I'm on mobile ... so forgive a possibly dumb question. Is this a poll I cannot see?
To answer, here until I am forced to choose otherwise. I like this board (WM) and feel exhausted at the thought of a new board with different personalities and values and norms and rules and...sigh.
2chatter, yes there's a poll. I think we all agre that we will stay here as long as we can (yay!). It just asks if your go to FB/Scary mommy/TB or nowhere if we lose this forum.
I joined TK in 2006. Eleven fucking years ago. I then almost immediately started posting on the old BOTB which was on TN and when they spun off TB it was a founding board. BOTB moved to FB basically at some point about 5-6 years ago and I stayed a little while but did not like the drama (it felt more personal on FB) and left. I became a Parenting regular before the baby/toddler boards swarmed it, and stayed through 2 board migrations. I decided WP and SN and of course Adoption were better boards for me. I post on Parenting but not often. I definitely will not be following them just to follow them.
I really need a cliffs notes version because I am not reading 125 page thread. I get that some people are upset that there aren't a lot of new S (but maybe Parenting shoots themselves in the foot there?) and are upset they were promised a content site that hasn't happened yet. And it seems the admin team said some things that were "tone deaf" but I don't have a clue what was said because it didn't make it to the few pages I skimmed. Also some of the suggestions of how to change board layouts and whatnot were ill received (moving slow boards to the sidelines and bottom of lists is offensive to the loss boards who don't want extra clicks or to have to go to sub boards). But is there some huge controversy that covers 125 pages that I totally missed? This is not exodus-worthy IMO. They didn't ban mods with no notice and also half the members. They just got busy with their lives and didn't communicate as well as one would have hoped. Lesson learned?
Post by somebabiesmom on May 19, 2017 7:01:15 GMT -5
As I said on the other post, I would go to a FB group, but not another forum. Otherwise I'm probably out (until I'm freaked out about when my kids should starting eating with forks or something, I mean).
As I said on the other post, I would go to a FB group, but not another forum. Otherwise I'm probably out (until I'm freaked out about when my kids should starting eating with forks or something, I mean).
I'm on tapatalk so I can't see the poll but this is my vote.
FB is off the table for me. If this went dark, I might check out wherever most everyone from WP went, mostly out of curiosity (if it was another forum). I'm not sure whether I'd join right away. I mean, the idea is that this would be an established board, right, so we'd be busting in on a space where existing posters already felt comfortable? I think I'd have to make sure I'm ok with them and they're ok with me before crashing their party.
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Post by mustardseed2007 on May 19, 2017 9:02:06 GMT -5
I didn't know SM had a community board until just now. I have only seen content on FB for that. But looking at it, I don't see a WP board, just parenting and some other stuff. I might go there but I might just go nowhere.
I don't know that I'd do FB. Maybe but I can't commit.
ETA: And last time I looked at TB WM board it was terribly terribly slow and NMS.
ETAA: If I got pregnant again I would probably go to SM if this didn't exist. I would also have to go to serious therapy b/c having more is not at all in our plans and that would be huuuuge. Also unlikely.
Post by oldbaylover1024 on May 19, 2017 9:10:06 GMT -5
Someone asked the admins at SM about adding a Working Parents board. I have no clue if that's actually happening, and it doesn't mean I'd immediately jump ship either. But it'd be nice if SM had one... just in case.
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Someone asked the admins at SM about adding a Working Parents board. I have no clue if that's actually happening, and it doesn't mean I'd immediately jump ship either. But it'd be nice if SM had one... just in case.
Agreed...I just went over to parenting and realized for the first time that this migration thing looks like it's really happening. We're not all active enough here to keep a whole TCF community going - I mean, we're active enough for me but we're not the board that keeps the lights on, if you KWIM.
So now maybe I'm taking a 2nd look at SM? I don't want to though.
ETA: And I agree it doesn't sound like the migration is going well...but it sounds like something is happening. Dang I don't get why people are so mad. This is next level on stuff that doesn't seem next level to me. I may definitely be missing something but as it stands I don't get it.
Post by supertrooper1 on May 19, 2017 9:44:29 GMT -5
I will follow you all anywhere, but I think we should stay here. Since Proboards is free, we don't need a certain number of posts or anything, right? It seems like we could stay here even if there is a mass exodus on the other boards.
Someone asked the admins at SM about adding a Working Parents board. I have no clue if that's actually happening, and it doesn't mean I'd immediately jump ship either. But it'd be nice if SM had one... just in case.
Agreed...I just went over to parenting and realized for the first time that this migration thing looks like it's really happening. We're not all active enough here to keep a whole TCF community going - I mean, we're active enough for me but we're not the board that keeps the lights on, if you KWIM.
So now maybe I'm taking a 2nd look at SM? I don't want to though.
ETA: And I agree it doesn't sound like the migration is going well...but it sounds like something is happening. Dang I don't get why people are so mad. This is next level on stuff that doesn't seem next level to me. I may definitely be missing something but as it stands I don't get it.
I totally agree especially with the ETA. I did NOT read the 128 page thread so I didn't see the tone deaf or offensive or delayed responses from the admins, so maybe I just missed it. But what TB did was so far next level I couldn't stay. Admins banning mods and a large portion of posters for no reason? Eff that. Admins being caught up in their own lives and having delays to the content site and not catching a lot of new members? Meh. Yeah discussions are warranted but I 100% believe that it took two sides to blow it up the way it did and I am sure feelings were hurt on both sides. But this isn't, to my basically outsider eyes, mass exodus worthy. And I don't agree with exiting to an established forum and crashing the party and spamming the boards the way they did. That happened on TD when the toddler board crashed Parenting and it kind of sucked then but at least it was the same board. This is rash and inconsiderate IMO. I'll go if I have to but it is not my preference at all.
Post by oldbaylover1024 on May 19, 2017 10:16:05 GMT -5
TB debacle is close to my heart. I was part of the loss boards and was banned for asking a newbie not to post a positive pee stick on TTCAL. It was... not cool. But I digress...
The shenanigans that have taken place the last few days aren't exodus worthy IMO either.
In the end, I'll follow my people. I need a tribe to survive my life LOL
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I feel bad, but I will likely go no where. I halfheartedly migrated here, just to stick with WP crowd. If it all migrates again, I don't think I can be bothered. You guys are awesome, and I hope we can just stay here, because I don't have the energy to start fresh again somewhere else.
Post by helenahhandbasket on May 19, 2017 12:07:34 GMT -5
I made an an account at SM. The problem with that site is that it isn't just "for us" like how after TB exodus this place was all ours. I don't see two groups with longstanding posting histories melding well.
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