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I know the majority of people don't visit the Ideas board very often, so I'm posting a link here: http://ideas.weddingbee.com/topic/hide-the-baby-board
This is a common complaint I've seen pop up in many threads, but if you don't vote for it on the Ideas board, nothing will change. Don't post here, talk about it over in the Ideas thread!
Thanks :)
I voted on it. I like seeing NWR stuff along with wedding stuff but it just seems like there is so much baby stuff that it is taking over the boards.
Thanks! At first it was exciting and I am certainly happy for all of the expectant moms...but geesh I thought this was the "wedding bee"
I voted. I don't want to upset any pregnant Bee's, but I have to agree I come here to talk about weddings.
done and agreed. It seems like every second post is baby this or that. I don't have a beef with babies but I thought this was a wedding planning site.
I voted as well, but an easy fix is to just click "wedding related" to only look at the wedding related topics.
I voted - I'm interested in weddings right now, not babies, but I understand why others are interested in babies. I like the idea of filtering my wedding related, non-wedding related, and babies. It gives the baby area room to grow.
@jacqui - see Eva's idea above. When you filter away NWR, you also filter away things like emotional, etc that may still be wedding related or of interest. I think that having 3 different main filtering functions would make everybody happy.
I think we can split the difference.
It's not easy to program a way to just filter out particular boards, so that's not a quick fix.
And I don't buy the idea that we should just kill all boards that don't have to do with weddings... by that logic, then we'd have to kill a lot of NWR boards (home, pets, wellness, etc.)
But at the same time, I am hearing that people like the NWR boards... but would like a way to filter the baby posts out of the NWR filter.
Probably the easiest way for us to address this would be to create a new filter at the top of the page (but broaden it beyond babies to all the Nesting boards):
Wedding Related NWR Nesting Month Twins Local
Would that work?
Oh my gosh. I was just talking about this the other day! Voted!
Mr. Bee, thanks for your input. I think your solution sounds like a fine compromise.
MrBee - yep! that's what we are saying - no one wants to get rid of the board, just not see it all the time if they choose not to.
I think us women posting on the baby board are a great set. I do note that maybe a few of us should start our own board...I'll look into that...since this is weddingbee.
@Melissabegins - That may be so, but that's not how a lot of the posts were worded. :-( I think a lot of board members felt attacked... it was similar to some of the earlier threads about the Waiting boards last month.
I am hopeful that we can keep the boards inclusive of both Waiting and Baby centric board members, since they're both a big interest for a lot of our community members! Plus the people posting in the baby boards have a lot of wedding experience, so it's nice to keep them around and interested! :-)
In any case, I hope that this proposed solution addresses the issues raused while still being inclusive of our growing community!
Mr. Bee- I think you're on the right track. There's a lot of great women here with first hand knowledge that are wanting to post on the baby board. How much work would it be to set something up like PRO? There's a few of us that I know would help run it. :)
I appreciate the enthusiasm, Miss Sapphire! But creating a baby site is not an option right now. This discussion is more around the existing boards!
MrBee - that's perfect! i think that's what people honestly want, even if it doesn't come across that way without voice and inflection online. (ETA: That people want the Babies/Nesting topics to get their own filter)
Personally, I just started a vote too, to move the "hive" and "emotional" boards to NWR as most posts ARE NWR.
So, if people want to vote on that re-org too, that would be cool.
I definitely don't think that these ladies should leave. They all have tons of awesome advice! I think you're setup with a nesting subheading would solve a lot of the issues.
We could consider moving Emotional. But we can't move Beehive out of Wedding Related. The board description is "discuss your wedding and give advice":
http://boards.weddingbee.com/board/beehive
It's the generic board for wedding-related topics, for when an existing board doesn't exist. The equivalent for NWR is "The Lounge"... that's where all the NWR posts go when there's no existing category for 'em.
Ah - see, I didn't know that the hive is general wedding chatter or the lounge was NWR. I never understood those...
The emotional board moving to NWR would be fabulous though. It's really a downer to read about people getting dumped, people/pets dying, and people just kinda being a downer in general. I've noticed that many times if someone has a true "wedding emotional drama" it usually gets posted to the relevant board for the topic of drama. i.e reception, dress, etiquette
And I kinda feel like I have to add a disclaimer, that it's not that other bees emotional health isn't important, but it just belongs more in the NWR section that in the WR section.
I like the idea of a separate section for Nesting, so that the "next phase" in people's lives after the wedding will have a home on our site and room to breathe and grow.
I do want to make sure that everyone understands that the Nesting topics will still show up under "All". That has to happen or "All" then becomes a misnomer 
So if you really want to see only Wedding related topics at any given time you'll need to click on Wedding Related (same with NWR, Nesting, etc. etc.).
