Piper Lilly-lee - Born Sept 11, 2013 New Tiny Human - Due Aug 7, 2015 August 2015 - July Siggy Challenge - After Pregnancy Plans It will start like this:
I haven't been on much in the last couple days. Need for a private board? What did I miss?
We've just been discussing the possibility. No drama. You didn't miss anything good lol
I'm actually happy to hear that there was no drama. This group has been really great and after some of the crap that had happened in the other bmb's I was a little worried we had a creeper. Phew! I'm game for whatever, I feel like you ladies are my friends already so I wouldn't feel nervous about you guys seeing my Facebook info. I just don't want to lose contact with this board either because some people aren't comfortable with Facebook (or don't have it) and may still need our support.
Edit: I marked special snowflake for the reason I mentioned above.
Last Edit: Sept 18, 2015 10:36:18 GMT -5 by heavenwhip
Piper Lilly-lee - Born Sept 11, 2013 New Tiny Human - Due Aug 7, 2015 August 2015 - July Siggy Challenge - After Pregnancy Plans It will start like this:
I agree with heavenwhip. I like this group and would be okay just adding friends to FB or having a group. It is a little easier keeping up with FB because I haven't gotten tapatalk notifications in months!
Group here or fb is fine with me. Although I think just being fb friends with you ladies would be good as well... that way there is no one left out from any group and we can still all talk here while keeping up with each other on fb as well.
I agree with heavenwhip I'm completely okay with FB, but also don't want people left out who are uncomfortable with it. So we definitely need to keep this board going. You ladies are fantastic!
I agree with heavenwhip I'm completely okay with FB, but also don't want people left out who are uncomfortable with it. So we definitely need to keep this board going. You ladies are fantastic!
+1 I'm willing to be friends with anyone here who wants but I've had very positive experiences with meeting internet friends. I know others haven't and understand not wanting to go there. I definitely want to keep this board going.
Post by skinandbones on Sept 18, 2015 11:31:23 GMT -5
I'm cool with being FB friends with you guys. Most of us have been here since the beginning and are fairly regular posters but I would rather keep the action on the board since not everyone is going to be comfortable with that and I don't want them to miss out.
I agree with heavenwhip I'm completely okay with FB, but also don't want people left out who are uncomfortable with it. So we definitely need to keep this board going. You ladies are fantastic!
+1 I'm willing to be friends with anyone here who wants but I've had very positive experiences with meeting internet friends. I know others haven't and understand not wanting to go there. I definitely want to keep this board going.
+2 maybe instead of a group on fb just friend whoever wants to? that way we don't have two boards to check into, bc if that happened, i'd probably pick one to check and neglect the other.
I'm all for a fb group or being friends with you gals, but agree that I want to keep this board as active as possible. Everybody here has such great info to share and we have so many great conversations. I'd hate for anybody to miss out.
I'm torn. FB would be so so much easier to be active since I'm mobile and this is a PITA to check.
But the last time my BMB when to FB, it. was. disastrous. Times two thousand.
Y'all just decide and I'll follow along.
This was my previous bmb as well. I think partly due to the fact we had over 300 members on the fb page too. It got all ugly then split into two boards. Still had issues in the groups even then
Post by arimaythea on Sept 18, 2015 12:43:42 GMT -5
I would consider participating in a fb group. I'd be concerned though that myself and people like me who are here a lot but don't necessarily post as often might not be wanted in the fb group. I guess that would depend on how fb membership is handled if a group is made. No matter what happens though, I plan to stick around here.
I'd love a private Facebook group. I am not comfortable yet with just adding friends to facebook. I know of some crazy stuff happening in groups, and since we have all only known each other as screen names for now, it would be a good step to interact in a more personal, but still safe way imo.
Just out of curiosity... What disastrous things happened with the Facebook groups?
