Facebook group?

BLeeMS · June 2014

Is there a face book group? Those are so much easier to me.

YaMrWhite · June 2014

I was in it but removed myself because it seemed as though anyone could add whoever they wanted to. I think my breaking point was someone being added who wasn't pregnant who was doing sex guesses or something? Not sure, I was on vacation when I saw it but I decided to wait longer because of it.

MNgirl326 · June 2014

Well this board is already pretty dead. So it looks like I am going to have to join the FB group a lot sooner then originally thought.

VolMomma · June 2014

@YaMrWhite‌ I haven't seen that person post yet or at all.

Stargirlb · June 2014

Can we make it so that only admins can add/approve people?

LovelyLips · June 2014

It's a good idea but only if it's for Jan 2015 mamas and is regulated so not just anyone can join. I'm not ready to share my news with the rest of the world yet so it's nice to have women that are around the same time as us and can relate. I don't know why people would want to join a pregnacy group if they weren't pregnant! That's what TTC groups are for etc.

liladelphia215 · June 2014

Just for whoever is a little concerned with the FB group - closer to the end of the year, I am going to create a poll to see if there is interest in a second FB group for only those who are established posters of this J15 board on TB. I am also not a fan of the openness of the other group and it makes me nervous.

ETA: clarity.

YaMrWhite · June 2014

VolMomma said:

@YaMrWhite‌ I haven't seen that person post yet or at all.

That doesn't make it any better lol. Actually worse. So someone who isn't pregnant was added and is just lurking? I dunno. I would prefer the FB group be comprised of active or at least semi active bump posters only. So, that's why I removed myself.

YaMrWhite · June 2014

GrahamSchneider said:

Just for whoever is a little concerned with the FB group - closer to the end of the year, I am going to create a poll to see if there is interest in a second FB group for only those who are established posters of this J15 board on TB. I am also not a fan of the openness of the other group and it makes me nervous.

ETA: clarity.

This I can get on board with.

thumper7912 · June 2014

GrahamSchneider said:

Just for whoever is a little concerned with the FB group - closer to the end of the year, I am going to create a poll to see if there is interest in a second FB group for only those who are established posters of this J15 board on TB. I am also not a fan of the openness of the other group and it makes me nervous.

ETA: clarity.

I like this idea. I'm part of my J12 FB group and it's been very nice. Maybe there are about 80 girls on there but we all have known each other since we were pregnant! I'm not sure I'm ready to add myself to this FB group just yet… sounds bad but I think we still have time to weed out the "crazies" :-SS not saying I've seen much craziness going on here (but I think that is due to how dead we are!!)

Pips09 · June 2014

YaMrWhite said:

GrahamSchneider said:

Just for whoever is a little concerned with the FB group - closer to the end of the year, I am going to create a poll to see if there is interest in a second FB group for only those who are established posters of this J15 board on TB. I am also not a fan of the openness of the other group and it makes me nervous.

ETA: clarity.

This I can get on board with.

Me too.

Beauxbaton · June 2014

I didn't join my last BMB fb until 6 months. I plan on waiting just as long this time.

liladelphia215 · June 2014

thumper7912 said:

GrahamSchneider said:

Just for whoever is a little concerned with the FB group - closer to the end of the year, I am going to create a poll to see if there is interest in a second FB group for only those who are established posters of this J15 board on TB. I am also not a fan of the openness of the other group and it makes me nervous.

ETA: clarity.

I like this idea. I'm part of my J12 FB group and it's been very nice. Maybe there are about 80 girls on there but we all have known each other since we were pregnant! I'm not sure I'm ready to add myself to this FB group just yet… sounds bad but I think we still have time to weed out the "crazies" :-SS not saying I've seen much craziness going on here (but I think that is due to how dead we are!!)

Feb 11 - I don't think our FB group came about until after our kiddos were born. I can count on one hand how many crazies we actually had to weed out. Some people left on their own and that's bound to happen, but crazies.. we had maybe two that I can think of.

At first I was thinking maybe a FB group for this board would be better post-babies, but I don't think that's necessary anymore.. but maybe come october-november, we can reassess? Does that sound good? still too soon? too far?

luciddreamer106 · June 2014

GrahamSchneider said:
Just for whoever is a little concerned with the FB group - closer to the end of the year, I am going to create a poll to see if there is interest in a second FB group for only those who are established posters of this J15 board on TB. I am also not a fan of the openness of the other group and it makes me nervous.

ETA: clarity.

Yes! I haven't joined the FB group because it just seems too open. I don't feel comfortable enough yet to take that step. I would feel better after getting to know the board better and having it limited to semi-regular posters.

