FB group?

KSimone619 · June 2016

Has anyone started a FB group? We have done this for my past LOs and it's worked out great

turtlemobile2 · June 2016

Please let me know if anyone does. I'm not completely sure of my due date yet, but it will be late Jan early Feb and I hate the format of the bump, so once I find out I'd like to jump ship to FB asap.

KSimone619 · June 2016

The bump format has changed a ton since I was last on here! I'm happy to start the group but must admit I have no interest in playing admin.

susykat77 · June 2016

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/comment/88831501#Comment_88831501

KSimone619 · June 2016

Thanks- I suppose you are right to wait a bit, but the format is just so much easier!

sjanish · June 2016

I guess I don't care if it is now or later. You can choose.to not friend people personally and still maintain your "Internet safety". It does need to be a private group though

KarliQ88 · June 2016

I'm not sure im there yet. I really want to maintain a sense of privacy. Maybe if i can see how private this can be. I just don't want people knowing where I'm from or my name (for the record it is not Karli. Thats my childhood dog's name)

Salilast326 · June 2016

Yeah I'm still not into it. No one needs to know my name. Most people I know IRL don't know I'm pregnant and I learned from my last BMB that other users can be very close to home.

turtlemobile2 · June 2016

So basically what you're saying, @KarliQ88, is you're our first catfish.

ThePax89 · June 2016

I would love to be a part of a group. I'd be thrilled to be an admin as well, but I won't join a group until 12-16 weeks ish because I'm a PGAL mom and it freaks me out.

Wholesome · June 2016

I was part of one once. It turned south and all the users turned catty and disgusting. I felt like an old maid because I was alone feeling grossed out and baffled and just eww. There's a reason I have a new login and my name is "Wholesome Seeker". I'd rather keep my anonymity and maintain dialogue here. In fact, I try to keep to a handful of strings here and not venture too far because of it as well.

poetryandoceans · June 2016

I just hope y'all won't disappear from the website entirely, because there are a few of us who don't actually have FB...

xinran · June 2016

@poetryandoceans that would be me too

hjmorgan-2 · June 2016

I would possibly join a FB group. It depends on how private it is and how well I get to know you ladies by that point. Although I wouldn't join until after my 12-week mark.

emilyn2012 · June 2016

I want a FB group!!!! I am in one for my November 14 baby and it's the best! There are 130 of us and some aren't active, others like me post all the time: I actually do better at connecting on there bc I see a real name and I can see who you are. I love it!! Don't want to be admin though.

emilyn2012 · June 2016

Could we go ahead and start one and then as people get more comfortable they could join?

KSimone619 · June 2016

Someone linked another thread above... first post read this:

"I just created a Facebook group for those of us due in January 2017:) it's called 0117. Hope to see you there!"

emilyn2012 · June 2016

I read that whole thread @KSimone619. That group was not a closed group, and according to another person they could not find it. I mean a legitimate, closed group, with proper admin

eta: it is closed, I guess it's not secret, which is what my n14 group is

poetryandoceans · June 2016

@xinran *high five* to another conscientious objector.

ashanne88 · June 2016

I've seen early groups explode quickly. IMO it's better to do a secret FB group late in pregnancy or post babies, when you've actually gotten to know each other well. I'm in a FB for my last bmb and it's fantastic but we all "knew" each other really well before the group was formed and that's why it works well.

emilyn2012 · June 2016

That's fine. I'll hang out until one is formed. I just have an easier time with Facebook. I don't ever even get notifications on TB! But I'm glad I have this group. I have an 18 month old but it's crazy how much you forget!

xinran · June 2016

@poetryandoceans I just find it crazy how much people share on there. How public life becomes. How people become reliant on it and seem to not know how to keep in touch without it.
I did have quite a shut down Facebook but it started to make me more and more uncomfortable.

emilyn2012 · June 2016

No judgement intended by this next comment at all but I just don't have a problem or get people's concern in general with Facebook. I mean if I want to take a picture of my dog sleeping on the couch and post it, what's the big deal? Now I do get how annoying it is when people use it as their soapbox to complain about people and insight drama but I don't get why people hate it. And mostly I say this because it makes me feel bad that I do post a lot on my personal page and share things like how excited I am that my kid gave me a kiss. I feel bad because based off of most people's reasons for not using FB- it means I'm narcissistic and an over sharer. But I enjoy using social media.... So I don't really know what to think. This is more my own personal discussion than anything else.

poetryandoceans · June 2016

@emilyn2012 I talked about why I don't have FB last week on the FFFC thread (if you go looking for it, TW for miscarriage talk); it's got nothing to do with oversharing and everything to do with FB's data-mining and getting all up in my business.

When I had it, I didn't really care too much about what people posted; if someone posted more than I was interested in seeing, there are ways of reducing that info on my feed. No big. For me, it just has to do with trying to keep some things away from the all seeing eye of FB's advertising schemes, not keeping things away from other people.

emilyn2012 · June 2016

@poetryandoceans fair enough! I'll go look for it

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