So! Who's staying? Who's leaving?

LoveLossHopeRepeat

DesignsOnYou:

::creepy lurker chiming in::

This is an excellent point and correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't people now upset they're being used the same way they've been using the Nest? 

This is a free site that allows people to freely share and promote their blog with a wide audience. It seems like The Nest is trying to do the same thing to promote their site by using users blogs. 

Haven't most bloggers received a majority of their followers from TN? I know on the baby boards there are bloggers who have blown up into "big" blogs 100% driven from Nest traffic that grew into other followers.

Am I wrong? (I'm really asking, not being rhetorical ;-) 

I think how much traffic comes from TN varies from blog to blog. There may be many who started with a Nest-centric audience, but as they expanded, began participating in different blog rolls/event/conventions, submitting to Foodgawker and TasteSpotting, getting traffic from StumbleUpon, etc., their dynamic may have drastically shifted such that TN now plays a very small part in their overall audience.

I understand the point you're making and agree that TN has a right to do what they're doing. But I can't fault the ladies who are bothered by it, either. Just because a person or company has a right to do something doesn't leave them free of backlash when they choose to do it, y'know?

BridgetMc

DesignsOnYou:

candreco:

I'm staying... I limit how much personal stuff I share here anyway, since it wouldn't take a whole lot of googling to find my blog, my posts here and my pinterest stuff and connect them together. 

Frankly, the stuff on the Internet is there forever, and if you don't want someone seeing it someday, don't put it out there.  While I think the Nest could have done a better job explaining what they were planning to do, the fact remains that whatever we post here becomes THEIR content, and they're a business trying to make money, not a non-profit providing message boards for bored people to kill time on.  This whole to-do over violation of privacy is nuts.

::creepy lurker chiming in::

This is an excellent point and correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't people now upset they're being used the same way they've been using the Nest? 

This is a free site that allows people to freely share and promote their blog with a wide audience. It seems like The Nest is trying to do the same thing to promote their site by using users blogs. 

Haven't most bloggers received a majority of their followers from TN? I know on the baby boards there are bloggers who have blown up into "big" blogs 100% driven from Nest traffic that grew into other followers.

Am I wrong? (I'm really asking, not being rhetorical ;-) 

There are two issues at hand here. One is the nest using content from our blogs to increase the traffic to their boards, and the other is privacy.

I don't have a problem with the nest using pictures from my blog to increase their traffic. That's the price of posting on a forum.  (And while I can't speak for everyone, no, most of my blog hits do not come from the nest.) 

The privacy thing makes me a little uncomfortable - I don't really want my nest name and posts plastered all over the internet.  But, like candreco said, everything you post on the internet is permanent, and I've always posted with that in mind.

BensBabe823

nestinginjapan:

I'm staying for now. I'm stubborn and hate change. But if the new board starts hoppin' someone better tell me so I'm not missing out!

Besides, if holly b ever decides to come back, you better believe I'm not gonna miss out on that

 

Pretty much this. I signed up for the other board but haven't checked in much. I just can't handle one more place to go!

Plus I am more reserved with what I post lately so I'm not terribly concerned.

thehomecook

LoveLossHopeRepeat:

I understand the point you're making and agree that TN has a right to do what they're doing. But I can't fault the ladies who are bothered by it, either. Just because a person or company has a right to do something doesn't leave them free of backlash when they choose to do it, y'know?

The bold sentence pretty much sums up how I feel. I said yesterday that while TN isn't wrong, that doesn't make it right (in some people's opinion).

That's what cracks me up about all the posts I've seen on other boards that are basically telling us (WC) that we're crazy for being bothered. Why am I crazy for not liking something? They say we should have known better, realized that this was a possibility and just suck it up. I'm sorry but I don't agree with every decision that's made by anyone, a person, a company, whatever. It may be perfectly legal and something I should have known was a possibility but it could still rub me the wrong way.

laptopprancer

living_insanity:

my local boards already left and I usually read my local and this one the most.  if they both jump ship then there is no point for me to read the nest.

 

lifeandkitchen

moonwhine:

Why are you leaving the FB board?   Joelen just changed the group to secret, if it's openness was an issue for you.

 What is the facebook board?  If it is still around, can I join it?  I'm amazed at how much I miss when I'm here (almost) everyday!