VolMomma · June 2014

I think it was added in fun for Ramzi guessing, I was kinda like whatever I think it's a bunch of hooey myself, but like someone mentioned in the group once she does her guesses, she should remove herself just for sake of others privacy.
There was a post, whoever added her posted that she did or was adding her and no one expressed any concerns?

thumper7912 · June 2014

GrahamSchneider I guess you are right. Now that I really think about it, we didn't have that many crazies. But enough that I'm glad I waited to join!

dukemeli · June 2014

I am part of the Dec12 FB group and it was a secret board. The only people permitted to enter were those from The Bump. We had to provide our bump names for cross reference. There were also admins that had to approve each person coming in. This prevented randoms from entering.

For clarification, is the FB board secret or just closed?

VolMomma · June 2014

It's a secret board.

VolMomma · June 2014

I have went on DH FB page he can't see that I'm even in the group and it's not searchable on FB either.

YaMrWhite · June 2014

VolMomma said:

I think it was added in fun for Ramzi guessing, I was kinda like whatever I think it's a bunch of hooey myself, but like someone mentioned in the group once she does her guesses, she should remove herself just for sake of others privacy. There was a post, whoever added her posted that she did or was adding her and no one expressed any concerns?

Like I said, I was on vacation and wasn't checking posts often. By the time I noticed it she was already added. I was already uncomfortable with some of the girls adding their "pregnant friends" but didn't feel it was my place to say anything. So, I just chose to remove myself. It is what it is. I would just prefer a closer board strictly comprised of TB girls.

aerotigergirl · June 2014

:-S

I sent a pm to @ICarriedAWatermelon requesting to be added already, but...

I feel like there is a VIP section of this party that I wasn't aware of. I didn't know there was this whole other board where so many people have been posting and getting to know one another. *flashbacks to my days as a high school band nerd*

VolMomma · June 2014

@YaMrWhite‌ wow didn't realize people had added friends. I joined a couple weeks ago under impression it was girls just from here.

VolMomma · June 2014

@pharmgirl1024‌ I think some added people they knew from other boards who happen to be Jan '15 moms. I don't think anyone over there is going to steal identities or anything. So far it's been a fun, no drama group. Just my .02.

Stargirlb · June 2014

aerotigergirl said:
:-S

I sent a pm to @ICarriedAWatermelon requesting to be added already, but...

I feel like there is a VIP section of this party that I wasn't aware of. I didn't know there was this whole other board where so many people have been posting and getting to know one another. *flashbacks to my days as a high school band nerd*

Well, I have a hard time linking Facebook names to usernames here so even if we do get to know each other it doesn't have that much spill over effect for me!

MaPetiteFamille · June 2014

I want to join at some point, but I'm waiting to tell my boss I'm pregnant first. I know that's a little paranoid, but my workplace is listed on my profile and I'd hate for something crazy to happen.

VolMomma · June 2014

@collinsbri‌ I agree. So far it's been a great experience, and a great bunch of ladies.

mom2case · June 2014

My previous BMBs have stayed off the facebook bandwagon until the babies were born. I prefer it that way mainly because there's a little too much information that can be gathered with people knowing my whole name, what town I live in, etc. This format is better for casually getting to know people imo.

tarynlphillips · June 2014

VolMomma said:

@YaMrWhite‌ wow didn't realize people had added friends. I joined a couple weeks ago under impression it was girls just from here.

I didn't know that either, I thought it was just a bunch of "us" minus the one girl who was added for the Ramzi method predictions. I think it was left open to add other members...so now one was "more in charge" than another...like a moderator on TB, but I am totally fine with just one or two people being administrators to add people so it's not a free-for-all. I just joined because I thought it was girls from our Jan '15 BMB and facebook mobile is soooo much easier than TB mobile

babylove518 · June 2014

I'm still part of a small group of girls from TK from when I got married may 2013. We were a big group of 60 plus, but found out that there were too many differences in opinions and some people couldn't handle it. So a few of us (about 15) who still kept in touch just created a smaller fb group, and the old one got deleted. It is kinda hard to keep up with that many posters! So I would consider it if it doesn't end up enormous lol

Lanatir · June 2014

While not a super high risk, my hesitation to join also happens to be if I join and have a late term m/c like my mom did (16 weeks was her latest) or end up with a stillborn, idk. It feels like I'd have a harder time being like "Hey, here's my real name and my kid is dead." It's pretty irrational, but it's one reason.

I originally left one of the first BMB created by my March12 group on FB because they wanted us to constantly post pics of the kids and I wasn't that comfortable because we had a man on the board. He had been a regular on TB, which was creepy enough to me. Then he was on FB in the March12 group... I didn't care that he and his "wife" posted the same kid, it just wasn't for me, so I'm always leery of joining groups with real personal info. (Although I ended up in one of just 20 of the girls from the BMB that spun off.... haha)

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