The dump released a new TTC app. Hilarious reviews

[NariaDreaming]

The Dump is trying to cash in on the TTC/BBT market.

They released a new app called Shine.

The reviews are predictably hilarious. And precisely what you would expect. Including not being able to edit your cycle info once you put it in, and it not actually calculating your O date based on BBT.


ETA: The press release has me laughing so hard I'm crying from line 1:

www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shine-period-and-fertility-tracker-app-grows-with-millennial-womens-needs-from-tracking-their-period-to-trying-to-conceive-300145626.html

"No other period and fertility tracking app offers the amount of personal health and trying to conceive content in a real, tell-it-like-it-is voice, which women have come to love on The Bump."

[dovahfel]

I bet it also crashes constantly, and will bugger up your whole device.


Okay, and this is precisely why *I* left!!!

Jesus, could they be any more insensitive to their IF community? 

"The Bump is the only multiplatform resource giving parents the inside scoop on fertility, pregnancy and new parenthood, reaching millions of moms and dads each year through TheBump.com, The Bump app, and The Bump local guide."

[kawaiikitsune]

They are trying so hard to be relevant again. It's almost kind of sad.

[goldenlove3]

I just like how they tried to get rid of all the snark and make it unicorns and rainbows, but TTGP is still pretty snarky. The BGs are just policing it a lot more now.

[kawaiikitsune]

Jan 19, 2016 9:53:10 GMT -5 goldenlove3 said:

I just like how they tried to get rid of all the snark and make it unicorns and rainbows, but TTGP is still pretty snarky. The BGs are just policing it a lot more now.

The few times I have lurked, I was seeing a lot of unnecessary snark. It's like the new regs are trying to be extra snarky to prove that the mass exodus didn't change things.

[joy]

FertilityFriend for lyfe.

[NariaDreaming]

Jan 19, 2016 9:59:29 GMT -5 joy said:

FertilityFriend for lyfe.

Until we build an app, right?

[NariaDreaming]

Also I tried lurking once. The Lisa frank badges scared me off

[butlerfan]

but don't I always ovulate on day 14 and have 28 day cycles so I should be fine using this app?!

[joy]

Jan 19, 2016 10:03:17 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

Jan 19, 2016 9:59:29 GMT -5 joy said:

FertilityFriend for lyfe.

Until we build an app, right?

Of course! Make it as good as FF!

[joy]

Jan 19, 2016 10:03:50 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

Also I tried lurking once. The Lisa frank badges scared me off

Wut.

[kawaiikitsune]

NariaDreaming - Yeah, that is weird. I mean, I love me some Lisa Frank but it's like they adopted it/her as their new gospel or sumshit. It's definitely odd.

[NariaDreaming]

Jan 19, 2016 10:05:27 GMT -5 joy said:

Jan 19, 2016 10:03:50 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

Also I tried lurking once. The Lisa frank badges scared me off

Wut.

Yeah. SOme ofthem have like 4 or 5...

[goldenlove3]

Jan 19, 2016 10:21:07 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

Jan 19, 2016 10:05:27 GMT -5 joy said:

Wut.

Yeah. SOme ofthem have like 4 or 5...

I do not get that at all. So weird!

[sleepymonkey]

Jan 19, 2016 9:56:58 GMT -5 kawaiikitsune said:

Jan 19, 2016 9:53:10 GMT -5 goldenlove3 said:

I just like how they tried to get rid of all the snark and make it unicorns and rainbows, but TTGP is still pretty snarky. The BGs are just policing it a lot more now.

The few times I have lurked, I was seeing a lot of unnecessary snark. It's like the new regs are trying to be extra snarky to prove that the mass exodus didn't change things.

That's exactly what I noticed, too. The only appealing thing about TD anymore is the fact that their BMBs are more active than they are. Not appealing enough for me to go over there if I GKU, but I can see the draw. Especially for people who weren't around before to see how much better it used to be.

[Rama]

Those badges are horrifying.

[joy]

Whatsa "LEAF"

[mikaela20]

I was a member shortly of the LFAF club when it was first created...not my cup of tea and I didn't get alot of what they had going on. But I must confess, those badges are kind of intimidating to me.

[NariaDreaming]

Jan 19, 2016 10:55:02 GMT -5 mikaela20 said:

I was a member shortly of the LFAF club when it was first created...not my cup of tea and I didn't get alot of what they had going on. But I must confess, those badges are kind of intimidating to me.

Please tell me more!!!

[mikaela20]

Jan 19, 2016 10:54:28 GMT -5 joy said:

Whatsa "LEAF"

It's just a private group by invite only. When someone asked to join the group, they were judged on post history and if at least 5 people agree to let them in, they got an invite. And if you didnt participate you got kicked out. No lurkers allowed.

[mikaela20]

Jan 19, 2016 10:58:57 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

Jan 19, 2016 10:55:02 GMT -5 mikaela20 said:

I was a member shortly of the LFAF club when it was first created...not my cup of tea and I didn't get alot of what they had going on. But I must confess, those badges are kind of intimidating to me.

Please tell me more!!!

It was too drama filled for me...The Bat Signal was popular was basically people flagging ss posts and then people would go to that post and either just make fun of them in the group or give bad, stupid or snarky responses on the post. I really didn't get the point of it all, I guess all in the name of entertainment. It just brought back bad memories of high school for me. I did not participate in those at all. And then just lurked and eventually got kicked out when I stopped participating because I came here

[peaseblossom55]

Jan 19, 2016 11:04:51 GMT -5 @underdog25 said:

I'm down the rabbit hole. This siggy is ridiculous.

WETF..

it looks like something being run by teenage girls in the 90's, not adults attempting to start a family.

[kawaiikitsune]

And the BG's said we were bad apples. That shit is way beyond our snarking.

[rablissful]

Jan 19, 2016 11:04:51 GMT -5 @underdog25 said:

I'm down the rabbit hole. This siggy is ridiculous.

[ohinvrtedworld]

Will they come up with a BBT thermometer that looks like DumpMay's dog toy dildo?

That's one of the few things I remember from my brief stint in the other place.

[joy]

...............

[joy]

1. Lisa Frank was cool for about five minutes in elementary school.

2. Secret group with no lurkers that you parade around in front of everyone is straight up high school shit.

Double whammy of immaturity!

[jubilantsquirrel]

Huh. They apparently like phallic siggies over there. Everyone seems to have one and they're all huge.

[lilsneezy]

Jan 19, 2016 11:02:53 GMT -5 @underdog25 said:

Jan 19, 2016 10:54:28 GMT -5 joy said:

Whatsa "LEAF"

According to my snooping, it stands for "Lisa Frank and Friends".

/ded

Is this for real? I haven't been on TD in ages.

[crazyaunt84]

"The definitive voice for millennial parents".

You can't slap duct tape over thousands of mouths and declare yourself the 'definitive voice' in the resulting silence.