Post by kristhegirl on May 18, 2017 15:51:45 GMT -5
First of all, there's an insane thread about the state of the forum that is a ruckus. Don't read it unless you are bored and looking for entertainment. The shortest version I can put together is this:
The admins here, specifically Naria who made TCF, have made promises all along about making this thing more than a forum. People donated money to the cause, offered help/expertise, and have been in general interested and invested. No progress has been made on this front, help/expertise has been ignored, people are angry.
The forums are also slowly dying because there aren't new members. [Even J15 has slowed quite a bit and we are one of the more active BMBs.] <- (I think we can all agree that M17 is not super active, though I think we are one of the more active newer BMBs. Leaving this reference in, though.)
If you are not aware, Parenting is enormous. The activity on that board is really the main activity, the rest of us are small but tasty potatoes. Parenting is, as a generalization, pissed about the lack of direction and follow-through and general fuckery of the admin team. They do not want to give revenue to her/them anymore.
People reached out to Scary Mommy, because it is an established site with slow forums - could be a good new home. Scary Mommy admin is open to adding boards like BMBs and loss boards. There is a welcome thread there. There are a lot of details to be worked out, which I am not involved in but will update as I can.
It is also a ProBoards site, so it will act like TCF and still ties to Tapatalk. If you want to claim a username - possibly one without numbers, for instance, feel free:
community.scarymommy.com
If TCF goes dark, new info for new boards will be posted at
instagram.com/therewentfamily - this was set up by a regular on Parenting.
I think those are the salient points. Please ask questions if you have them and I'll try to answer (or of course anyone else who's been following along can jump in.)
The admins here, specifically Naria who made TCF, have made promises all along about making this thing more than a forum. People donated money to the cause, offered help/expertise, and have been in general interested and invested. No progress has been made on this front, help/expertise has been ignored, people are angry.
The forums are also slowly dying because there aren't new members. [Even J15 has slowed quite a bit and we are one of the more active BMBs.] <- (I think we can all agree that M17 is not super active, though I think we are one of the more active newer BMBs. Leaving this reference in, though.)
If you are not aware, Parenting is enormous. The activity on that board is really the main activity, the rest of us are small but tasty potatoes. Parenting is, as a generalization, pissed about the lack of direction and follow-through and general fuckery of the admin team. They do not want to give revenue to her/them anymore.
People reached out to Scary Mommy, because it is an established site with slow forums - could be a good new home. Scary Mommy admin is open to adding boards like BMBs and loss boards. There is a welcome thread there. There are a lot of details to be worked out, which I am not involved in but will update as I can.
It is also a ProBoards site, so it will act like TCF and still ties to Tapatalk. If you want to claim a username - possibly one without numbers, for instance, feel free:
community.scarymommy.com
If TCF goes dark, new info for new boards will be posted at
instagram.com/therewentfamily - this was set up by a regular on Parenting.
I think those are the salient points. Please ask questions if you have them and I'll try to answer (or of course anyone else who's been following along can jump in.)
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