ZOMBAVELI THE DON
formerly zombiejesuz
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old emojis plz
NikeTalk will be moving from July 13th-14th.
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How do you turn it off?
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i lost alot of my post count... time to start over again
putting in work
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Yeah same here I had I think like 15-17K of posts, but I figured that they were still transporting them over or something.
We shall see.
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There is a message at the bottom of the thread by the page numbers that pops up when new posts are posted (although sporadically) that reads "messages has been posted since you last loaded this page...view them?'
You can only see it when you're at the bottom of the page where it pops up. The huddler one was the best as it pops up anywhere you're at and the flashing yellow background draws your attention.
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Chill Bill
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When you see the three options that say "Post Replu" Upload A File and More Options
Just click More options and it should have a check box that say something about email notifications
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Abortion...religion...politics...some people who have never posted will rep an opinion and then that's what theyre known for. I don't care either way but I think it's better anonymous. And with giving reps I think it's better not knowing individually so it seems more like the community as a whole is appreciative
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I'm saying though. I guess for some people it's all about the reps
9th Wonder
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Still getting a ton of emails, I unchecked every email box on my profile..
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I may be wrong but I don't think people are gonna go around looking for what types of opinions people repped and then hold that against them. A post can be worthy of a rep even if you don't necessarily agree with it.
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I had this issue happen to.......until I realize that I had to go to the WATCHED THREADS page and disable email notifications from there also.
Yeah, even if you uncheck all the email box in your profile settings, it doesn't prevent the email notifications that were already set on watched threads that were previously set to email alerts before you changed it over.
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Oh for sure racists are getting put on blast.
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I notice when you quote someone on a previous page that your reply shows up on that same page instead of it being posted on the last page. Then the new post notification comes on perfectly and when I click on it the new posts are still on the page where I quoted the person. As you see on the screenshot I'm on page 77 of 78 until I hit the red tab on the right that says 15 More Messages then it'll take me to the last page where the other new posts should be.
9th Wonder
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What are you clicking in the "watched threads" page to get the emails to stop?
Also, I just noticed that you can "unsubscribe" to emails from each thread within the physical email you get from NT.. That seems to be working so far for me.
Also, I just noticed that you can "unsubscribe" to emails from each thread within the physical email you get from NT.. That seems to be working so far for me.
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never knew how important this was. You don't know what you have til its gone. Need them back asap. So often it told exactly what I was feeling. And need new ones too while we're at it. Boards like Boxden have some really cool ones. Cut out heads of our favorite memes and stuff that really convey thoughts and feelings. Funny stuff. But yea, def need the emojis byke asap.
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We had over 40 beta testers, all veteran community members who expressed interest in this very thread. It was not a stress test. In fact, it was hosted in a completely separate development environment so it wouldn't disrupt the ongoing work to the site itself.
I readily acknowledge that there are problems, but the implication that the test team failed or that we didn't do our due diligence on this is incorrect. Every single Huddler community that left this year - which is all that remained save for the one owned by Wikia - all selected the same forum software. It is the best out there right now, and it's the one with the brightest future moving forward. Even Huddler's developers recommended it.
Each one of those former Huddler communities encountered similar challenges. If you don't believe me, you can find out with very little effort what sites were part of the network and see how they fared. I don't consider it appropriate to elaborate on all of the specific difficulties each community faced, because I'm sympathetic to what they've gone through. I'll only say that long downtime periods, missing images, conversion accuracy issues, and design complaints were common issues. Each site's management did what they felt was best for their community. Each sacrificed a great deal and undoubtedly worked tremendously hard. Nobody made it through this unscathed. Everyone dealt with criticism. After all, everyone wound up using the same software, with all the same limitations. Well, almost everyone: two communities shut down entirely. One reportedly couldn't afford the move. The other had a parent company that was uninterested in making the attempt.
I get that everyone wants perfection, and we'd love to deliver that, but just getting the data on the new platform was no simple matter.
If you're upset, that's likely because you've been using the same software for five years and now you're being asked to use something else. That's not a choice we made lightly. Indeed, we had no choice. Huddler is not offered anymore.
If the intent is to knock the testers, like "why didn't they tell you this was terrible?", that's because it wasn't terrible. It was actually a lot of fun. I'd like to think you would've enjoyed it, too. The platform and design didn't make the experience, they just made the experience possible.
NikeTalk is great because of the people. We converted millions of posts from 17+ years, transferred 4+TB of images, and migrated tens of thousands of accounts, but we didn't move the community. The community moved here when you guys did. You are the community. SneakerTalk learned that the hard way.
Huddler is not what made NikeTalk worthwhile. I enjoyed our time there, but it's over now. Let's be honest: it's not the perfect forum software, either. It's the forum software you were most accustomed to. You learned to live with its flaws a long time ago.
What we have today is a trade-off. We lost some features that everyone was used to, but we didn't lose what was MOST important, and we gained some great features as well.
You can drag and drop images. You can embed Tweets. You can highlight to quote. You can get quote notifications. You have an on-site alert center so you don't need to rely on email subscriptions alone. You have a better block/ignore feature that even blocks quotes and PMs from users who annoy you. You have a mobile site with a full post editor, that can do just about everything the desktop site can do. You have SSL security and optional 2FA.
