Is NOW right for starting a March 2016 Facebook group?

skruhmin · January 2016

I know we've all had our fun with all of the repetitious Facebook group posts during first trimester, along with the unending jokes - like how many FB groups are there really for March 2016. But seeing that we're all in third trimester, we should for the most part know each other pretty well. It might be nice to be able to keep track of each other better, especially with labor and delivery on the horizon. So are we ready to do an official FB group for March 2016? I'm thinking a secret group so that scary internet strangers won't get us.

SarahFoley725 · January 2016

Ladies! We have started a Facebook group. Please send me a PM with your email address if you would like to be added. Please note, that if you aren't an active member who isn't easily recognized you may not be added. We'd like to keep the group down to people we have grown to know over the past few months.

ecwk · January 2016

Stupid questions but I've never been in a Fb group before...is it private? Can my friend see that I'm in it? Can others in the group see my Facebook page? TIA xo

kyraaD · January 2016

ecwk said:
Stupid questions but I've never been in a Fb group before...is it private? Can my friend see that I'm in it? Can others in the group see my Facebook page? TIA xo

depends on the group. some of them are open groups where you can just join & i think it shows on your profile. & some are closed where you have to be approved by the group admin. I'm not sure if your FB friends can see if you're in the group if it's closed though.

ETA others in the group can see your page, yeah. but if you're not friends on FB then they can only see as much as your privacy settings allow (:

SarahFoley725 · January 2016

@ecwk I made the group private/secret. It shouldn't show up on your and no one can search for the group either. "Only members can find the group and see posts." As for group members seeing your FB page that depends on your personal privacy settings (so the same as anyone you weren't friends with clicking on your profile"

ecwk · January 2016

SarahFoley725 said:
@ecwk I made the group private/secret. It shouldn't show up on your and no one can search for the group either. "Only members can find the group and see posts." As for group members seeing your FB page that depends on your personal privacy settings (so the same as anyone you weren't friends with clicking on your profile"

Thanks!! YGPM

KMKaiser07 · January 2016

I love my d13 fb ladies! It's been so fun to watch the kiddos grow and get to know each other!

zephyrlt · January 2016

I would love to join - I would actually be more active on Facebook because my phone hates the bump app and i can never stay signed in, but I read everything- completely caught up on all the posts on the random thread!

skruhmin · January 2016

Definitely still room. Just PM @SarahFoley725 to get access.

ecwk · January 2016

If you are requesting to join, please include your Bump name in your request so we know who you are! Thanks

KMKaiser07 · January 2016

@SarahFoley725 YGPM!

ginar04 · January 2016

I believe I just requested to join the group....I'm barely active on TheBump but I'm on Facebook more

flowerpower5838 · January 2016

So I'll bite. This may make me sound like the bad guy, but I don't want to join a Facebook group with people that weren't active on The Bump. I am certainly not a group spokesperson but I believe this is a sentiment shared by most people that are semi-regularly active here.

The whole idea of this BMB was basically to connect with others and discuss our pregnancies and everyday minutia in preparation for us to be comfortable with connecting via a more personal social network.

I'm not talking about those that check in every now and then. We recognize your names, don't worry.

For those of you that have had the most minimal or no interaction here on TB, you may have better luck with the FB group that was started from the beginning, although @torpedogirl would have better insight to whether that is true or not.

Please don't take this as elitist or a personal attack. It was our intention from the beginning to get to know each other here before divulging our personal information to "random" people on the internet due to stranger danger concerns and whatnot.

ecwk · January 2016

flowerpower5838 said:
So I'll bite. This may make me sound like the bad guy, but I don't want to join a Facebook group with people that weren't active on The Bump. I am certainly not a group spokesperson but I believe this is a sentiment shared by most people that are semi-regularly active here.

The whole idea of this BMB was basically to connect with others and discuss our pregnancies and everyday minutia in preparation for us to be comfortable with connecting via a more personal social network.

