HI Bump Board - let's do a clicky poll :-P

redshoegirl · March 2010

After reading the post down below, I thought it might be useful to do an anonymous poll, since not everyone might be comfortable sharing their opinion for fear of offending people or something. I don't mind either way, I just want to make sure that everyone is happy and comfortable with how things are. Smile

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thoperopesope · March 2010

LOL it's 50-50...my take on it is that the only people who are feeling uncomforatble are those who post BR and really those who aren't BR don't feel uncomfortable at all....catch 22.

So let's keep things they way they have been, no one needs to leave unless they don't think they will get the support they need. Which I really don't think is the case. Someone mentioned we have all been here for a long time and are like family. If we start "banning" certain posts, then no one's going to post anything. That's what makes this board special. I think we all look forward to hearing what's going on in everyone's lives, whether BR or not. Am I right or not?

adpilove · March 2010

There are times I get on here and all you see is BR stuff. And sometimes I do read the stuff, but I most enjoy the conversations about life, marriage, news stories, tv shows, movies, travel, furbabies, crazy in laws, our husbands, our family, etc.......

Littlefoot 24 · March 2010

i'm not savvy to all the acronyms just yet, and this one wasn't on the bump board glossary--what's BR?

adpilove · March 2010

Littlefoot 24:
i'm not savvy to all the acronyms just yet, and this one wasn't on the bump board glossary--what's BR?

BABY RELATED

Littlefoot 24 · March 2010

thank you!

redshoegirl · March 2010

adpilove:
Littlefoot 24:
i'm not savvy to all the acronyms just yet, and this one wasn't on the bump board glossary--what's BR?
BABY RELATED

Yes It's not an official acronym, just one we made up for this board to give everyone a heads up that the post would be baby related (so they could have the choice of reading or skipping it). I've seen similar things on other boards...on Money Matters, they use the @ sign (since it kinda sorta looks like a pregnant belly with a baby in it lol).

SimpsonOhana07 · March 2010

thoperopesope:

LOL it's 50-50...my take on it is that the only people who are feeling uncomforatble are those who post BR and really those who aren't BR don't feel uncomfortable at all....catch 22.

So let's keep things they way they have been, no one needs to leave unless they don't think they will get the support they need. Which I really don't think is the case. Someone mentioned we have all been here for a long time and are like family. If we start "banning" certain posts, then no one's going to post anything. That's what makes this board special. I think we all look forward to hearing what's going on in everyone's lives, whether BR or not. Am I right or not?

I think you have you said it very well!

kaesha · March 2010

adpilove:
There are times I get on here and all you see is BR stuff. And sometimes I do read the stuff, but I most enjoy the conversations about life, marriage, news stories, tv shows, movies, travel, furbabies, crazy in laws, our husbands, our family, etc.......

This exactly.

I think more of the newer knotties turned nesties get a little... erm... overwhelmed by all the baby talk, which is why so many of them haven't become regulars here. Because I still mod over on the Knot board, it kinda makes me sad to see that so many of the people that I knew as regs over there post over here once or twice and don't come back. Maybe it's because they didn't know you ladies at all, and it's always hard to break into a group that's been together a while, and maybe it's because they're not into BR stuff. Sigh... I don't know.

I WILL say, I've certainly learned a lot from the BR posts, that's for sure!

redshoegirl · March 2010

kaesha:
Maybe it's because they didn't know you ladies at all, and it's always hard to break into a group that's been together a while, and maybe it's because they're not into BR stuff.

You know, I've wondered about this myself. I don't know if the BR stuff is to blame, or if it's simply because they all know each other over there and we all know each other over here.

I don't think anyone here is unwelcoming (I don't regard this as particularly clique-y, especially compared to many of the other Nest/Bump boards) but I know it may very well be intimidating to try to enter a tightknit group - I mean, I've known some of these girls for 4 years now, so there's a lot of history there and I can see how that could also scare people off, even though everyone here is really sweet and nice.

