Message from Knot Michelle

[explorer2001]

Stay here. I can post from my phone so I can actually participate.

[SuperLurker]

my H is in IT and apparently his former company selected the same CMS vendor the Nest was switching to around the same time - and that company has ditched the vendor now cause they suck

[Deleted]

The Knot should sue that crap vendor.

[wife2dj]

I think what bothers me is the fact that they have waited to late. They should have listened to the local boards, and I *love* how the can announce the change with an exact time yet we were all caught by surprise when they decided to screw us in the butt.

[Deleted]

The Nest is dead to me.

[pugz]

the only thing I miss are the trainwrecks, but there are plenty on the bump, so I think I'm good.

[aspentosh]

They've done this shiz before and they'll do it again. I'm staying put.

[drloretta]

May 17, 2012 18:33:45 GMT -5 pugz said:

I don't want to lose the MM moms board, that is my #1 reason for wanting to stick it out here.

Agreed. Though I may toggle back and forth for a while.

[tardyfortheparty]

May 17, 2012 19:36:22 GMT -5 aspentosh said:

They've done this shiz before and they'll do it again. I'm staying put.

Agreed. Too little too late!

[ilikedonuts]

I love MM Moms as well. I have no desire to go back to TN.

[LoveThePits]

May 17, 2012 18:37:20 GMT -5 pugz said:

other reason I never want to leave: ability to hover over subjects to see what is inside. When I post on TB now I try to do this and am always frustrated. I have so quickly been spoiled.

:Y:

I'm ashamed to admit that I have done this on random other websites (like cnn.com and my work intranet page) and have been irrationally annoyed when it didn't work.

[mcsangel2]

I also really, really love the preview when you hover over thread titles. Pleeeeeeeeeeease lets stay here.....

[Deleted]

Since they are lurking anyway....

why can't they just license the proboard software to use on their site?

[amity]

Can you even imagine how much money this whole debacle has cost the company? And ultimately, I feel like the only reason they are making any changes is because this situation, is in fact, costing them money.

Ultimately, I will stay here. If everyone defects back, I will most likely retire (not that I expect anyone to care about this). I just like the set up here. The app is amazing, the layout kind of looks like legitimate work on my computer and I looooove the sub boards and the peace it has brought to the MM world. No one has to get pissy over too much make-up or baby talk.

We would all be stupid to go back.

[protozoa]

I love it here! I hope lots of people stay

[Deleted]

May 17, 2012 19:56:12 GMT -5 amity said:

Can you even imagine how much money this whole debacle has cost the company? And ultimately, I feel like the only reason they are making any changes is because this situation, is in fact, costing them money.

Ultimately, I will stay here. If everyone defects back, I will most likely retire (not that I expect anyone to care about this). I just like the set up here. The app is amazing, the layout kind of looks like legitimate work on my computer and I looooove the sub boards and the peace it has brought to the MM world. No one has to get pissy over too much make-up or baby talk.

We would all be stupid to go back.

Exactly. Thy are not switching back to make us happy and because they listened to our emails. They are switching back because thy lost a shit ton of money and need us back there.

[Deleted]

Do you really think they lost money?

I don't think we are that important.

[Deleted]

May 17, 2012 20:05:47 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Do you really think they lost money?

I don't think we are that important.

Yeah it's not like we were buying anything. But I don't know how many people who visit The Nest for its articles and crap so maybe the ad revenue will suffer.

[womet]

I think that their hits went down, thus their ad revenue. So yes, I think they lost money.

[bunch]

I loves me some proboards. And mm moms.

[whitepicketfence]

I find this whole thing hilarious. They didn't give a crap what any of their users thought for years and now all of a sudden they're kissing ass.

I have no plans to go back. I sincerely hope that everyone stays here.

[Nonny]

I figure I'll lurk/post on both; which ever entertains me more.

I imagine that when this board starts getting ads sometime in another ~week it will become more annoying.

[amity]

May 17, 2012 20:05:47 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Do you really think they lost money?

I don't think we are that important.

Absolutely. That hits per day graph is what they use to convince advertisers to pay to place ads on their site. They essentially sell access to us, the advertisers target market.

That graph would be a big deterrent to a company considering buying ad space.

[purrbox]

May 17, 2012 18:31:50 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

I'm slutty and have oodles of free time. I will post on both boards if there's people back over there. LOL

Ditto.

[KaraOrNot]

May 17, 2012 18:37:20 GMT -5 pugz said:

other reason I never want to leave: ability to hover over subjects to see what is inside. When I post on TB now I try to do this and am always frustrated. I have so quickly been spoiled.

This! I have noticed myself doing this on other websites and getting annoyed when I don't get a preview. I also love having a working search function.

[MadamePresident]

I don't want to move back. This isn't blocked at work and TN is.

[womet]

May 17, 2012 20:16:08 GMT -5 Nonny said:

I figure I'll lurk/post on both; which ever entertains me more.

I imagine that when this board starts getting ads sometime in another ~week it will become more annoying.

The ads are only at the top and bottom of the page and are not that bad looking. Certainly better than the ads on the right side of TN.

[Wines Not Whines]

I don't want to go back. This site loads faster than TN ever did.

[y4m]

May 17, 2012 20:05:47 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Do you really think they lost money?

I don't think we are that important.

10K unique views a day is worth significant money ad-wise.

Plus if they lose significant nest traffic that will never convert into bump traffic they can charge pampers et al to access.

I do think we've had a financial impact.

[Velvetshady]

May 17, 2012 20:48:21 GMT -5 y4m said:

May 17, 2012 20:05:47 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Do you really think they lost money?

I don't think we are that important.

10K unique views a day is worth significant money ad-wise.

Plus if they lose significant nest traffic that will never convert into bump traffic they can charge pampers et al to access.

I do think we've had a financial impact.

It was enough of an impact for Motley Fool to report on it.