usually include member's personal collections of that particular shoe.
"Official _______ posts" : Please allow the Niketalk staff come up with these. Now it'sbecome a race to see who can come up with them the quickest. If a certain shoe tends to be receiving alot of attention, we're gonna make an official postfor 'em. And yes, most new releases will have a temporary "Official" post to cut down the clutter.
Also, when an Official post exists, please use it. Just because you think your question will go unanswered in the official post, please don't create a newtopic out of selfishness. Be patient, 9 times out of 10 someone will answer it and if they don't it's probably because it's been answered already.
"Jordans up on ____.com" I understand a heads-up is needed sometimes, but please be courteousand use the Website/Store/Outlet Reports post, unless we have an Official post. We have enough advertisements onNiketalk. We don't need them as post-topics as well.
How do I clean Jordans? We've now created an official post for these types of questions. Click here:OFFICIAL SNEAKERCARE/MAINTENANCE POST.
Nickname posts! QUIT with the damn nicknames!!! It's bad enough we got people calling shoes"breds" and "raptors"....Call them by the color name or number. Don't make up something!
Any post discussing FAKES!: Theres just no place for this on Niketalk. The way we look at this issue, isthat ANY talk of FAKE shoes, is still talk about them. It gives small promotion to the garbage out there! If it's a legit check, you know where to put thepost. Other than that, keep it off Niketalk.
How do you wear/lace/show your Jordans? 1) These types of post belong in the Sneaker Showcase forum. 2) Unless you still haven't learned how todress properly, or lace your shoes, why would you want to know how to lace your shoes??
Will _______Sell out? or How much will these go for in the future? You're asking us to predict thefuture for you? Seriously, theres NO way to even tell. If you want the shoe bad enough you're going to make accommodations in order to get them, right?Check the buzz on Niketalk. Is there an official post for 'em? If so, what are people saying? You can get a good feeling about how a shoe will do just bylooking at how much attention it's doing BEFORE the release date.
What/which shoes are/were the most HYPED? Does it really matter? People will give you different opinions all day long on why the Grape V'sare more hyped than the Olive V's....But bottom line is, it doesn't matter. If you really want a pair of shoes, it shouldn't matter how"hyped" they are.
Are ______ okay to wear? This seems to be the latest trend among "taboo" posts. People asking ifa certain pair of shoes are okay to wear and if cracking/creasing/yellowing can be avoided. Cracking/creasing/yellowing is inevitable. ALL shoes willeventually fall apart. This answer all depends on what kind of condition the shoes are currently. Are they deadstock? How did you store 'em? Are theyalready showing signs? These are questions you must ask yourself. If you are that worried about a particular shoe cracking or crumbling, then maybe youshouldn't be wearing them. Only you are going to find out. You can ask this question and a hundred people might give you the green light to wear them, andthen all of a sudden they start chipping. So for now on, wear your shoes with caution. Older shoes obviously have a higher risk of breaking down. However, thisdoesn't mean they will. I'll still rock some OG AJI's around with no problems. And if you are still uncertain and MUST make this post...Please doso in the Sneaker Reviews Forum. Since you're asking aboutthe durability/performance of a shoe, that's where it would belong/
Anti-Gentry Posts. This post comes up way to often. We've heard it all. Everything from him being theAnti-Christ to him being the sole reason why Jordans suck now a days. It's not a new post. Please don't create a new one.
These are just a few examples which seem to pop up every so often. I know we can't get rid of them forever, because we're always going to have newmembers who think that these might be the most creative topics ever...If anything, maybe the staff will create "Official" posts for these and housethem in our Archives section. So when someone does start a topic of the above mentioned, we can refer them to the archives section and let them post theirreply in there....This way, the forum won't be annoyed with such posts again...
What are some other posts that seem to be "Taboo"??
Niketalkin' since December 15th, 1999!
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