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12-20-2012 at 1:48 PM
aeh72
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Question about another board

I'm going to ask this question here since this is what I consider my "home" board and I feel safe here! Smile   Anyone ever venture to the "Parenting" board? What's up over there? I don't mean that a judgey way.  I happened upon it recently (I tend to stick with and post on the same few boards) and most of the posts don't really seem to be about "parenting."  It's a super active board but it seems like most of the posts are a lot of inside jokes and conversations, a lot of AEs (from what I gather), and people posting inflammatory stuff just to get a rise out of people.  Is that typical? Is it really more just a board that a lot of regulars use to post about whatever is on their minds - parenting or otherwise?

Again, I'm really not trying to sound judgey; just curious more than anything.


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12-20-2012 at 2:45 PM
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Yep Its normal :) I travel over there a lot to lurk and get a good laugh. Every now and then you can catch a post thats actually about parenting.


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12-20-2012 at 3:55 PM
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***Stomp stomp stomp stomp***    Just ran over there to lurk lol 

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12-20-2012 at 4:35 PM
Excited30
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I've never lurked over there...but now I'm curious.  lol.  I only occasionally go to other boards..mostly here and then the age/stage board (9-12 mos now)

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12-20-2012 at 6:28 PM
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I used to lurk on the Parenting board when our board literally came to a halt for a while. I never comment though, it definitely seems like they have been on that board forever and have lots of inside jokes.

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12-20-2012 at 9:39 PM
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I was into that board for awhile but left because they can be just flat out mean, and I hate that. There's a core group that have known each other for years and years, and a lot who actually know each other in real life. Most of them post all day, every day, so they're incredibly active on the board, and stalk the other boards for people who ask dumb questions so they can flame them. There can be really funny posts at times, but when they act the way they do, they make enemies, and there's trolls over there that have figured out others' real identities and posted their personal information, pictures, etc. Totally freaky. I'd be uncomfortable regularly posting there. 

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12-21-2012 at 8:36 AM
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Honestly, there are several boards out there that seem innocuous enough at the time, and then WHAM, you say one thing, and everyone jumps on you. I mean, really? Aren't we all adults? Why is that necessary? I jumped over to the board yesterday after reading this thread, and you know what the topic of conversation was? HITLER??? Really? On a parenting board? Good for them if they want to get their aggression out, but wow. Scary to think that they are raising their kids to act the same way.

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12-21-2012 at 10:53 AM
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acaudill75:
Honestly, there are several boards out there that seem innocuous enough at the time, and then WHAM, you say one thing, and everyone jumps on you. I mean, really? Aren't we all adults? Why is that necessary? I jumped over to the board yesterday after reading this thread, and you know what the topic of conversation was? HITLER??? Really? On a parenting board? Good for them if they want to get their aggression out, but wow. Scary to think that they are raising their kids to act the same way.

I had noticed the inside joke stuff and lots of non-parenting topics (which actually is not that big of a deal to me) but yes, it was the Hitler stuff that prompted my post here.  Very odd.

Thanks everyone for the insights.  There are plenty of really helpful boards and people out on the TB so no reason to frequent the ones that don't offer much to help me figure out all this new mommy stuff!


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12-22-2012 at 8:57 AM
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I lurk there and post occasionally particularly when people have questions about school-aged kids. Much of the regulars there now have been posting since the Tri Boards together and have kids that are 2+ now. They moved to Parenting because it was dead at the time so they didn't have to keep migrating up the age boards.

But just because they're talking about some weird stuff on there doesn't mean their kids are going to turn out all messed up. I'm sure if people had stayed here instead of going to Facebook then this board would have a lot more off topic posts and more drama/debates. As your kid gets older, you get into more of a groove and since they don't change as quickly as they do the first year, you have less questions. A lot are on their 2nd/3rd/etc, kid, so it's not their first rodeo. Some of these ladies have been posting on The Bump daily for a few years now - they have their own community and it would be boring to talk about their kids all day long. :)   I think a lot are friends on Facebook, too, but they still like to posts on the board and interact with people that aren't in their FB groups.


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