Spinoff-the pregnancy and parenting board

Should it be a separate board? Amneris purposely posted a question about breastfeeding on here, not the P&P board, so that she would get more answers. A lot of posters with valuable knowledge miss threads that are on P&P. So would we be better served by just getting rid of the separate board and putting all P&P posts on Non-hair?
Amneris, you also mentioned once that you didn't like having a separate board for P&P because it made you feel more isolated, like pregnancy was not a normal part of life.
Thoughts?
Amneris, you also mentioned once that you didn't like having a separate board for P&P because it made you feel more isolated, like pregnancy was not a normal part of life.
Thoughts?
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There was originally one thread for all the p&p posts. It was like 1000 pages long and overwhelming and hard to follow. I don't know that we ever tried just having individual p&p threads in the non-hair board though.
you beat me to it munchy.:) the P&P forum exists for a reason. This is clearly a P&P topic. I'm wondering why a guide hasn't moved it to the appropriate forum. Is there a special dispensation for those who don't want to use it?
there was originally a ton of "Hey I'm pregnant" et al threads on Non-hair then one person decided to start a 'Pregnant curlies check in here thread', which consolidated a lot of the miscellaneous threads. the resulting forum was created for a reason and it wasn't to corral all the mommies. no need to regard it as such.
I posted this question here so people who don't go to p&p can also weigh in. Do they like having p&p separate? Would they mind if it wasn't?
Amneris said in her first post on the other thread that she posted it here to get more answers. ETA So that made me think there is something off here, if someone has to purposely NOT post something on the designated board just to get more responses.
There are separate forums for exercise, food and recipes, being over 40, etc. There's nothing wrong with creating a specific place to post questions and have discussions on those particular topics. Meaningful conversations can develop in the different forums without the topics getting buried by other 'non-hair' interests.
AFA as getting more answers on this board, if you look through that thread most of those who answered already go to the P&P forum regularly. If one wants to champion breastfeeding, that's great and noble, but it should be done on the P&P board.
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I'll admit that I didn't recall reading that disclaimer from Amneris' original post. I started reading that thread a few days ago I must have forgotten that she had a reason for posting a P&P topic in non-hair. But P&P is a pretty happening forum from what I can see.
I don't know about moving topics though. Amneris posted the thread here because there are many, many mothers here who have experience with the topic (breastfeeding) but maybe had their kids long enough ago that they no longer visit the P&P forum. I think that's a valid reason to post the question here.
If that thread gets moved, then I think all political/election, skin/make-up, and exercise/diet threads also need to be moved to their appropriate forums. Personally, I don't think that's necessary.
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I agree
I think that doesn't quite match up becuase it's not like P&P is a low traffic forum. If there were barely a post over there, I can see huntin for more fertile ground but, as I said before P&P is hopping.
Iris: I see that you're expecting (congrats). Does being in the family way as you are have any bearing on your opposition to p&p? Did you feel this way before?
Egg-zactly.
The reason some of us may feel this way is because pregnancy related thread seem to always draw a negative response. I see threads in non-hair all the time about a new book someone is reading, but I don't see anyone telling them to take it to the book forums. There are lots of threads with people asking parenting advice for their older child, and they're apparently allowed in the non-hair club as well, even though their question would clearly fit better in the Pregnancy and Parenting category. But when someone posts about pregnancy or birth or anything immediately related, they are almost always jumped on. You say it has nothing to do with wanting to isolate these posters, but given the facts, what are we supposed to think?
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But I'm not sure I want to wade through a whole bunch of pregnancy and parenting threads/posts. Please keep it a separate board.
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P&P seems quite active enough to warrant its own board.
I can see why Amneris' question is here though also.
Sometimes non-hair gets bogged down by political threads and I wish they'd get moved. I guess it's all subjective.
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But if you're not a regular poster in that forum, how can you judge whether you would get sufficient responses to a certain topic? If Amneris's thread was posted in P&P, she would have gotten very different responses than she did and the overall discussion would have had a completely different feel to it. Obviously she was looking for a different kind of response, so she posted it here.
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I agree.
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I think if a person needs and wants input from everyone, it makes sense to put it here, since we all know a lot of posters avoid the P&P board or simply have no interest in it.
I see a recipe thread here almost every other day, it seems. I don't cook, so I don't read them.
But if someone purposefully posts a thread here to get others involved, no big deal, let it be. I have done it myself, but usually post a link to my other thread in the correct forum and ask posters to visit it for comment.
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If that's the case, then why were all the other forums even created? Why not just have two forums, hair and nonhair?
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