the thread about nothing...

[grandtheftbike]

*sigh* if silly putty was just another NTer, if i was JUST another NTer, if proto J, mayor, henzo, dirty, monday night, dipset-tdot, etc. were all just bland figures no one would be here

cuz this place would lack soul and substance.

and you think this gives you power over me? /banevoice

 

[shaft]

Whats funny is, once upon a time dudes were complaining because people were "making stupid threads about anything"
Now they complaining about how all the threads are gone
Hold on, I'm about to go make a thread about that

Was coming in to say this exact statement.

 

[blackdynamite]

Got to write an argument/persuasive paper worth 12 pages, any ideas???

 

[picknroll24]

 

[shaft]

Also, ordering pizza tonight....I'm going DEEEEP dish. All the veggies and pepperoni.....

 

[leftcoastin]

Got to write an argument/persuasive paper worth 12 pages, any ideas???

why there should or shouldn't be a thread about nothing. I'm pretty sure dudes have argued for more than that alrdy

 

[kevi]

im going to have some poptarts right now.Smores doe

 

[PRIME]

Got to write an argument/persuasive paper worth 12 pages, any ideas???

Ninjahood vs Thread about Nothing

14 page minimum

 

[trilluminated]

im going to have some poptarts right now.Smores doe

you should've made a thread about that..

Spoiler: Warning%3A%20Spoiler!

not serious 

 

[whyhellothere]

Got to write an argument/persuasive paper worth 12 pages, any ideas???

abortion
gay marriage
why americans should eat healthier?


i tried....
if you really want help from nt perhaps you could pm meth for some suggestions, i remember an nter made an appreciation thread for him about some essay meth helped him with or something like that.
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sheesh, cant wait till season 3 of shameless
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ninja= Cancer.
But TAN will prevail!

 

[balloonoboy]

Someone mentioned Sam Cooke yesterday...asked why he'd never been put on to such a great artist with a voice as smooth as silk, soul-rattling even.

Ask and you shall receive...

 

[albooboo5]

Got to write an argument/persuasive paper worth 12 pages, any ideas???

Censorship and you could tie in the protests about youtube 

 

[robpzee612]

 

[trilluminated]

my ****..

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the trashier she gets the more i become infatuated with her..

her friend would get ate up too.

 

[shox23]

well damn, that chick has no body at all- i was hoping for an upskirt pic or something :\

i dont think you seen shameless

 

[Ube]

Got to write an argument/persuasive paper worth 12 pages, any ideas???

abortion
gay marriage
why americans should eat healthier?


i tried....
if you really want help from nt perhaps you could pm meth for some suggestions, i remember an nter made an appreciation thread for him about some essay meth helped him with or something like that.
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sheesh, cant wait till season 3 of shameless
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ninja= Cancer.
But TAN will prevail!

Bro who is that beautiful chick? x 10000000000

 

[coldcity]

my ****..




[rule]
the trashier she gets the more i become infatuated with her..






her friend would get ate up too.

her friend wouls get it before she would

 

[ninjahood]

1. stop it
how you talking about people post in here instead of threads, then make a thread about it but post in here anyway?

and why yal arguing this with him still? everybody can have an opinion. you not gonna change each others minds



2. methgod has spoken. dead it already

First of all, I know you fancy yourself as a person of elevated importance, but this thread was already made.  You don't get to remake it just because you're you.  It's the same exact complaint.  

Second, the "thread about nothing" has been around for months.  Why is it only now becoming a "cancer?"  



Personally, I suspect this is really just a complaint about the number of threads per page.  We used to have 20 threads per page.  Now there are 50.  So, within the top 100 posts, threads that would get cycled from pages 2-3 to page one now just move from the bottom half of page 1 to the top and it simply appears as though the forum is more stagnant than it was before.  

I am pushing for the option to configure the number of threads per page, but I honestly thought people would be happy to have more per page load.  We could've gone the Complex "top one billion list" route and tried to force people to click through hundreds of pages just to keep up.  The only point of that is to manufacture more page/ad views.  We gave people more than twice as much content per forum page on the old site.  

I think it's an improvement, but I know that many people fear change and the General forum "looks" different now, even though we have the same people posting as we did before and, statistically speaking, post activity is every bit what it was before.  I mean, it's not like we left a lot of people behind on "SneakerTalk."  

