Where did the Cooking Board go?

[eliseb0323]

Anyone have a link to their new home?

[ESF]

I read somewhere that they went to a private, locked board for reasons that I don't really understand.

[pixy0stix]

pandce.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=party

Food and Entertaining.

[broc]

May 15, 2012 10:55:44 GMT -5 ESF said:

I read somewhere that they went to a private, locked board for reasons that I don't really understand.

They jumped a few weeks before everything happened, because TN was going to their posts and pinning their pics on pinterest like they belonged to TN. It's in the Nest's ToU/EULA that doing so is legit, like it is in every ToU/EULA ever, but entities only very, very rarely act on it. And that was pretty much the Nest's response... it's in the ToU, so we'll do what we want and you'll like it. So WC's said fuck you then, and moved to a locked forum so they couldn't pull that shit.

[pixy0stix]

Not quite accurate. They got an apology, and TN said they weren't going to pull content and pin it anymore without the consent of the person they were pinning the content from.

[starlily]

May 15, 2012 10:55:44 GMT -5 ESF said:

I read somewhere that they went to a private, locked board for reasons that I don't really understand.

There is also a mandatory minimum for posting or you'll be deleted from the board.

[redheadbaker]

May 15, 2012 12:08:18 GMT -5 starlily said:

May 15, 2012 10:55:44 GMT -5 ESF said:

I read somewhere that they went to a private, locked board for reasons that I don't really understand.

There is also a mandatory minimum for posting or you'll be deleted from the board.

Everybody bitches and moans about this "minimum post mandate" -- it's one whole post for month, FFS.

The regs from WC were tired of being the only ones to created content on the board. Lurkers basically used the WC board as their own personal recipe search. They wanted others to contribute, too.

There was also a very vocal population, particularly on ML, that openly mocked the WC bloggers. None of us claim to be professionals, most of us started blogs to simply share what we cooked/baked and enjoyed.

[pixy0stix]

May 15, 2012 12:11:32 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

Lurkers basically used the WC board as their own personal recipe search. They wanted others to contribute, too.

Isn't that what most people wanted, especially to drive traffic to their blogs? Now they no longer have an open audience to drive blog traffic. It's a bit like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Most people use this board as their news access, and to provide them with discussion points. ZOMG, lurkers, we must ban them all.

[redheadbaker]

May 15, 2012 12:15:28 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

May 15, 2012 12:11:32 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

Lurkers basically used the WC board as their own personal recipe search. They wanted others to contribute, too.

Isn't that what most people wanted, especially to drive traffic to their blogs? Now they no longer have an open audience to drive blog traffic. It's a bit like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Most people use this board as their news access, and to provide them with discussion points. ZOMG, lurkers, we must ban them all.

Most of them don't get the majority of their blog traffic from The Nest. They have their blogs featured on food sites like Foodbuzz or BlogHer. They get photos featured on TasteSpotting or FoodGawker. They have Facebook and Twitter accounts that draw in traffic. Their photos get pinned on Pinterest or "stumbled" on StumbleUpon.

People think bloggers make so much money from hits. Personally, you'd have to visit my blog daily for YEARS for me to make $2.00. It's really not that much. Most only make enough money to pay to have the blog self-hosted.

[eliseb0323]

Oh well -- I will miss the daily blog update post. It's too bad they don't want to share anymore.

[redheadbaker]

May 15, 2012 12:52:14 GMT -5 eliseb0323 said:

Oh well -- I will miss the daily blog update post. It's too bad they don't want to share anymore.

Anyone is welcome to join. It's whatscookingboard.proboards.com

[redheadbaker]

May 15, 2012 13:05:06 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

May 15, 2012 12:52:14 GMT -5 eliseb0323 said:

Oh well -- I will miss the daily blog update post. It's too bad they don't want to share anymore.

Anyone is welcome to join. It's whatscookingboard.proboards.com

ETA: I'm trying to start a daily Blog Updates post on the Food and Entertainment board, but so far, I'm the only one posting.

[debatethis]

May 15, 2012 12:52:14 GMT -5 eliseb0323 said:

Oh well -- I will miss the daily blog update post. It's too bad they don't want to share anymore.

Heh. The last time I was on WC was a couple years ago when I got fed up with 18 posts a day about "BU! I made brownies!" or "BU! I made a Pioneer Woman recipe!" so its nice to hear it's been consolidated into one post at least.

[secretlyevil]

I stopped visiting awhile ago. At that point everyone was obsessed with one ingredient and I don't remember what it was but it sort of grossed me out.

[debatethis]

May 15, 2012 13:43:49 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

May 15, 2012 13:38:23 GMT -5 secretlyevil said:

I stopped visiting awhile ago. At that point everyone was obsessed with one ingredient and I don't remember what it was but it sort of grossed me out.

crack dip?

I was going to say cream cheese, lol. Between the crack dip and the Oreo truffles, it seemed to be a common theme.

[pixy0stix]

Now I want brownies.

[heyjude]

WC got really weird as food blogs got increasingly more professional. I'm sad they decided to communicate in an echo chamber.

[eightangryreindeer]

May 15, 2012 13:05:06 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

May 15, 2012 12:52:14 GMT -5 eliseb0323 said:

Oh well -- I will miss the daily blog update post. It's too bad they don't want to share anymore.

Anyone is welcome to join. It's whatscookingboard.proboards.com

LOL, but don't you fucking lurk and like, look at our recipes and shit!

