I post on GBCB, but typically just lurk here. To clarify, demanda did go crazy and gbgbcb. However, she came back the next week with a fake account and a picture she had stolen from a really old thread on a BMB here. I didn't pick up on it, but people noticed the wording was very similar between all of her posts, so they reported it to our admins. They confirmed that the IP address was the same for both users and that the image was stolen. The general consensus is that she probably actually was a J15 mom, but just went a little crazy and wanted to stir up some trouble. Either way, using others' pictures as your own is creepy.
I post on GBCB, but typically just lurk here. To clarify, demanda did go crazy and gbgbcb. However, she came back the next week with a fake account and a picture she had stolen from a really old thread on a BMB here. I didn't pick up on it, but people noticed the wording was very similar between all of her posts, so they reported it to our admins. They confirmed that the IP address was the same for both users and that the image was stolen. The general consensus is that she probably actually was a J15 mom, but just went a little crazy and wanted to stir up some trouble. Either way, using others' pictures as your own is creepy.
Thanks for the explanation! Where does Bode Miller come in?
I mostly lurk here and post sometimes on established threads and will hit "love it" on the posts of other ladies but I swear I'm real! That and the fact that the posts I do make on the daily symptoms thread are things I couldn't even make up. Like PP said it would be so much work to try and keep my story straight-way too much work for me!
This thread is getting to be like the end of the movie Vanilla Sky - "I'm real...!!"
ETA: @ngaines27 GBCB became a spin off forum when the Bump changed its TOU and some related actions that alienated a lot of long-time regulars here. If you google GBCB plus proboards, you will find it. Our secret moderators always remove the link when I post it here.
Ok from a quick scan apparently bode miller's ex was in a custody battle with him and she was contacting members of the board to try and see if his new pregnant gf (due in May 15) had been posting, as she was trying to get info to use against him. I can't repost links on mobile but just searching Bode Miller I found it...I was doing so much of this during that time
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
Sorry for the poor man's siggy...ticker won't load regardless of how many tips I read.
Ok from a quick scan apparently bode miller's ex was in a custody battle with him and she was contacting members of the board to try and see if his new pregnant gf (due in May 15) had been posting, as she was trying to get info to use against him. I can't repost links on mobile but just searching Bode Miller I found it...I was doing so much of this during that time
This thread is getting to be like the end of the movie Vanilla Sky - "I'm real...!!"
ETA: @ngaines27 GBCB became a spin off forum when the Bump changed its TOU and some related actions that alienated a lot of long-time regulars here. If you google GBCB plus proboards, you will find it. Our secret moderators always remove the link when I post it here.
Oh yeah! I remember when all that went down. I was pretty new then, but remember the drama. I'll have to go lurk.
I post on GBCB, but typically just lurk here. To clarify, demanda did go crazy and gbgbcb. However, she came back the next week with a fake account and a picture she had stolen from a really old thread on a BMB here. I didn't pick up on it, but people noticed the wording was very similar between all of her posts, so they reported it to our admins. They confirmed that the IP address was the same for both users and that the image was stolen. The general consensus is that she probably actually was a J15 mom, but just went a little crazy and wanted to stir up some trouble. Either way, using others' pictures as your own is creepy.
Ah, see, I did miss that part when she came back with a different screen name. Sounds like it would have been a good read, but I'm too lazy to try to find it!
Yeah so much content got deleted between people leaving and getting the ban hammer that it doesn't really make sense unless you saw it the first time around.
I need some good drama in my life that I don't have to be involved in but can just watch via the bump.
TTC: 1/2014
BFP: 9/24
EDD: 6/8/2015
Sorry for the poor man's siggy...ticker won't load regardless of how many tips I read.
Lol as I'm reading these comments I realized what if I'm one of those people you all think is an imposter....fyi I'm due June 19 and kind of lurk and sometimes post threads but I'm not an imposter
So there was a person who was semi active a month or two ago who I'm not sure if he (big hint) was an imposter or just very bored.... Not trying to be sexist, but it made me wonder why he was trying to be part of a community where most of what we talk/gripe/ask about he could not relate to AT ALL. And his posts always seemed so generic and impersonal.... Real expectant dad or just trying to get some publicity?
Ok from a quick scan apparently bode miller's ex was in a custody battle with him and she was contacting members of the board to try and see if his new pregnant gf (due in May 15) had been posting, as she was trying to get info to use against him. I can't repost links on mobile but just searching Bode Miller I found it...I was doing so much of this during that time
So, I missed all of this, but kinda bummed because we are naming LO Bode. And whenever someone asks about the name we say "like Bode Miller, the Olympic skier". Not that it means anything, but hopefully no one would assume any connection there. Plus, I've been with TB for several years. :-S
@mellymar I laughed waaaaay too hard at that picture. I was actually tearing up from laughing so much describing it to my husband because he wouldn't get up to look at it.
So there was a person who was semi active a month or two ago who I'm not sure if he (big hint) was an imposter or just very bored.... Not trying to be sexist, but it made me wonder why he was trying to be part of a community where most of what we talk/gripe/ask about he could not relate to AT ALL. And his posts always seemed so generic and impersonal.... Real expectant dad or just trying to get some publicity?
YES! I think he genuinely was an expectant dad, but I still say he only was on here to get us to check out his blog. He pissed me off every time he posted, not because he was a guy posting on a forum for moms (although I did find that kind of bizarre, especially since there is a dads group on here), but because every time he posted he felt the need to link to his blog! Ugh! Haha now I'm all fired up about it again!
So there was a person who was semi active a month or two ago who I'm not sure if he (big hint) was an imposter or just very bored.... Not trying to be sexist, but it made me wonder why he was trying to be part of a community where most of what we talk/gripe/ask about he could not relate to AT ALL. And his posts always seemed so generic and impersonal.... Real expectant dad or just trying to get some publicity?
YES! I think he genuinely was an expectant dad, but I still say he only was on here to get us to check out his blog. He pissed me off every time he posted, not because he was a guy posting on a forum for moms (although I did find that kind of bizarre, especially since there is a dads group on here), but because every time he posted he felt the need to link to his blog! Ugh! Haha now I'm all fired up about it again!
Oh, I bet he'll pop back up when his baby's here! I dispised his posts because they sounded like some cheesy-a$$ blog entry. Dude, you already linked your blog, we don't need to read it on here, too. Big AW. He always insisted he didn't make any money from blog hits or whatever . . . then you really just think we care that much about your life? Good grief.
Re: Have we had any known imposters?
ETA: @ngaines27 GBCB became a spin off forum when the Bump changed its TOU and some related actions that alienated a lot of long-time regulars here. If you google GBCB plus proboards, you will find it. Our secret moderators always remove the link when I post it here.
Also, I think that was from before a lot of people left and deleted their profiles and content, so if it REALLY doesn't make sense that might be why.
I need some good drama in my life that I don't have to be involved in but can just watch via the bump.