Our testers saw all that. Since the old site was still up, their focus was more on what we were GAINING than on what we were losing. The comments were overwhelmingly positive, and we made the site better based on their suggestions. We added the up/down shortcut arrows. We fixed styling issues they identified. We selected the "thumbnail" image size together. We made dozens of tweaks and optimizations.
The biggest complaints were the lack of animated gifs in avatars and having to click "more options" to preview a post. Images weren't appearing in quotes. Nobody thought those were deal breakers.
Despite all the positive feedback during testing, I'm not surprised that a significant number of people are expressing frustration or even disappointment with the new site. We've been through three of these now. We heard a lot of "sky is falling" comments when we switched to Huddler five years ago, too, and that was coming from a platform that spent more time offline than an Amish corpse.
I'm sympathetic to the hardships of losing a message board feature. That may sound sarcastic, but I really do get it. I use our forums every single day. Minor irritants have cumulative effects. A loose rock in your shoe sounds like a petty gripe, but if you're running a marathon it's the terrestrial equivalent of water torture. If you're a regular, the site is woven into your daily routine. You come to depend on certain tools and when, suddenly, they aren't there or they function differently it's an unwelcome disruption.
The testers don't deserve to be thrown under the bus because they were participating in a relatively small number of threads and not in a situation where they were micromanaging dozens of pre-existing subscriptions that now work differently. Identifying those problems earlier would not have helped.
We all have things we miss about the old platform, but those things do not exist anymore and I cannot responsibly hire someone to build them for us immediately when a major new version of this software is due out in 6-8 months that could invalidate some or all of the custom code produced for the current build.
Somewhere in California, there's a server with NikeTalk running on Huddler that has zero users online. I could even access it, if I wanted to. I don't.
It has a new post notifier (for desktop users.) It has the old subscription center I remember. It has animated .gif avatars. It has a last post link next to every thread. It has the old emoji characters. It has a classifieds system with feedback. On desktop, it has little badges that show you how many new posts have been added to each thread since you last checked it.
It has absolutely nothing of value anymore. Not because those features aren't nice, but because there is nobody there to enjoy them with. It is a dead platform.
Everyone needs to accept that. Our options were not stay or leave. Our options were leave or die.
We're going to make this site better. We already have, just by occupying it. The thing I want most for this forum software is the same thing I wanted from Huddler and every other platform we've been on. I want it to get out of the way so everyone can get back to swapping stories, sharing laughs, learning together, and enjoying each other's company.
Our team fully intends to make this experience better day by day - and we intend to do so together as a community. Honesty and constructive feedback are a part of that, but we can do without the finger pointing.
Our testers were amazing. Our staff and our new partners at Community Hired have been unbelievable. I don't think there's a person on the CH team who had more than 12 combined hours of sleep all week. They were killing themselves to get this done for us, and work has been ongoing for months now to solve all the logistical problems associated with the data conversion process, which is even more complicated for us given all the legacy data we're carrying from previous platforms. I'm not going to push back against the claim that the site is flawed. It is. I will push back on any attempt to suggest that our staff or our testers failed us. I know how hard everyone involved in this has worked.
We hired the right team. To say they worked tirelessly is a severe understatement. The volunteer support has been more than anyone could ever ask for.
These people took a plane that was in free fall and made sure everyone was able to walk away. I'll happily handle all complaints about missing baggage, bumps, and bruises, but let's first acknowledge that nobody here was responsible for killing the engines.
Our team made a phenomenal effort in a terrible situation. Given all that NikeTalk has meant to me over the past 17+ years, I will be forever grateful to everyone who's helped our community survive this - and to everyone who sticks with us and helps us rebuild.
For the TL;DR crowd: if all that is "too serious" or OD, then maybe the gif avatars, old emoji, last post links, email subscriptions, and nav issues aren't all that serious, either - at least when compared to all that we still have thanks to the immense support, effort, and cooperation we've received while attempting to save our community and its history.
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you underestimate da pettiness of NTers...
da rep system basically like da coli now.
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How does that even correlate with what I said.
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Real talk, I used to always want to know who repped me. But now that we have that ability...I prefer the anonymity. I don't need to know. Just knowing that someone likes or appreciates my post is enough. And dudes are usually good about telling the person they repped them...less it's a controversial subject that they wanna remain lowkey about supporting. Not saying we make posts specifically for reps, usually, lol, but it's nice to know you have a fellowship with like minds. I like whatever though, as a poster, idk how controversial. If it's something I agree with, I'm no coward in my stance.
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True
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I don't mind who knows either but for example....
Say I talked **** about ol boy up there or responded negatively or something and 5 people repped me. He will not look at those cats the same loool.
But i don't think it's gonna change. I guess I've just been used to how it was for so long.
Maybe it could be a good thing.
Say I talked **** about ol boy up there or responded negatively or something and 5 people repped me. He will not look at those cats the same loool.
But i don't think it's gonna change. I guess I've just been used to how it was for so long.
Maybe it could be a good thing.
Mr Dink
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Still waiting to be able to change my username.
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nah bro, you know it'll be different. it's like the internet. cats crave anonymity. Even if the online persona that they've created is no long anonymous, they dont like dat. Some wanna support as quietly as they want to hate.
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