Easy day for me today. Seniors are out and it happens to be the day on which all but 7 of my students are seniors. Hopefully I'll get some things knocked off my to-do list.
Post by mrscatfarmer13 on May 18, 2017 8:09:08 GMT -5
I'm just going to talk to my self a bit until someone joins me.
So this statewide forum thread.... I really don't understand why people are so up in arms about everything. Admittedly, I skipped probably 30-40 pages of the thread though. In what I did read, I had a thought. Parenting is always wanting new ppl to play there, right? Perhaps, this is part if the issue with dying boards, people start posting in Parenting, and make that their new home, eventually leading to the death of the board they left. I realize new traffic will help a little, but I think when newbs see these other boards have no activity, they're going to migrate where there is acticity. Basically, I think if posters begin utilizing the boards we have more often(baby names, FF/BF, PT board, and etc) instead of never leaving their home board or encouraging sitewide drinking/UO/fffc, then the forum will have a greater chance of survival.
Sorry for the wall of text and no1curr thoughts. I needed to get that off my chest.
Post by sstwinklinglites on May 18, 2017 8:22:00 GMT -5
mrscatfarmer13 - I think the biggest problem with that thread is the expectation that the admins owe anyone anything. Most of the posters in that thread don't agree with the way admin has run things in terms of how long they've taken to deliver on their promises and how they've used the funds that the community donated to them. But seriously, who cares? It's their business not yours. And their demanding answers like if anyone at any other business would just drop everything to answer them. I hear what they're saying and they make some valid points, but why are they so invested? All of us are here to have a place to chat, and we have that.
And in terms of driving in new traffic, yeah, it's needed and things have slowed, but lol to Parenting being a welcome place. They can want newbs all day long, but it is not a welcoming board at all.
Parenting wants it to be the type of place where a bunch of randoms end up here and post stupid drive-by questions for them to flame. Like they used to do on TB. IMO Parenting moves too fast for any new person to be interested in posting there. And they act like they're the only board with any activity on the whole forum. I do think there are too many boards, and it's off-putting when you look around and realize most of them are completely dead. But I think the solution is to spread things out, not condense everything to Parenting.
Parenting wants it to be the type of place where a bunch of randoms end up here and post stupid drive-by questions for them to flame. Like they used to do on TB. IMO Parenting moves too fast for any new person to be interested in posting there. And they act like they're the only board with any activity on the whole forum. I do think there are too many boards, and it's off-putting when you look around and realize most of them are completely dead. But I think the solution is to spread things out, not condense everything to Parenting.
This is pretty much how I feel.
I don't know what is going to happen, I just hope someone doesn't decide to burn this place to the ground by posting porn. Then we'll be shut down, for sure.
Hi all No UOs that I can think of today. Trying to figure out our schedule. I think we'll do early lunch/ nap and an outing this afternoon. Switch it up a little.
Oh it's my Friday!! H and I are off tomorrow so we are sending M to DC and having a date day!
Us too!! DC has a parents night out from 630-930. The dc is open till 630 so they said most parents just leave the kids there. So yeah we took off the day. I've got a pedi and maybe facial and then shopping on the docket. We are doing a matinee movie and then probably dinner. But I've also thought about just sleeping all day lol.
Oh it's my Friday!! H and I are off tomorrow so we are sending M to DC and having a date day!
Us too!! DC has a parents night out from 630-930. The dc is open till 630 so they said most parents just leave the kids there. So yeah we took off the day. I've got a pedi and maybe facial and then shopping on the docket. We are doing a matinee movie and then probably dinner. But I've also thought about just sleeping all day lol.
Which movie are you going to see? We're going to see Guardinas of the Galaxy 2. I think we're going somewhere where we can eat lunch and watch the movie at the same time
Us too!! DC has a parents night out from 630-930. The dc is open till 630 so they said most parents just leave the kids there. So yeah we took off the day. I've got a pedi and maybe facial and then shopping on the docket. We are doing a matinee movie and then probably dinner. But I've also thought about just sleeping all day lol.
Which movie are you going to see? We're going to see Guardinas of the Galaxy 2. I think we're going somewhere where we can eat lunch and watch the movie at the same time
Uh yeah that's what we are seeing too. We were going to cinebistro. I have a cincysavers I got a while back for $30 in food and drink.
Which movie are you going to see? We're going to see Guardinas of the Galaxy 2. I think we're going somewhere where we can eat lunch and watch the movie at the same time
Uh yeah that's what we are seeing too. We were going to cinebistro. I have a cincysavers I got a while back for $30 in food and drink.
I need to meet a friend who lives in Amelia so we're going to hit up Eastgate or Anderson.
I was appalled at the nastiness, pettiness, and overall condescending nature of that forum "discussion". I don't blame them onebit for not coming in to answer questions. Why should they? They don't owe anyone anything. I was absolutely appalled they would bring up what she's eating on FB and then to try to twist words about her pregnancy and then to actually say that this was all planned in advance. Like she just wanted to create all this work and not be over on TB. I thought these people were friends. Guess not. They eat their own. That's part of their problem. You can't be all like "we're welcoming" and then have all that nastiness there. All the boards I participate on are active. We don't get new blood- we make due with what we have and that's a small close community. You want people to flame, go back to TB. Honestly I think it's reflective of the type of personality- they just want to tear people apart. No thanks. Drama is one thing but being blood thirsty is another. There's drama on that board every week. If you're bored- go get a life. Or post somewhere else. Do anything at all in the world besides tear someone down that's obviously going through a lot. It's an example of something not being a big deal at all and being blown into something 100 pages long.
