Sooooooooo

[namastebiotches]

Can we talk about what happened on TB?
I'm confoozed.

[esmerelda]

What happened now? Or is this from the other day?

[Deleted]

Did you guys see the porn thread? As of MOTN it was still up.

[esmerelda]

Haha yes! @priss08 that was my before bed treat to myself! This is getting crazy tho

[namastebiotches]

Like everything. I'm clueless.
Where's the naughty thread?

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Jan 15, 2015 18:19:53 GMT -5 namastebiotches said:

Like everything. I'm clueless.
Where's the naughty thread?

I believe it got deleted this morning.

[esmerelda]

Jan 15, 2015 18:19:53 GMT -5 namastebiotches said:

Like everything. I'm clueless.
Where's the naughty thread?

Oh man you missed like 6 pages of porn posts tons of hot man on man

[kld2014]

It got to 10 pages before it was deleted.

Eta it disappeared around 11pm my time.

[kld2014]

Also, Priss!! Hiiii!!!

[namastebiotches]

Darn.
BUT what caused the exodus?

[esmerelda]

Jan 15, 2015 18:53:53 GMT -5 namastebiotches said:

Darn.
BUT what caused the exodus?

From what I've gathered a bunch of mods were deleted when they showed the new "guidelines" then people started freaking out and getting banned some on purpose others just for asking questions. I came over when BostonKisses announced she was leaving. Speaking of whom Boston would you like to answer as you have more info than me. I'm just giving a really general of what I caught I missed most of what happened

[BostonKisses]

esmerelda, you got the basics down! Only other things I can think to add is that I don't trust BumpMay as far as a mouse could throw her, and she (or other people operating under her SN) were dropping bans left and right on people without TOU violations, especially on mods. Mods were never warned like they should have been, BM was trying to make up new "rules" as she went along, stuff like that. We warned her that there would be disgruntlement from the majority of the site over the rules, and no one wanted another Babycenter (so basically wanted the freedom for each board to establish its culture that may not necessarily be a rainbow vomit-fest), but people would adjust. Instead, they came out guns ablazin', IP banned mods for absolutely no reason/no violations, and basically asked for people to start torching the place.

I remember the fallout from TN back in the spring of 2012, and I have to say that this pales in comparison to that! That was like a giant chemical plant burning down, because the Nest Godz didn't quite get to the level that the Bump Godz did. Thanks to BumpMay, this has reached nuclear meltdown levels. XO Corp's stock dropped 4% today alone, which, IIRC, is following the pattern of TN fallout, and I fully expect it to plummet further over the upcoming days, weeks, and even months.

[namastebiotches]

What were these new guidelines that pissed everyone off?

[esmerelda]

Jan 15, 2015 21:35:33 GMT -5 namastebiotches said:

What were these new guidelines that pissed everyone off?

Go back and read the new sticky post. It's not so much the terms as how they handled the change while they were trying to put the terms in place.

[esmerelda]

BostonKisses okay I wasn't sure if I've had the whole story or what. I basically didn't want to be talking out of my ass but I've been posting a bit in parenting and reading thru the threads there so I atleast "researched" before answering. I'm actually sorry I didn't jump in to parenting earlier but the mobile app for The B made it so hard to jump between boards.

[mrsbutt]

The guidelines are bullshit. No one is going to communicate like that on a public Internet forum.

But what really pissed people off was how they released the guidelines and then banned a bunch of mods. Mods who have run their boards for years and who kept the community alive and thriving. Meanwhile, the rest of stuck by our mods and ppinged it was BS so ban for us too. I got an IP ban.

Also, I'm just jumping in. I hope that's okay. I'm excited to hang with moms of one, too.

[namastebiotches]

Dafuq?
So they were really trying to be bump Gods. Wowza

[esmerelda]

mrsbutt Welcome! It's odd being able to find the OAD board easily now. We were so hidden we had to be specifically searched asses over there. I admit I mostly decided to make the jump when Boston came over but I'm happy I did I found so many more places to I'd like to post more.

[esmerelda]

Honestly namastebiotches my biggest issue personally is how they blatantly admit they really don't give a shit about any one posting in the forums. All they want is happy reviews for the fucking app that barely fucking works anyways. I stopped posting as much because it was such a pain in the lady balls.