MrsIH · March 2010

redshoegirl:
kaesha:
Maybe it's because they didn't know you ladies at all, and it's always hard to break into a group that's been together a while, and maybe it's because they're not into BR stuff.
You know, I've wondered about this myself. I don't know if the BR stuff is to blame, or if it's simply because they all know each other over there and we all know each other over here.
I don't think anyone here is unwelcoming (I don't regard this as particularly clique-y, especially compared to many of the other Nest/Bump boards) but I know it may very well be intimidating to try to enter a tightknit group - I mean, I've known some of these girls for 4 years now, so there's a lot of history there and I can see how that could also scare people off, even though everyone here is really sweet and nice.

This is true... I remember first joining the knot way back when and I'm sure it feels much the same with the nest when you aren't familiar with everyone. I hope they stick around though, we love having new people here.

kaesha · March 2010

MrsIH:
redshoegirl:
kaesha:
Maybe it's because they didn't know you ladies at all, and it's always hard to break into a group that's been together a while, and maybe it's because they're not into BR stuff.
You know, I've wondered about this myself. I don't know if the BR stuff is to blame, or if it's simply because they all know each other over there and we all know each other over here.
I don't think anyone here is unwelcoming (I don't regard this as particularly clique-y, especially compared to many of the other Nest/Bump boards) but I know it may very well be intimidating to try to enter a tightknit group - I mean, I've known some of these girls for 4 years now, so there's a lot of history there and I can see how that could also scare people off, even though everyone here is really sweet and nice.
This is true.

True! I think everyone here is just lovely, I really do. Perhaps the other part of it is you guys all came over here together really, whereas there hasn't been a mass exodus from the knot since. We just trickle in! There are probably a lot of factors at play, not one single one.

MrsIH · March 2010

kaesha:
MrsIH:
redshoegirl:
kaesha:
Maybe it's because they didn't know you ladies at all, and it's always hard to break into a group that's been together a while, and maybe it's because they're not into BR stuff.
You know, I've wondered about this myself. I don't know if the BR stuff is to blame, or if it's simply because they all know each other over there and we all know each other over here.
I don't think anyone here is unwelcoming (I don't regard this as particularly clique-y, especially compared to many of the other Nest/Bump boards) but I know it may very well be intimidating to try to enter a tightknit group - I mean, I've known some of these girls for 4 years now, so there's a lot of history there and I can see how that could also scare people off, even though everyone here is really sweet and nice.
This is true.
True! I think everyone here is just lovely, I really do. Perhaps the other part of it is you guys all came over here together really, whereas there hasn't been a mass exodus from the knot since. We just trickle in! There are probably a lot of factors at play, not one single one.

SO true as well (btw, I just edited my post above because I wanted to add a bit to it...)

beachbubbles · March 2010

my vote is leave it be-sometimes all the baby stuff does get overwhelming but we are a family here and I luv getting everyone;s updates-if i am not in a br mood then i just won't check the post-plus for the nesties that are not pregnant yet-it may be a good source of info for them just my 2 cents...

mrs.winter · March 2010

I think as long as we make it BR that should be sufficient.... then if someone is uncomfortable reading about BR stuff then they won't have to click on it:-) I think if I moved to the Hawaii Bump then I'd never look at this board.

lola808 · March 2010

mrs.winter:
I think as long as we make it BR that should be sufficient.... then if someone is uncomfortable reading about BR stuff then they won't have to click on it:-) I think if I moved to the Hawaii Bump then I'd never look at this board.

Ditto. Although baby stuff is big on my mind, I still try to comment on other posts, since not everyone is in the same place. I guess that's my way of trying to be fair and not turn this into an exclusively BR place.

Surfinbride · March 2010

I love reading the baby related posts. I'm so proud of all you mamas and baby-bellied ladies. I would be sad if I didn't hear about you and your little one(s)... and, I'm surely not going to go over to the bump to check on you (or, as we say in the south, y'all).

inamra · March 2010

I'm really okay with either or. I remember when I wasn't pg yet, I did notice that there were a lot of BR posts but they never bothered me. Especially since we started labeling them with BR, it at least gives ppl the option to open them or not if they want to read BR stuff. I don't think checking TB is too much trouble for me and it might be nice to have all the BR stuff in one place to reference later? But I just use the watch threads feature here for the BR stuff that I want to reference when the baby is here. So either way works for me.

