Will this go as I imagine it? Or will I be disappointed?
If you mean ignored, then yes it will.
Bah. I was hoping they would repeatedly say dumb things and y'all would go in on them. No response at all is kind of infuriating, though. "Let's talk this out. Sit down. Oh, look at the time, gotta run. Peace out!"
The new proboards has almost 3,000 members. There are a lot of idiots that never posted because of the mean girls, but now are coming out thanking BM for getting rid of the meanies. So, who knows if it'll ever be as great as the nest exodus.
Bah. I was hoping they would repeatedly say dumb things and y'all would go in on them. No response at all is kind of infuriating, though. "Let's talk this out. Sit down. Oh, look at the time, gotta run. Peace out!"
the final response (and really, only one except for the initial one) is essentially: "We're listening, we promise! Keep talking! k, bye."
Bah. I was hoping they would repeatedly say dumb things and y'all would go in on them. No response at all is kind of infuriating, though. "Let's talk this out. Sit down. Oh, look at the time, gotta run. Peace out!"
the final response (and really, only one except for the initial one) is essentially: "We're listening, we promise! Keep talking! k, bye."
The new proboards has almost 3,000 members. There are a lot of idiots that never posted because of the mean girls, but now are coming out thanking BM for getting rid of the meanies. So, who knows if it'll ever be as great as the nest exodus.
TBF, there really were some mean fucking girls over there. And I have thick skin.
Post by stephm0188 on Jan 15, 2015 21:05:46 GMT -5
The thing that cracks me up is that this is not the first or even second or even third mass exodus from their boards. History keeps repeating itself. They just need to embrace the fact that their audience happens to be snarky women.
They can't do anything right over there. In their attempt to centralize all questions on the BumpHQ page they took down a stickied thread from a BMB about the weekly hours of silence to honor moms who have lost their babies. WTF? Could they have picked a worse thread to mess up on? The did get it back but still.
This makes me think of that Ben Folds song, except now I'm singing it in my head, "That iiiiiiiiii am, iiiiiiiiii am, iiiiiiiiii am, the larrrriiiest ..."
Post by LoveTrains on Jan 15, 2015 21:46:42 GMT -5
Two things about this. 1. Why are the bumpies acting all shocked that xo group doesn't care about the community/forums? They clearly proved that during the nest exodus.
2. They effed with the wiki page, and then xo group (or someone) must have edited it back, but now it no longer has that fun fact about the stock tanking after the nest users left.
Two things about this. 1. Why are the bumpies acting all shocked that xo group doesn't care about the community/forums? They clearly proved that during the nest exodus.
2. They effed with the wiki page, and then xo group (or someone) must have edited it back, but now it no longer has that fun fact about the stock tanking after the nest users left.
Two things about this. 1. Why are the bumpies acting all shocked that xo group doesn't care about the community/forums? They clearly proved that during the nest exodus.
2. They effed with the wiki page, and then xo group (or someone) must have edited it back, but now it no longer has that fun fact about the stock tanking after the nest users left.
To give a lame shot at answering #1 - I think it's more a disappointment than shock. I don't post there anymore but I still have access to the mod board so I read it when shit hits the fan. It appears that XO group spent a lot of time talking to the mods (and other users?) about what they wanted. Some mods even mentioned phone calls with execs. It's my guess they *thought* they were actually being listened to this time only to once again have XO show them they don't care.
Two things about this. 1. Why are the bumpies acting all shocked that xo group doesn't care about the community/forums? They clearly proved that during the nest exodus.
2. They effed with the wiki page, and then xo group (or someone) must have edited it back, but now it no longer has that fun fact about the stock tanking after the nest users left.
To give a lame shot at answering #1 - I think it's more a disappointment than shock. I don't post there anymore but I still have access to the mod board so I read it when shit hits the fan. It appears that XO group spent a lot of time talking to the mods (and other users?) about what they wanted. Some mods even mentioned phone calls with execs. It's my guess they *thought* they were actually being listened to this time only to once again have XO show them they don't care.
Agreed. It's also been my experience that the majority of TB posters (excluding Parenting and a few of the Loss boards) are less seasoned/younger (in terms of post history) posters + they never witnessed the TN exodus or really even heard about it. This is their first experience with XO acting like, well, XO.
It's ranked higher than TN and TB (although I don't know how that's calculated) and if you scroll to the bottom, you can see which proboards forum most people use (:::spoiler alert!::: it's GBCN!)