I was appalled at the nastiness, pettiness, and overall condescending nature of that forum "discussion". I don't blame them onebit for not coming in to answer questions. Why should they? They don't owe anyone anything. I was absolutely appalled they would bring up what she's eating on FB and then to try to twist words about her pregnancy and then to actually say that this was all planned in advance. Like she just wanted to create all this work and not be over on TB. I thought these people were friends. Guess not. They eat their own. That's part of their problem. You can't be all like "we're welcoming" and then have all that nastiness there. All the boards I participate on are active. We don't get new blood- we make due with what we have and that's a small close community. You want people to flame, go back to TB. Honestly I think it's reflective of the type of personality- they just want to tear people apart. No thanks. Drama is one thing but being blood thirsty is another. There's drama on that board every week. If you're bored- go get a life. Or post somewhere else. Do anything at all in the world besides tear someone down that's obviously going through a lot. It's an example of something not being a big deal at all and being blown into something 100 pages long.
This is why I think Naria needs to abandon her Naria/admin account and start over with a nameless/faceless admin account and a separate one for personal stuff. Yeah, people would figure out who she was pretty quickly because her TTC story is so unique, so it's not like it would be an AE, but she really needs to separate her personal stuff from her admin duties. ETA I think people would be more likely to respect her privacy in stuff like this if she was the one trying to separate the two personas.
I agree the lack of separation caused some of the issues. I would never want an angry mob of people to be able to find me irl. It's laughable that going somewhere else is going to bring them new blood and new posters. Like LOL.
I agree the lack of separation caused some of the issues. I would never want an angry mob of people to be able to find me irl. It's laughable that going somewhere else is going to bring them new blood and new posters. Like LOL.
She's really like an open book. She put her full name out there on a few occasions. I get wanting to be transparent after everything that went down on TB, but I think she'd be a lot better off if it was an unspoken thing like we all pretty much know who she is, but she's not inviting the connection. It would make it seem like more of a dick move (even a TOU violation) to be like "I see you on FB right now" if she expressed any desire to keep her personal life separate from TCF.
Post by sstwinklinglites on May 18, 2017 10:27:53 GMT -5
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 was fantastic. We went to see it at Cinebistro for my birthday with a $50 gift card we had. Enjoy it mrscatfarmer13 & vlagroupie.
Post by sstwinklinglites on May 18, 2017 10:31:35 GMT -5
I didn't read every post on that thread, but I read something about her baby or using her pregnancy as an excuse or something and thought that was really low. She's made mistakes and handled things not so well in the past, but seriously, you're going to use her pregnancy, which everyone knows the story behind, in a mean and spiteful way? Too far.
Got my free bundtlet and a free smoothie for my bday woot woot. Gonna have a sugar crash.
I think I asked before, but anyone watch big little lies or read the book? I just finished the book yesterday (so good) and plan to sign up for a free week of HBO so I can binge watch the series.
Got my free bundtlet and a free smoothie for my bday woot woot. Gonna have a sugar crash.
I think I asked before, but anyone watch big little lies or read the book? I just finished the book yesterday (so good) and plan to sign up for a free week of HBO so I can binge watch the series.
Is anyone for sure wanting/ able to go to diner en blanc June 24th? We get to invite one couple. My friend can invite another couple as well so we can keep doubling the group if we get people to sign up. It's $80 and doesn't really include anything other than the venue and bus ride. We have to bring our own stuff. But it's really fun! And worth the money imo. It's really cool. And they also have bathrooms. The group doesn't make money off of it. They actually lose money and have investors. It's a lot of coordination.
Is anyone for sure wanting/ able to go to diner en blanc June 24th? We get to invite one couple. My friend can invite another couple as well so we can keep doubling the group if we get people to sign up. It's $80 and doesn't really include anything other than the venue and bus ride. We have to bring our own stuff. But it's really fun! And worth the money imo. It's really cool. And they also have bathrooms. The group doesn't make money off of it. They actually lose money and have investors. It's a lot of coordination.
I would love to if I wasn't going to be 800 weeks pregnant at that point. I would definitely take you up on it if you extend the same invitation next year.
Is anyone for sure wanting/ able to go to diner en blanc June 24th? We get to invite one couple. My friend can invite another couple as well so we can keep doubling the group if we get people to sign up. It's $80 and doesn't really include anything other than the venue and bus ride. We have to bring our own stuff. But it's really fun! And worth the money imo. It's really cool. And they also have bathrooms. The group doesn't make money off of it. They actually lose money and have investors. It's a lot of coordination.
What does the schedule look like? Time it starts and is over. Definitely interested.
Is anyone for sure wanting/ able to go to diner en blanc June 24th? We get to invite one couple. My friend can invite another couple as well so we can keep doubling the group if we get people to sign up. It's $80 and doesn't really include anything other than the venue and bus ride. We have to bring our own stuff. But it's really fun! And worth the money imo. It's really cool. And they also have bathrooms. The group doesn't make money off of it. They actually lose money and have investors. It's a lot of coordination.
I would love to if I wasn't going to be 800 weeks pregnant at that point. I would definitely take you up on it if you extend the same invitation next year.
Ditto. I was really interested in going but this year is clearly not the right time.
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