I'm not talking about those that check in every now and then. We recognize your names, don't worry.

For those of you that have had the most minimal or no interaction here on TB, you may have better luck with the FB group that was started from the beginning, although @torpedogirl would have better insight to whether that is true or not.

Please don't take this as elitist or a personal attack. It was our intention from the beginning to get to know each other here before divulging our personal information to "random" people on the internet due to stranger danger concerns and whatnot.

Torpedogirl · January 2016

There were more then one started in the begining. We have a small one that is relatively active. I don't know about the other ones. I do really enjoy most of the ladies here. There are only like 2 that drive me crazy. I am one of the 2 admins in our group but would like to join this one so I can keep in contact with you ladies. There are a few of you I would be sad to not keep up with.

soxfan9968 · January 2016

flowerpower5838 said:
So I'll bite. This may make me sound like the bad guy, but I don't want to join a Facebook group with people that weren't active on The Bump. I am certainly not a group spokesperson but I believe this is a sentiment shared by most people that are semi-regularly active here.

The whole idea of this BMB was basically to connect with others and discuss our pregnancies and everyday minutia in preparation for us to be comfortable with connecting via a more personal social network.

I'm not talking about those that check in every now and then. We recognize your names, don't worry.

For those of you that have had the most minimal or no interaction here on TB, you may have better luck with the FB group that was started from the beginning, although @torpedogirl would have better insight to whether that is true or not.

Please don't take this as elitist or a personal attack. It was our intention from the beginning to get to know each other here before divulging our personal information to "random" people on the internet due to stranger danger concerns and whatnot.

MrsLeanMeanClean · January 2016

I want in the cool kid group... I promise I will bring booze!

PinkSunglasses16 · January 2016

I'm already a bit disappointed in some of the ppl let into the group. I have literally NEVER seen these people post and when i look them up they have 4 posts since July. Thats it. That is not an active member to me, therefore I do not want to share my shit with them on FB

skruhmin · January 2016

PinkSunglasses16 said:

I'm already a bit disappointed in some of the ppl let into the group. I have literally NEVER seen these people post and when i look them up they have 4 posts since July. Thats it. That is not an active member to me, therefore I do not want to share my shit with them on FB

No worries...taken care of

soxfan9968 · January 2016

skruhmin said:

PinkSunglasses16 said:

I'm already a bit disappointed in some of the ppl let into the group. I have literally NEVER seen these people post and when i look them up they have 4 posts since July. Thats it. That is not an active member to me, therefore I do not want to share my shit with them on FB

No worries...taken care of

-----------qbf-----------

Just to reiterate what @flowerpower5838 said, it's not the intention to be elitist. In my personal opinion, I think a lot of us at least TRIED to participate in a somewhat regular basis and made an effort to get to know people and let them know us. I understand that some may feel like they know someone because you keep up with TB threads but we still don't know you if you don't post.

bntfroggie · January 2016

soxfan9968 said:

PinkSunglasses16 said:

I'm already a bit disappointed in some of the ppl let into the group. I have literally NEVER seen these people post and when i look them up they have 4 posts since July. Thats it. That is not an active member to me, therefore I do not want to share my shit with them on FB

No worries...taken care of
-----------qbf----------- Just to reiterate what @flowerpower5838 said, it's not the intention to be elitist. In my personal opinion, I think a lot of us at least TRIED to participate in a somewhat regular basis and made an effort to get to know people and let them know us. I understand that some may feel like they know someone because you keep up with TB threads but we still don't know you if you don't post.

Also, it's never too late to try and get to know us :-) Post and let us know who you are.

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skruhmin · January 2016

bntfroggie said:

soxfan9968 said:

PinkSunglasses16 said:

I'm already a bit disappointed in some of the ppl let into the group. I have literally NEVER seen these people post and when i look them up they have 4 posts since July. Thats it. That is not an active member to me, therefore I do not want to share my shit with them on FB

No worries...taken care of
-----------qbf----------- Just to reiterate what @flowerpower5838 said, it's not the intention to be elitist. In my personal opinion, I think a lot of us at least TRIED to participate in a somewhat regular basis and made an effort to get to know people and let them know us. I understand that some may feel like they know someone because you keep up with TB threads but we still don't know you if you don't post.