[eightangryreindeer]

May 15, 2012 12:11:32 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

May 15, 2012 12:08:18 GMT -5 starlily said:

There is also a mandatory minimum for posting or you'll be deleted from the board.

Everybody bitches and moans about this "minimum post mandate" -- it's one whole post for month, FFS.

The regs from WC were tired of being the only ones to created content on the board. Lurkers basically used the WC board as their own personal recipe search. They wanted others to contribute, too.

There was also a very vocal population, particularly on ML, that openly mocked the WC bloggers. None of us claim to be professionals, most of us started blogs to simply share what we cooked/baked and enjoyed.

1. I think it is patently unfair to blame people for using the WC board as their own personal recipe search when pretty much every freaking request for anything was met with nothing but blog links, hello?

2. You make it sound like there was a long history of bullying mocking of WC, yeah, no.

God, why do you have to speak for everyone when you don't know everyone's real reasons for leaving?

Ew.

[secretlyevil]

May 15, 2012 13:43:49 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

May 15, 2012 13:38:23 GMT -5 secretlyevil said:

I stopped visiting awhile ago. At that point everyone was obsessed with one ingredient and I don't remember what it was but it sort of grossed me out.

crack dip?

maybe that was it, so not an ingredient but canned chicken is just a disgusting thought.

[secretlyevil]

May 15, 2012 14:35:08 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

NOT EVERYONE WHO LIKES TO COOK NEEDS TO HAVE A BLOG.

I don't know - it seems to be a requirement these days. This is why I say I don't like to cook.

[redheadbaker]

May 15, 2012 14:14:05 GMT -5 eightangryreindeer said:

May 15, 2012 12:11:32 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

Everybody bitches and moans about this "minimum post mandate" -- it's one whole post for month, FFS.

The regs from WC were tired of being the only ones to created content on the board. Lurkers basically used the WC board as their own personal recipe search. They wanted others to contribute, too.

There was also a very vocal population, particularly on ML, that openly mocked the WC bloggers. None of us claim to be professionals, most of us started blogs to simply share what we cooked/baked and enjoyed.

God, why do you have to speak for everyone when you don't know everyone's real reasons for leaving?

I'm just re-stating what two other WC ProBoarders posted on an MM thread.

[dev22]

I am kinda LMAO that there is so much passionate hatred for the WC board. Sucks that they are not going to post here, since there were lots of good ideas (at least IMO), but if they feel more comfortable on a private board, that is fine too.

[eightangryreindeer]

I really LIKED the WC board, and a lot of the posters on it, I am SAD that they decided to bail and make a private board and I wish that the Pinterest fallout had happened in sync with the jump to Proboards so that they'd be here.

This does not mean that I don't think it's laughable to be pissed off about people using your recipe board to find recipes OR that I wonder if Annie's Eats (who I do admire) is on methamphetamines most of the time and if not then whatthefuckandhow?

[heyjude]

Lolololol re. Annie's Eats!

(but also I do love her)

[pantsparty]

May 15, 2012 14:14:05 GMT -5 eightangryreindeer said:

May 15, 2012 12:11:32 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

Everybody bitches and moans about this "minimum post mandate" -- it's one whole post for month, FFS.

The regs from WC were tired of being the only ones to created content on the board. Lurkers basically used the WC board as their own personal recipe search. They wanted others to contribute, too.

There was also a very vocal population, particularly on ML, that openly mocked the WC bloggers. None of us claim to be professionals, most of us started blogs to simply share what we cooked/baked and enjoyed.

1. I think it is patently unfair to blame people for using the WC board as their own personal recipe search when pretty much every freaking request for anything was met with nothing but blog links, hello?

And never specific recipes. "Check out the dinner tag on my blog!" Um, thanks for all the help.

[brookles]

I think it's so odd that people with blogs want fewer people to be able to visit their blogs. That makes absolutely no sense.

[redheadbaker]

May 15, 2012 15:24:44 GMT -5 brookles said:

I think it's so odd that people with blogs want fewer people to be able to visit their blogs. That makes absolutely no sense.

You're combining two issues into one. I'm done explaining. Bash WC all you want.

[mrswizard]

Hi! You're favorite lurker again... BTW - I miss them too! I'm a passionate cook and entertainer but simply don't have time for a blog.

I do enjoy still going to Annie Eats and also this one for good dinner recipes:

www.preventionrd.com

I wish some of them would come back to these boards...

I should probably go to their board - but I never got around to it.

[bootsie]

May 15, 2012 15:23:05 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

May 15, 2012 14:14:05 GMT -5 eightangryreindeer said:

1. I think it is patently unfair to blame people for using the WC board as their own personal recipe search when pretty much every freaking request for anything was met with nothing but blog links, hello?

And never specific recipes. "Check out the dinner tag on my blog!" Um, thanks for all the help.

This is exactly why I just stopped visiting that board. I was OK with them posting links to specific recipes sometimes, but the "I have a tab for whatever on my blog" was obnoxious and didn't answer the OP 99% of the time.

I honestly didn't even know that food blogs existed before The Nest. Someone (kelbrian, I think) posted a link for Annie's blog on PC&E and I found a few good recipes. And, yeah, I agree Annie's either on speed or has a ghostbaker. The bloggers on What's Cooking got plenty of traffic from me....until I discovered Food Gawker, etc. and realized there were better - and healthier - blogs out there. I still visit a few now and then, though.