Private group migration

wigglyicecream

Proposed idea is to migrate to a private group on the bump once all 8/22 members hit second tri. From there we will either migrate to FB or a different platform. 

wigglyicecream

We can’t see what you vote for. So please feel free to be as honest as possible 

paytonpedro

but my question is can we still troll the drive by’s here with snarky gifs…? 🤣🤣

wigglyicecream

@paytonpedro if we stopped doing that would this even be the bump

lmaplejc

Well that is a solid majority 😂 

wigglyicecream

Only 8 votes so far 😂

mdfarmchick

I second @paytonpedro

cas060

Just curious if we have a plan as to how long is this poll going for before we switch over 🤔

wigglyicecream

@cas060 I think the consensus is that we will wait until all the members who want to participate hit 2nd tri before moving. Unless anybody has other suggestions?

and_peggy

I don’t know when everyone hits second tri. Can we just tentatively say our move will happen March 1?

That gives everyone a chance to say that want to be included.

Also, can we clarify that this public group will remain open and active for anyone who wants and chooses to participate here. And I think it needs to be stated, this private group is for those who have already participated, not for every knottie who decides to come out of the shadows now.

brittanynmorris

@and_peggy I'm due 8/30 and second trimester starts March 1 - so that should cover everyone except for 8/31 - but it is close! 

wigglyicecream

@and_peggy with the good pregnancy math! Lol

I think as we move obviously we will make sure all the regulars will get invited. there also was a verification process before the invite. Something simple like writing down a phrase and taking a pic with your bump. 

mdfarmchick

@wigglyicecream killing me. I don’t have a bump yet. Lol jk

meagan822

I’m due August 31st, and I consider hitting week 13 the start of the second trimester, and for me that is February 23rd. I know many consider that to start at week 14 instead, which is March 2nd for me. March 1 seems like a good time! 

cas060

@mdfarmchick sammme 😆

sarahdaley11

I’m due 8/31 but probably sooner because twins 🙌

starkette

I don't have a strong opinion on this so whatever is decided is good with me.

curlyandpreggo

Perhaps a stupid question, but how does migrating to a private group work? Will this just become private? Or will we have to re-join something? Thanks! 

wigglyicecream

@curlymils this group would stay public. We would join a new group with is private but still on the bump. You would find it under “groups” which is at the bottom when you scroll through community. Private groups are not moderated by the Bump Admins so it’s up to us to “govern ourselves” so to speak.

speaking from when my last bmb moved we made a thread and then whoever wanted to come commented. People that were easier to recognize got in quickly and the one who were iffy the admins of the private group would take a vote. 

The benefits of a private group is no more one offs, no more lurkers, and we will get to share more things with each other bc it will be a private setting. 

Typically after that happens somewhere between third trimester and the birth of the first baby the group will usually move to Facebook bc it seems to always be the easiest for everybody. 

Also, definitely not a stupid question! 

curlyandpreggo

@wigglyicecream super helpful - thank you! 

dimeadozen

I found the group and went ahead and asked to join. If I’m enough of a regular by now, awesome!

sarahdaley11

Found the group finally and requested to join ! I’m slow with this app lol. 

darkrose88

@dimeadozen and @sarahdaley11 I think we decided on March 1st to start transitioning to the private group. We haven't officially begun using the private group yet (although it does exist) so you aren't missing out on anything.

dimeadozen

@darkrose88 thank you for the reassurance! With the 1st coming up I figured I’d go ahead and request in case that was our group. 

I knew some members were getting invites before, but that’s when I was phasing back into the board. 

and_peggy

Sorry y’all, I have been MIA with a sick kid this weekend. I created that group and it’s not active but I will go ahead and start approving the regular members.

822 regulars is the name. I’m sure it’ll take a bit for everyone to be there so we may have threads in both places for a bit

twizzleraddict1

I would love to migrate with everyone, though I know I just joined this week. I can do some kind of verification to prove I’m not a catfisher haha. @and_peggy @wigglyicecream let me know 😊

kbtt2022

@and_peggy did 2 private groups get created? I requested to join August 22 moms private ( some variation of those words) but see that you said group name is 822 regulars. I'll request that one too!

wigglyicecream

@kbtt2022 our group is the 822 regulars. The other one is the private group started by a one off poster 

bridgiebee82

@kbtt2022 the August 22 mom's private was started shortly after someone got upset that people were being reminded over and over again to not make one off posts so as to not clutter the board. Ours is 822 Regulars. 

wigglyicecream

@twizzleraddict1 I appreciate you being willing to do a verification since you’re new to the group. I’ll see what the others are comfortable with and PM you with whatever we come up with 

and_peggy

@twizzleraddict1 the public august board will
remain open and active to anyone who chooses to use it. This particular private group isn’t meant to single anyone out but to respect our privacy and safety, it’s only going to be for members who have been actively been participating for a while now.

twizzleraddict1

@and_peggy I tried to send a message with my request to join the group but it kept telling me it was too long so I don’t think it went through. I totally get that everyone has already been chatting for a while and the hesitancy to let someone new join in.

I still chat daily with the regulars of my bump group from my first daughter, we migrated to a private group at some point (I forget when) and then migrated to Facebook right before our babies were born. We now use a Facebook messenger chat and chat every day and I consider many of them to be my close friends. I love the community that I’ve made in them because we can chat about anything, even things I would be hesitant to share with my “in real life” friends, ha. While they are an amazing support system, our babies are just about to turn 1 and so I’m the only active member there that’s pregnant again. I was hoping to be able to connect in the same way again with this new group. My experience last time was that after the migration to the private bump board, no one stuck around for the public board (I sure didn’t), except there were random one off drive by posters. I hope that maybe you can reconsider not excluding me just because I was a few weeks late to join. When I think back, I honestly can’t even remember the usernames on the bump of the girls that I now am closest with in our Facebook chat, which is to say that there is still plenty of time to create close friendships, and I hope you’ll still let me connect in that way. I understand the need for safety/privacy. As I mentioned above, I can do a verification process that others would feel comfortable with.

Anyway, sorry for the novel, I know that truly there isn’t anything I can do if you don’t want to let me join, but I hope you’ll reconsider :)

kbtt2022

Okay thanks @wigglyicecream and @bridgiebee82 !

buffythevampireslayer

I sent a message requesting to join but got a weird thing that said I was spamming for posting too much within 60 seconds. Hopefully it went through!

kbtt2022

@buffythevampireslayer I got the same thing and when I backed our to request again after a couple minutes I was a member

itsme215

I got the spam message too!

dimeadozen

@buffythevampireslayer I got the same thing and mine went through. Hadn’t seen that before 

bridgiebee82

The Bump is drunk today. It needs a nap. Lol 

paytonpedro

@buffythevampireslayer you should be in 🙂

buffythevampireslayer

@bridgiebee82 lol! The best part is I just kept clicking the button that said “done” because I have no patience with technology. So I got the spam message at the bottom tons of times before I noticed it 😂 I probably really did seem like a bot. Lord help me when the robots take over one day. 

bridgiebee82

@buffythevampireslayer oh I know. I'm the same way. I'm also the worst at those "click all the pictures with...." captcha things. I always have to do it like 3 times 😆