Coming soon: Social groups!

BumpJackie

Exciting news about a new community feature!

Coming soon: Social Groups! 

What are social groups? This feature will allow members to create personalized groups, invite-only groups and private groups on The Bump. 

There will be three types of groups users can create. Social groups can be 1) public; 2) invite only to post but visible to all; or 3) private - invite only to post and invite only to view.

One thing to note: Social groups will not be moderated by The Bump, but it is expected you follow the same community rules while in the groups. Private or not, we urge you not to share any personal information.

Look out for this new feature next week!

TXmamatobe

I can't wait for the first person who realizes they aren't getting invited to any social groups to get butt hurt and speak out against this new feature...
Please note that I think that would be ridiculous but entertaining nonetheless.

That said, I think this is cool for local moms to have a forum to discuss local entertainment ideas for the kiddos or to plan play dates, etc. without everyone having to see random posts that don't pertain to them. Party on.

amberpro

Can you say.... DRAMA!  Because what happens off board never stays off board.  Some bish gotta always bring it back. :P 

KFED103

I'm going to create 10 AE's, only invite myself, and make it visible. It will be a dear diary extravaganza 

lifesaverz

KFED103 said:

I'm going to create 10 AE's, only invite myself, and make it visible. It will be a dear diary extravaganza 

I LOLed at this!

teacupkat

There are already local boards....
Let the popularity contests and group wars begin.

liz429

I can see a lot of ppl starting new groups just to be able to post what they can't post on boards they are not invited to.

grannyweatherwax

This is going to be a fucking disaster.

Mrbatesisinnocent

imrachellea

...I'm having horrible flashbacks to always being picked last in gym class.

clhathaway

A bunch of hormonal pregnant women cliques. I hope they all choose option 2 so we can watch.

grannyweatherwax

Also, where will I lurk when our board is slow?

Important issue.

pink flamingo

Bad.....very bad

RanFan28

I mean, if the point if to stop the migration to FB, I think this is a terrible way to do it. The popular regulars will create groups, the lurkers will stop lurking because all the people will be in groups, some people will GBCB and go to FB anyway and people like me, regularly on the board but not one of the cool kids, will just stop coming cause we won't be invited to groups and it's boring when the drama is on the secret/private/exclusive groups. ::shrugs:: Whatevs.

margaerytyrell

Bah! I'm not even a regular poster enough to be invited to any groups. Will I only talk to myself in the main forum??

Time to get my Bingo card ready for my GBCB.

grannyweatherwax

I feel like it will make it super hard for new people to intro and make friends. I like new people. #2 makes me uncomfortable.

RanFan28

ColeRose said:

@RayFan28 I don't think there are cool kids vs non-cool kids. I always see it as regs vs non-regs. But I think these groups could lead to a "cool kids" vibe.

Heaven I literally just heard about this today when y'all did. 

I think there are cool regs, non-regs, and just plain regs. But either way this is a bad idea. Bad bad idea.

thebobloblaw

RanFan28 said:

ColeRose said:

@RayFan28 I don't think there are cool kids vs non-cool kids. I always see it as regs vs non-regs. But I think these groups could lead to a "cool kids" vibe.

Heaven I literally just heard about this today when y'all did. 

I think there are cool regs, non-regs, and just plain regs. But either way this is a bad idea. Bad bad idea.

Yeah, kind of like the becs thread a couple weeks ago. Not that people were prohibited from posting, but probably would have just been ignored if weren't considered a cool reg. At least that's how I felt about it.

P.S. I still lurked the hell out of that thread.

pink flamingo

Colerose- I am a regular ( been here since month one ) and post regularly but I doubt anyone would invite me to a group. Most of the time when I post I don't really get that many love tits or responses . It could be because most of the time I stay out of the drama but do read almost every post and respond when I can. I do think that this new group stuff is def going to suck . We will have to see!

RanFan28

Mapeers3354 said:

RanFan28 said:

ColeRose said:

@RayFan28 I don't think there are cool kids vs non-cool kids. I always see it as regs vs non-regs. But I think these groups could lead to a "cool kids" vibe.

Heaven I literally just heard about this today when y'all did. 

I think there are cool regs, non-regs, and just plain regs. But either way this is a bad idea. Bad bad idea.

Yeah, kind of like the becs thread a couple weeks ago. Not that people were prohibited from posting, but probably would have just been ignored if weren't considered a cool reg. At least that's how I felt about it.

P.S. I still lurked the hell out of that thread.

@Mapeers3354, I felt the same way. And I still don't know what becs stands for...I guess I'm not cool enough.

P.S. I lurked it all day long.

RanFan28

pink flamingo said:

Colerose- I am a regular ( been here since month one ) and post regularly but I doubt anyone would invite me to a group. Most of the time when I post I don't really get that many love tits or responses . It could be because most of the time I stay out of the drama but do read almost every post and respond when I can. I do think that this new group stuff is def going to suck . We will have to see!

@pink flamingo: I couldn't have said it better myself.

pink flamingo

nursetrina said:

RanFan28 said:

Mapeers3354 said:

RanFan28 said:

ColeRose said:

@RayFan28 I don't think there are cool kids vs non-cool kids. I always see it as regs vs non-regs. But I think these groups could lead to a "cool kids" vibe.

Heaven I literally just heard about this today when y'all did. 