We created these high level filters to let Members control their experience here so we hope that you will find them handy along those lines. 
Honestly, I don't mind the other NWR topics. They don't overwhelm the board in the way that the baby board does.
Maybe this is what we need to try to get another site. NestingBee?
I have been going on here to post things that aren't related to wedding. 70% of my posts are not wedding related.
If we can get more support for a NestingBee, we could get those baby post off of here.
http://ideas.weddingbee.com/topic/nestingbee
I also have to admit, I do see an increase in baby related post but I actually enjoy them. Makes me think of when I have my own children. Which is the next big step!
yrret, MrBee has posted before that they're just not at the capacity to do that right now, so I don't think voting is going to get us very far.
I kind of don't mind the baby posts, so i didn't vote. But I am glad that they're considering how to filter them better, because I think that benefits the baby board people, too
Ooh, also could I add, this the title of this post is a little, um... hurtful? I kind of felt like baby board members would feel a little angry to see it worded that way. :(
Labor of Love- This was my most recent post on the ideas thread:
I think hide is a misnomer... We're looking to put an additional filter so that people can filter it out if they want.
Unfortunately, the way the topic was originally presented, it comes off as wanting to "hide" or "get rid of" the pregnant bees from the board... and I think that can be perceived as really hurtful.
I really *hope* that's not what people meant, but can understand as to how it may be seen that way... Like pregnant bees' participation on the boards is less valuable than others just because of an interest in addition to weddings.
Ok DG! I just got nervous when I clicked, expecting another battle... glad everyone's cool with it.
@Mr. Bee your idea of having a high level filter of "Nesting" is fabulous!
I have to admit as a former WB bride-to-be now preggie mom, this post made me a little sensitive or protective of my fellow baby board members - blame it on the hormones or not. :) So on my hour commute home, I took it all in and thought about it all. So my techy mind was working. What I was going to suggest was exactly what Mr. Bee had proposed which was the high level filter such as the Nesting board he had suggested. The nesting board can then be broken down into smaller levels.
By any chance Mr. Bee, is there a way that maybe the first page that is rendered upon entering the screen is the Wedding Related board? I think the All Posts most certainly should exist but maybe it shouldn't be the main go-to page. This should satisfy those that come here for WEDDINGBee... I'm sorry if someone had already mentioned this or if you have already covered this.
I'd like to see as many members happy as long as it doesn't leave other groups out. After the wedding I had left WB for a while but seeing the babies board got me excited again and I was so happy to be back. I love to give wedding advice but now since I am in a different phase in my life, I love talking about pregnancy and babies more...
I hope everyone has a great night!
Wow, I'm not even pregnant but seeing this board would want me to go find another site to post onto... the nest?? That's just me.
I understand the WB is trying to expand it's boards and try to accomodate everyone. Because at this point in time they can't make another site. There are a lot of newlyweds who go on here because of the atmosphere and like to stay on here. Like me.
I see that it would be nice to have filters but it was a bit harsh to say 'Hide the baby board.' What's next... tell everyone who doesn't have anything wedding related to go elsewhere??
I think we all can share the boards.
I like the baby posts and the waiting boards!! Honestly if I don't want to read about babies or want to read about receptions, I click on the reception board. If I want to read about African American issues, I click that and it filters everything else. Seriously I just don't thnk it's a big deal, sorry.
I agree with crebre - I really don't see what the big deal is either. If you only want to look at wedding stuff then click the wedding tab! People are free to discuss whatever they want in NWR and that is where the baby board resides :)
Pretty soon we're going to be incredibly filtered and the top of the homepage is going to be so crowded and confusing!
Just going to throw in another opinion... I really like the baby threads. To me, they are more interesting and pertinent than some of the other kind of silly NWR threads that go up all the time. I think having them within the NWR filter is plenty. Most of the pregnant members who post on the baby threads are also very active, loyal members of this community and continue to give tons of wedding advice even though they are already married, so I am excited for them to have their space and to keep up with them!
Thanks Danielle- I have to admit I was starting to feel like a stray cat. Maybe I'm just sensitive, but many of us work hard for Weddingbee, researching dresses, looking for shoes for others and giving advice... So it's hard to hear that you might not really be wanted around here :(
@docgirl: lol what would we do without you?! I definitely think y'all should stay around each of you have been soooo involved in the hive!! I don't know what I would do without the words of encouragement AND the pm's that some of y'all have sent me and well i love reading about your pregancies!!! y'all are soo cute and i can actually offer insite. to me this place is more than just weddings (i mean after all I was in waiting for nearly 7 months). this place is like a friggin' relaxation zone where i can talk about life, love, and read about everyone elses!! plus the ideas I get from the hive rock my world in the professional and personal sense!!!
so that's my take on it :D as if my opinion really counts lol
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