But it seriously sucks that somewhere that was such a support group and almost a home blew up like that. Between facing being a single mom at birth to her father and myself working things out and even getting married. You guys helped pick out my nail polish for crying out loud. It just really sucked feeling like we had to leave but I'm happy mostly everyone made the jump.

[BostonKisses]

Jan 15, 2015 21:44:16 GMT -5 mrsbutt said:

The guidelines are bullshit. No one is going to communicate like that on a public Internet forum.

But what really pissed people off was how they released the guidelines and then banned a bunch of mods. Mods who have run their boards for years and who kept the community alive and thriving. Meanwhile, the rest of stuck by our mods and ppinged it was BS so ban for us too. I got an IP ban.

Also, I'm just jumping in. I hope that's okay. I'm excited to hang with moms of one, too.

Yep, and the first part is what we spent over 2 weeks trying to drill into BM's head. It was insane how that was all ignored, and it was almost like they were being Cartman in the "I'll do whatever I want!" gif.

The IP banning was extra bullshit, and once it started happening it became clearer that there were ulterior motives to all of this.

Also, welcome! Glad you're coming over here to post! 

[BostonKisses]

I can't say enough how much of a pleasant surprise it was to see so many of you make the jump! Truly. I was really upset over making the call to leave, but I knew I couldn't stay there with a clean conscious after what they pulled.

[esmerelda]

Jan 15, 2015 22:05:56 GMT -5 BostonKisses said:

I can't say enough how much of a pleasant surprise it was to see so many of you make the jump! Truly. I was really upset over making the call to leave, but I knew I couldn't stay there with a clean conscious after what they pulled.

At first it was easy for our board to play the ignorant roll of it's not affecting us, but once you told us the other side of what happened staying didn't seem right. I still have my account over there as I think a few girls are staying and I think most of Jan 13 is as well. I do love my BMB but I'll be full time here for sure

[mrsbutt]

I'm loving how I can see all the boards on the side like the old days of TB. That's what made me jump in. It's so easy to find.

[esmerelda]

Also just going to throw this out there since there was talk of voting for mods again I'm nominating BostonKisses cause ya know she was already the mod for us it just seems fitting

[namastebiotches]

Ok so let me see if I got it right. (forgive me I have a 3yo & my brain is mush lmao)
So TB was going to announce their new elementary school 'rules.'
Mods behind the scenes were letting the godz know that it's a ridonkulous idea & not going to go well/advised them not to do it.
Godz weren't open to any input & banned the ones that weren't on board with the new changes for no reason/warning?
All hell ensues.
Amiright

[esmerelda]

Jan 16, 2015 6:56:06 GMT -5 namastebiotches said:

Ok so let me see if I got it right. (forgive me I have a 3yo & my brain is mush lmao)
So TB was going to announce their new elementary school 'rules.'
Mods behind the scenes were letting the godz know that it's a ridonkulous idea & not going to go well/advised them not to do it.
Godz weren't open to any input & banned the ones that weren't on board with the new changes for no reason/warning?
All hell ensues.
Amiright

Pretty much

[TheEleventhHour]

Hi mrsbutt! I recognize you from my lurking the Parenting board on TB (I should probably stop being a creeper and start posting there now). Welcome!

The guidelines ARE totally BS. No one should be expected to be all puppies and rainbows on a public forum. However it is so much deeper than the guidelines, the way the mods were treated is so shitty. The more I think about it the more I don't want to go back to TB. I also don't trust BumpMay and think she is being so shady. I also don't think BM is one person. Also, not naming names, but I've had a couple of people over on TB be all "Whatevs, I didn't like the Parenting board, glad they're gone, if this is how they have to change the culture of the boards so be it" and it just rubs me the wrong way. You can't censor people because you don't like their style or what they have to say! Though I never participated on Parenting I read a lot over there and enjoyed it. It isn't everyone's cup of tea but that doesn't mean it deserved to be burned to the fucking ground. It was a close-knit place that people worked hard to build up. If you don't like it find another board or site.

Ok. Done now