I think there are cool regs, non-regs, and just plain regs. But either way this is a bad idea. Bad bad idea.

Yeah, kind of like the becs thread a couple weeks ago. Not that people were prohibited from posting, but probably would have just been ignored if weren't considered a cool reg. At least that's how I felt about it.

P.S. I still lurked the hell out of that thread.

@Mapeers3354, I felt the same way. And I still don't know what becs stands for...I guess I'm not cool enough.

P.S. I lurked it all day long.

Errrrmmmagehhhd GUISE... we could've gotten to 20 pages if you helped contribute!!!!!!!!

bitches eating crackers? @cashingn2 , help me out here?

I'm still drawing a blank?

thetheisens

RanFan28

superspecialsnowflake said:

What benefit is there to having a semi private group that requires an invite to post, but can be viewed by all? Like, what kinds of groups does TB foresee using this format?

The ONLY thing I can see is something where say AmyG had her own "group" and the mods were the only ones who could post questions for her to answer. And everyone could see her answers? That way she didn't have to be on every board answering every question. But, it's a stretch and doesn't seem like there are many ways it would translate to other topics or people.

KFED103

lrachelle80 said:

"becs" isn't some secret thing or code for anything. It's from this meme:

And now you know.

COLE should make this a sticky

grannyweatherwax

lrachelle80 said:

"becs" isn't some secret thing or code for anything. It's from this meme:

And now you know.

Its my favorite. I'm glad I have a name for this feeling.

RanFan28

@lrachelle80 Thanks! FTR, I wasn't offended by the thread, I just had no idea what it meant and didn't want to post on a thread that I didn't even know what the title meant. But the meme is hilarious. I heart it.

grannyweatherwax

lisa1129 said:

Does that board even exist anymore? Or did it get taken down after ML took over? I'm not seeing it on mobile.

For a long time I thought this was a joke, because surely Pampers wouldn't need a message board. I died when I found out it was a real thing.

BoothBaby

pink flamingo said:

Colerose- I am a regular ( been here since month one ) and post regularly but I doubt anyone would invite me to a group. Most of the time when I post I don't really get that many love tits or responses . It could be because most of the time I stay out of the drama but do read almost every post and respond when I can. I do think that this new group stuff is def going to suck . We will have to see!

I feel like this is me too! @pinkflamingo, we can have our own group!

Also, PP who said it reminded them of high school -- yes, yes, 1000 times yes!

lilypienmessimy

How am I just seeing this whole thread?? Wow I need to keep my eyes peeled! I agree with all PP, totes gonna be drama when people can see and aren't invited! That will be fun to watch for sure, but then the dramatic people can't post and then it won't be any fun. Soooo I'm not so sure about this...

fauxvegan

pink flamingo said:

Colerose- I am a regular ( been here since month one ) and post regularly but I doubt anyone would invite me to a group. Most of the time when I post I don't really get that many love tits or responses . It could be because most of the time I stay out of the drama but do read almost every post and respond when I can. I do think that this new group stuff is def going to suck . We will have to see!

This is me too...and it doesn't help that I don't know how to GIF. It's definitely a bad idea. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

starskit1283

Not a fan of this idea and the idea of #2 makes me wayyyy more anxious...way to help anxiety TB

ugoglencoco

As if my newfound social anxiety wasn't bad enough already. Nothing has happened yet and I already feel like the last kid picked in dodgeball.

BootsOrHearts

Can we get a 'girls who eat their feelings' badge? I need one of those.

AGriffin620

ColeRose said:

@RayFan28 I don't think there are cool kids vs non-cool kids. I always see it as regs vs non-regs. But I think these groups could lead to a "cool kids" vibe.

Heaven I literally just heard about this today when y'all did. 

Sort of this and a lot of the other posted opinions. I used to be a reg, but have kind of become a non-reg, because bishes be cray cray. I still lurk every day, but don't participate as much. If there are groups, and people are left out, I do see a lot of hurt feelings and drama stemming from that. Especially #2. I see a lot of crap coming from #2.

jmb527

Loolaide said:

reenielynn said:

Groups I would like to be a part of: Twerk It (constant gif dance party) Wine wednesday (intoxicated bumping will occur), and the Burn Book (clearly a #2 situation)... No wait, I would rather not know who's talking trash about me

I love two of those groups with all of my heart.

Samesies.

Margarita Monday is another possibility?

blainethetrain

This.

Chichigo

tarashea721 said:

Thirsty Thursday....

I agree. Everyone can have the drink of her choice. But I feel it should be $1 domestic beer at a minor league baseball stadium.

swirl25

pink flamingo said:

Colerose- I am a regular ( been here since month one ) and post regularly but I doubt anyone would invite me to a group. Most of the time when I post I don't really get that many love tits or responses . It could be because most of the time I stay out of the drama but do read almost every post and respond when I can. I do think that this new group stuff is def going to suck . We will have to see!

This is exactly me as well. And I agree 100%!

BoothBaby

MarBee1214 said:

Mimosa Monday

Tequila Tuesday

Wine Wednesday

______Thursday

______Friday

Sangria Saturday

_______Sunday

help me out here ladies...we need all the drinking day groups

Thirsty Thursday?
Frangelico Friday?
Smirnoff Saturday?

yty0205

Shots Sunday!!