Also, it's never too late to try and get to know us :-) Post and let us know who you are.

Word. I require at least 27.63 interactions before I can actually consider you an active member of this group.

flowerpower5838 · January 2016

bntfroggie said:

Also, it's never too late to try and get to know us :-) Post and let us know who you are.

AMEN! We all still have ~a trimester left plus whatever time after that. I am not going to completely jump ship and will definitely be around here to interact as well. Please please please jump in and start interacting HERE if you're interested in joining the FB group eventually.

We should all feel semi-comfortable about connecting via FB by creating some sort of a relationship here first as our Facebooks have our full names, where we live, access to our family's FB accounts, maybe even kids' schools, etc etc etc. I, for one have a "private" account but it's not on full-on lockdown mode and I don't feel like I should have to make it that way because we are letting every Tom, Dick and Harry into the group, especially after reading some of the catfish stories of BMB fb groups past.

TL;DR - It's not too late to interact here and join the FB group eventually.

skruhmin · January 2016

flowerpower5838 said:

bntfroggie said:

Also, it's never too late to try and get to know us :-) Post and let us know who you are.

AMEN! We all still have ~a trimester left plus whatever time after that. I am not going to completely jump ship and will definitely be around here to interact as well. Please please please jump in and start interacting HERE if you're interested in joining the FB group eventually.
We should all feel semi-comfortable about connecting via FB by creating some sort of a relationship here first as our Facebooks have our full names, where we live, access to our family's FB accounts, maybe even kids' schools, etc etc etc. I, for one have a "private" account but it's not on full-on lockdown mode and I don't feel like I should have to make it that way because we are letting every Tom, Dick and Harry into the group, especially after reading some of the catfish stories of BMB fb groups past.
TL;DR - It's not too late to interact here and join the FB group eventually.

No Harry Dicks allowed, I thought we agreed on this. Forgive me, I'm 5.

rlwright20 · January 2016

Okay I will admit I am not as active as I would like to be! I'm mobile most of the time and the bump app hates me! Lol also I have a 14 month old the in constantly chasing around. I am also in a oct14 fb group that we developed through the bump which I am very active in! It's much easier to be active on Fb then it is here! I'll re introduce myself though! I'm Rachel and I'm married and 25. I have an almost 15 month little boy and am having a little girl due March 3rd! Super nervous about having 2u2!

ceds07 · January 2016

I never, ever know if I'm active or not and I always feel like its one of those 'if you have to ask then the answer is no' situations ;-) That being said, I feel like even in 3rd tri waiting until after the bebes are here is the right time for me to personally join a group. People shouldn't panic about this now, as people have pointed out there is PLENTY of time still left to engage!

flowerpower5838 · January 2016

@rlwright20 I know TB is so finicky! Very very annoying. But if you do decide to start hanging around here a little bit, some great places to start are obviously the Random thread (just jump in wherever, absolutely no need to catch up), the weekly check-ins, Hump Day Bump Day posts on Wednesdays (HDBD) and 2 other posts that are pretty active are the Symptoms, questions, concerns thread and the "Stupid" questions thread. Hope to see you around a little more and can't wait to get to know you better!

SarahFoley725 · January 2016

I'm actually just collecting emails to sell to credit card companies.

AlissaLee17 · January 2016

Seriously, it would be easier to be more active on here if the app was better. Gee whiz, Bump.

kyraaD · January 2016

AlissaLee17 said:
Seriously, it would be easier to be more active on here if the app was better. Gee whiz, Bump.

everyone says this about the app, but i haven't had any issues with it, hahah. i dont have a computer of any kind so I've only ever used the app.

ecwk · January 2016

kyraaD said:

AlissaLee17 said:
Seriously, it would be easier to be more active on here if the app was better. Gee whiz, Bump.
everyone says this about the app, but i haven't had any issues with it, hahah. i dont have a computer of any kind so I've only ever used the app.