If you ask me, this is much ado about nothing - no pun intended.  The activity hasn't dropped off.  The configuration of the front page just appears to be more static because we more than doubled the number of threads per page.  If you actually tracked post movement per reload, you'd find that the top 20 threads are changing up fairly often.  If you go into the "thread about nothing," you're also not going to find more than 1-3 "thread-worthy" themes per day at best, and many of those would've been disposable 1-3 page topics.  It's not a big loss.  

If it's having an impact, that's probably due to the amount of TIME people are spending in there, as you can't be in two places at once.  However, if they simply enjoy the persistent companionship the thread offers and would rather do that than devise wacky topics for your amusement, then, really, who are you to force them to do otherwise?  If anything, we have too many people desperately grasping for attention on Internet forums like ours as it is.  Is it really a negative to have a low key thread as a change of pace?  

That's not to say the thread is without its problems.  Every now and then, users attempt to skirt the rules in that thread, thinking, perhaps, that it moves too quickly for the staff to keep up. It's almost been locked a couple of times, actually.  Users need to take more responsibility and better care of it rather than just "go with the flow."  It's no different than a PYP thread in that respect.  If people are going to treat it like Hamsterdam, it's getting shut down whether users complain about its presence or not. 




I'm open to the idea of locking it for one week to resolve all of this - as it will benefit those who enjoy the "thread about nothing" as much as those who don't, provided that it puts all of this to rest.  However, it's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.  NikeTalk doesn't need more negativity.  You don't have to start 20 amazing threads, but you can certainly find threads that you DO like and be supportive of them, and your fellow members.  That keeps quality content on page one and encourages those who create it.  

do it..please.

everytime i see new information that should've had its own post get chucked in here it makes my skin crawl.

 

[whyhellothere]

Bro who is that beautiful chick? x 10000000000

Stephanie Fantauzzi from shameless (the us version)

well damn, that chick has no body at all- i was hoping for an upskirt pic or something :\

i dont think you seen shameless

qft!

everytime i see new information that should've had its own post get chucked in here it makes my skin crawl.

lulz

 

[the hater boxden]

Bro who is that beautiful chick? x 10000000000

Stephanie Fantauzzi from shameless (the us version)

I was wondering who she was. i looked her up she was only on the 2nd half of season 2. which i still haven't watched off my dvr

now i got something to do tomorrow.

 

[coldcity]

YOU ARE STILL IN HERE YAPPING ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT THAT ENTIRE POST DEADED

plz shut it up hood

& i like how you didnt bold the last part of the quote which states.......

"However, it's better to light a candle than curse the darkness. NikeTalk doesn't need more negativity. You don't have to start 20 amazing threads, but you can certainly find threads that you DO like and be supportive of them, and your fellow members. That keeps quality content on page one and encourages those who create it. "

you dont like the thread stop posting in it...... point blank period

because right now you are feeding the beast you've been crying all day to get locked

 

[ninjahood]

YOU ARE STILL IN HERE YAPPING ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT THAT ENTIRE POST DEADED

plz shut it up hood

& i like how you didnt bold the last part of the quote which states.......

"However, it's better to light a candle than curse the darkness. NikeTalk doesn't need more negativity. You don't have to start 20 amazing threads, but you can certainly find threads that you DO like and be supportive of them, and your fellow members. That keeps quality content on page one and encourages those who create it. "

you dont like the thread stop posting in it...... point blank period

because right now you are feeding the beast you've been crying all day to get locked

im only one person, if MORE people were more supportive of OTHER threads there wouldn't be a NEED for this giant laundry hamper of 1/2 thoughts and incomplete topics in

da first place, and people wouldn't be afraid to make em.

 

[tr1ll]

God I hate those big *** granny panty looking shorts.

 

[PRIME]

YOU ARE STILL IN HERE YAPPING ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT THAT ENTIRE POST DEADED

plz shut it up hood

& i like how you didnt bold the last part of the quote which states.......

"However, it's better to light a candle than curse the darkness. NikeTalk doesn't need more negativity. You don't have to start 20 amazing threads, but you can certainly find threads that you DO like and be supportive of them, and your fellow members. That keeps quality content on page one and encourages those who create it. "

you dont like the thread stop posting in it...... point blank period

because right now you are feeding the beast you've been crying all day to get locked

Cold City for Nt President

 

[carver]

Perhaps we should lock up thread about yambs as well.. we need more threads of guys needing help on how to get yambs