Twitter Wars: Niketalk Vs. Diddy

image from Niketalk

Niketalk is one of my favourite message boards on the Internet. No, I've never been an official member of the board since I started following it in 2002. And no, I haven't even been following the sneaker industry for years. But the Niketalk general message boards are a regular stop-over of mine, checking a few times a day at least. It's an interesting window into the world of sneaker fans that includes a unique perspective on the latest events of the world, lots of discussion about girl problems, and is one of my favourite places to get funny pictures.

I was on Niketalk just now and I found the community decided to do something I hadn't seen done before.

Gang up on a celebrity. First victim? Diddy.



In the "NT Roastin' ______ on Twitter Appreciation...Who's next?" thread, they coordinated an attack where numerous Niketalk members sent Diddy countless insults through Twitter. Let's look at some of the highlights:

@iamdiddy Ol, "You had a spark when you started / but now you just garbage" - type of man.4 minutes ago from web

@iamdiddy Ol' "I've never even wrote helped compose the best songs on my own albums"-style man.21 minutes ago from web

@iamdiddy Ol', "I charged Miss V. Wallace $$$ to use her son's music in his own biopic"-man. (-_-)

Dre_704 Ya moms didn't let you play baseball after ya greasy %%% slid from 1st base to centerfield. Umpires f'd around and called a travel @iamdiddy

pasCHITOWNyo ol selfish %%@ %@+!$..the least you coulda did was put craig mack in some proactive commercials @iamdiddy

I wish Jada woulda really hit you w/ the refrigerator @iamdiddy.

There were far too many insults thrown at Diddy for me to post here, so I'll leave it to you to find the rest of them. Diddy didn't respond directly to the outpouring of hate typed his way, but he did post this towards the end of Niketalk's tirade.

image from Niketalk

Certain companies and celebrities have opened themselves up more through technology like Twitter, for better or worse. On the other side of the coin, you, as an average person have power. If you know how to use something like a blog, Twitter, or Facebook, you could make something happen. Like making Diddy sad, if that's one of your goals in life, I guess. I'd hope you aim higher than committing the virtual equivalent of throwing a cream pie into someone's face, but I guess this is a start.