Same!!

SarahFoley725 · January 2016

I've never had an issue either and I've been on both android and iPhone since finding out I was pregnant.

AlissaLee17 · January 2016

It always logs me out without me realizing. It took me a couple of weeks to figure out that's why it wouldn't let me post or like anything (my bad). Also, do you get notifications somewhere in the app? Because I just have yet to locate any. I just try to keep track of which threads I've been on recently and check them repeatedly... Maybe I'm just Bump App Challenged.

flowerpower5838 · January 2016

I know some people that have issues with the app use TB via the actual website through a browser, just an FYI for those having app probz.

kyraaD · January 2016

AlissaLee17 said:
It always logs me out without me realizing. It took me a couple of weeks to figure out that's why it wouldn't let me post or like anything (my bad). Also, do you get notifications somewhere in the app? Because I just have yet to locate any. I just try to keep track of which threads I've been on recently and check them repeatedly... Maybe I'm just Bump App Challenged.

yeah, it signs you out if you leave the app to do anything else on your phone. so i just close out the app & reopen it. or refresh the app twice.
as for notifications, no, the app doesn't give me notifications. but when i go onto the app it shows if there have been any new posts on whatever threads I've clicked/commented on.

CecilB93 · January 2016

kyraaD said:

It always logs me out without me realizing. It took me a couple of weeks to figure out that's why it wouldn't let me post or like anything (my bad). Also, do you get notifications somewhere in the app? Because I just have yet to locate any. I just try to keep track of which threads I've been on recently and check them repeatedly... Maybe I'm just Bump App Challenged.
yeah, it signs you out if you leave the app to do anything else on your phone. so i just close out the app & reopen it. or refresh the app twice. as for notifications, no, the app doesn't give me notifications. but when i go onto the app it shows if there have been any new posts on whatever threads I've clicked/commented on.

Same. For a while I was getting logged out every time I'd open a thread, then try to go back to the March board to find a new thread. Typically if I went back to the main community page then clicked March again it would be fine. Haven't had any issues the past month and a half or so though! I actually discovered TB through my app store, it took me forever to realize that it was actually a website, then even longer for me to actually access it through my computer, haha. But no notifications here either. I wish though! I do see the same "# new posts" message, but it would be nice to know if someone directly quoted or responded to me if I asked a question or something so I could check that when I'm in a hurry. I just skim if I'm not able to take the time to read in-depth.

lindscnn1 · January 2016

The only issues I have had is uploading pics from my phone and if a call comes in while I am typing a comment it won't let me post it saying "you don't have permission to do that". But those are minor hiccups.

kitteh81 · January 2016

Wait, you mean people call you on your phone? That sounds terrifying.

soxfan9968 · January 2016

kitteh81 said:
Wait, you mean people call you on your phone? That sounds terrifying.

Oh yay! I'm not the only one that doesn't use her phone for phone calls! I watch it ring and then just text people back. Only phone calls I answer are from my doctors office and mom. I'm scared of my mom. Lol

AlissaLee17 · January 2016

soxfan9968 said:

kitteh81 said:
Wait, you mean people call you on your phone? That sounds terrifying.
Oh yay! I'm not the only one that doesn't use her phone for phone calls! I watch it ring and then just text people back. Only phone calls I answer are from my doctors office and mom. I'm scared of my mom. Lol

I hate talking on the phone. Sometimes I even ignore calls from mom...

lindscnn1 · January 2016

kitteh81 said:
Wait, you mean people call you on your phone? That sounds terrifying.

Lol. My husband is an over the road truck driver so we talk on and off all day and night. And the in-laws constantly call, but I usually don't answer.

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