Our mass exodus was officially successful....

[mommakc]

So, this is fun. Here are the stats for TB. This chart shows the post trends for the month, starting on Christmas day (which is why, by the way, it starts so low):



To compare the difference in the last two weeks:

January 13 - 18.84k posts
January 23 - 888 posts

Here are the full board stats:

boardreader.com/site/The_Bump_Message_Boards_7705881.html


So much for "we're growing bigger every day" and "we are a stronger community than ever", eh? Good fucking stuff.

[svenskalamb13]

This is hilarious. Thanks for posting!

[anaberry]

Hehe, happy new year TD!

[ajetter]

I thought it had to be going down. I go over there to lurk occasionally and felt like stuff wasn't moving as quickly. Plus it was just lame.

[RandomName]

Is It strange that this makes me happy. My last BMB has pretty much all jumped ship. I imagine we weren't the only ones to do that. That's traffic that pretty much irreplaceable.

[nbalkin]

Impressive

[wildermom]

I've lurk over there a bit and literally cannot find a single thread worth commenting on. This is unsurprising.

Thanks for sharing!

[tigger815]

I've lurk over there a bit and literally cannot find a single thread worth commenting on. This is unsurprising.

Thanks for sharing!<br/>
THIS!

[lawndog1216]

This is pretty awesome!

[laurelita42]

Sometimes I want to lurk over there just to laugh at the drama, but I don't want to give them the clicks.

[motownthrowdown]

There was a thread a couple days ago about how someone misses the daily/weekly threads...but I guess the mental process of "gee, I miss this" to "I'll just start one myself" was too much.

It must be hard to find support and info on a board full of garbage. No wonder no one is really conversing. 

edit: words are hard

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Jan 25, 2015 9:45:50 GMT -5 motownthrowdown said:

There was a thread a couple days ago about how someone misses the daily/weekly threads...but I guess the mental process of "gee, I miss this" to "I'll just start one myself" was too much.

It must be hard to find support and info on a board full of garbage. No wonder no one is really conversing. 

edit: words are hard

She did start a weekend ransoms, but it had about 20 comments so she decided no one else wanted one and quit.

[caitie713]

Wow!

[malelz]

That's crazy! I really hope they are kickin themselves for the massive mistake.

[pmcd886]

This makes me happy. I wonder how they are going to pay the mysterious mods with nobody posting.

[kcebeling]

I was at a week-long meeting the week of Jan 12 when all the shit went down, so the story i pieced together is still full of holes. What you're saying is that graphs depicts the overall traffic for the entire BMB Forum, not just Aug 15? It wasn't just our month that took a moderator hit? When I went to really read up, it looked like lots had been deleted. Why did all of this happen?

[pmcd886]

Jan 25, 2015 10:21:04 GMT -5 kcebeling said:

I was at a week-long meeting the week of Jan 12 when all the shit went down, so the story i pieced together is still full of holes. What you're saying is that graphs depicts the overall traffic for the entire BMB Forum, not just Aug 15? It wasn't just our month that took a moderator hit? When I went to really read up, it looked like lots had been deleted. Why did all of this happen?

The Bump gods didn't like that a lot of the mods disagreed with the new "guidelines" they were going to enforce, so they banned them. Then, when called on it they wouldn't respond to any questions it comments. Cue craziness and everyone leaving. That is the Spark Notes version.

[ajetter]

Jan 25, 2015 10:42:06 GMT -5 brassyclarinet said:

Just to clarify (since I was also out that week) what were the exact new changes in the guidelines?

I haven't read everything, but basically snark and snarky gifs weren't going to be tolerated and we had to be super nice to everyone. They weren't super clear either.

As much as the new guide lines are dumb, the way they just dumped all their active and contributing members was horrible.

[runningmommy519]

forums.thebump.com/discussion/12520300/the-bump-guidelines

[runningmommy519]

I find it funny but even regulars haven't read all the guidelines. Yet they expect the drive by posters to read it.

[queenb]

Love this!

[karlamo]

Not surprised by this. Where did you find the chart?

[mkissa]

This is great!

[princessn678]

LOL, I go lurk just to see what is going on, but nothing exciting at all, not drama. Even the posts that I think might turn to drama, are all puppies and rainbows, and skittle farts. It actually is really lame over there, and slow.

[astheria]

The best is the ones where people even give support turn into "stop being meeeeaaaannnn, omg, rainbows only"

[kcebeling]

" You ladies are SO RUDE! If you don't like [every single goddamn] post, then pass it by!"

[oopsiedaisies]

I'm glad I officially deleted mine...My other bmb did a FB group...we figured after almost 2 yrs of posting together, we could do it. And I've got you guys here, so it's all I need.

[sunshinelady15]

This is wonderful news!! I asked for deletion so I am going to up my snark factor until I get reported enough they expedite my request. It is really tragic over there. So glad to see the "bad apples" stand up for themselves. Girl power!!! Haha

[htuzzi324]

Jan 25, 2015 12:11:57 GMT -5 sunshinelady15 said:

This is wonderful news!! I asked for deletion so I am going to up my snark factor until I get reported enough they expedite my request. It is really tragic over there. So glad to see the "bad apples" stand up for themselves. Girl power!!! Haha

My goal in life is to get banned over there. I'm a downright bitch on every post that deserves it.

[RedAero]

Ha! Fuck 'em. This makes me laugh. A triumphantly villainous kind of laugh. BWAHAHA.