I don't have a specific example but it is a lot easier to cyberstalk/harass someone when they open up their facebook page. For example, here you all know me as Astheria. I may have said my name in the past, but generally I doubt anyone other than my mini buddy group would remember it. On facebook, my entire name is right there, which makes it easier to find more about who I am on the interwebs. I've been personally harassed by people creating an alternative facebook page with pictures I've shared and information they remembered I shared (people I thought were friends at the time), and they went so far as to harass me at my workplace (trying to get me fired, which thankfully had no impact on my work life).
Now that's just saying a potential disastrous thing. Considering I've already been through that, I honestly don't care anymore. I have two facebook pages (one my IRL name, one for Astheria!) and I would add one or the other to the group if one was made. There's nothing y'all could really do to me that hasn't already been done by those previous asshats :-p
Post by abvintage on Sept 18, 2015 14:45:14 GMT -5
So as some others have said giving out real life info on Facebook is maybe still a little intimidating for me with some of those who I have not interacted with often on here. I like the idea of a password protected version of this board so that I can post more info but with people who are more vetted within the community. That sounds like I'm being exclusionary but there are lurkers here, there are people who don't contribute much, etc. That makes me a little nervous.
Edit: I too agree with others that FB is so much easier but I mean if you have my name you can google me and all the stuff shows up. I'm not worried about those who participate. I'm afraid of the creepers.
Just out of curiosity... What disastrous things happened with the Facebook groups?
I don't have a specific example but it is a lot easier to cyberstalk/harass someone when they open up their facebook page. For example, here you all know me as Astheria. I may have said my name in the past, but generally I doubt anyone other than my mini buddy group would remember it. On facebook, my entire name is right there, which makes it easier to find more about who I am on the interwebs. I've been personally harassed by people creating an alternative facebook page with pictures I've shared and information they remembered I shared (people I thought were friends at the time), and they went so far as to harass me at my workplace (trying to get me fired, which thankfully had no impact on my work life).
Now that's just saying a potential disastrous thing. Considering I've already been through that, I honestly don't care anymore. I have two facebook pages (one my IRL name, one for Astheria!) and I would add one or the other to the group if one was made. There's nothing y'all could really do to me that hasn't already been done by those previous asshats :-p
Whaaaaat??? Wow that's so extreme. I can't believe that happened to you. I have no problem at all just keeping things the way they are. We wouldn't have to worry at all about things like that.
I don't have a specific example but it is a lot easier to cyberstalk/harass someone when they open up their facebook page. For example, here you all know me as Astheria. I may have said my name in the past, but generally I doubt anyone other than my mini buddy group would remember it. On facebook, my entire name is right there, which makes it easier to find more about who I am on the interwebs. I've been personally harassed by people creating an alternative facebook page with pictures I've shared and information they remembered I shared (people I thought were friends at the time), and they went so far as to harass me at my workplace (trying to get me fired, which thankfully had no impact on my work life).
Now that's just saying a potential disastrous thing. Considering I've already been through that, I honestly don't care anymore. I have two facebook pages (one my IRL name, one for Astheria!) and I would add one or the other to the group if one was made. There's nothing y'all could really do to me that hasn't already been done by those previous asshats :-p
Whaaaaat??? Wow that's so extreme. I can't believe that happened to you. I have no problem at all just keeping things the way they are. We wouldn't have to worry at all about things like that.
It's a really long story, but basically the people that did it were scamming a large group of gamer types, and my husband and I called them out, and others continued to do so after we did (they assumed that it was us continuing). So they got together and thought it would be perfect to harass me. Since it had ZERO to do with my job, my work protected me, but the cops did jack shit. They said "just don't engage them, they will stop", so I had to beg our friends to stop revealing their lies/scam, so that they would leave ME alone. It was a big ol' mess.
But it goes to the idea that there are definitely crazies out there. And while I love y'all, and many of you I would be ok with on FB knowing you are regulars and not psycho peoples, I too would worry some about those who haven't participated as much etc/lurker types. And it's completely because of my own paranoia, not that anyone in particular is a bad person at all.
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