lelekay · March 2010

MrsIH:
redshoegirl:
kaesha:
Maybe it's because they didn't know you ladies at all, and it's always hard to break into a group that's been together a while, and maybe it's because they're not into BR stuff.
You know, I've wondered about this myself. I don't know if the BR stuff is to blame, or if it's simply because they all know each other over there and we all know each other over here.
I don't think anyone here is unwelcoming (I don't regard this as particularly clique-y, especially compared to many of the other Nest/Bump boards) but I know it may very well be intimidating to try to enter a tightknit group - I mean, I've known some of these girls for 4 years now, so there's a lot of history there and I can see how that could also scare people off, even though everyone here is really sweet and nice.
This is true... I remember first joining the knot way back when and I'm sure it feels much the same with the nest when you aren't familiar with everyone. I hope they stick around though, we love having new people here.

I agree! It was a little hard when I first cam here from the Knot, mostly because it seemed like everyone knew each other so well, and I wasn't sure I'd fit in. But six months or so later, and I feel a part of the family, too! It's a leap of faith you just need to jump in and take. I love it when new nesties come on over!

Before I was pg, there were some BR posts I'd skip if I wasn't feeling it that day, but overall, I liked them. I love reading birth stories, and even people's TTC journeys.

eacerna · March 2010

lola808:

mrs.winter:
I think as long as we make it BR that should be sufficient.... then if someone is uncomfortable reading about BR stuff then they won't have to click on it:-) I think if I moved to the Hawaii Bump then I'd never look at this board.

Ditto. Although baby stuff is big on my mind, I still try to comment on other posts, since not everyone is in the same place. I guess that's my way of trying to be fair and not turn this into an exclusively BR place.

I agree! I personally do not mind the BR posts. We all have the prerogative to read them or not. Honestly, even when we were not TTCing, I read some BR posts and learn a lot from them. Some of them I even bookmarked coz I know it will be useful for me when the time comes. Let's face it, about 70% of the girls here are either TTCing, expecting or have LOs. If they all move to TB, nobody will be left here :-(. I may move to TB with them and not come back here. I vote for leaving it as it is.

MrsIH · March 2010

It seems like there is no need to change what already works

I'm glad I posted about it.

Married2MrWright · March 2010

kaesha:
MrsIH:
redshoegirl:

kaesha:
Maybe it's because they didn't know you ladies at all, and it's always hard to break into a group that's been together a while, and maybe it's because they're not into BR stuff.

You know, I've wondered about this myself. I don't know if the BR stuff is to blame, or if it's simply because they all know each other over there and we all know each other over here.

I don't think anyone here is unwelcoming (I don't regard this as particularly clique-y, especially compared to many of the other Nest/Bump boards) but I know it may very well be intimidating to try to enter a tightknit group - I mean, I've known some of these girls for 4 years now, so there's a lot of history there and I can see how that could also scare people off, even though everyone here is really sweet and nice.

This is true.

True! I think everyone here is just lovely, I really do. Perhaps the other part of it is you guys all came over here together really, whereas there hasn't been a mass exodus from the knot since. We just trickle in! There are probably a lot of factors at play, not one single one.

This is true...MrsPresley was already posting over here and kept encouraging us on TK to join in (at the time this board had lots of DW brides too) so one day I put out the call and rallied the troops...and we jumped ship (since our posts on TK were all off-topic and not wedding related which I think was bothersom to some of the newly engaged knotties on the board).

Perhaps some of the gals on TK who are newly married should join together and all come on the board together so they instantly "know" a group that they're comfortable with as well as get to know the rest of us that are already here. We're very welcoming/friendly and soon enough they'll be right in with the group, I promise!

jaymers99 · March 2010

I'm a new transfer from the knot, but I've been lurking from time to time. I recognize a lot of you from reading your bios on the knot when i first started there. I guess I feel a little stalker-ish because I know you, but you probably don't know me. It is a little hard to break into a group as tight as yours, but you've all been very welcoming. I think the biggest part is just getting to know the board and understanding the lingo, especially with the BR (see, I'm learning already) stuff. It's a little overwhelming in the beginning, and I feel like I'm not able to contribute much since I'm not there yet. I like reading about it, though...hopefully I'll be there some day!

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