Don't like it when my threads get redirected from baby club

[Pearls18]

Arrrgh I hate it when my posts get redirected I put things in baby club because there are more people around. The last two threads I have done admittedly have been about breastfeeding and weaning- I understand it may be 'tidier' to have things in certain forums but there was logic behind me placing threads in this section; plus it's a phaff going between all the different sub-forums. My breastfeeding thread was asking women what their breasts were like AFTER they finished breastfeeding- I find it's mostly women who still breastfeed who use that sub-forum, and as soon as it was redirected I got no further replies. Then my post today was about how mums got their babies onto beakers and I imagine most mums who are passed the weaning stage are more likely to be in baby club and I'm not expecting many more replies on that one either. I love this forum but that kinda annoys me and makes me think there's not much point posting threads I'm not trying to be a nuisance I just want help

 

[cissyhope]

Oh i know its frustrating i was replying on one of the threads and it got moved i hope you get some answers soon x

 

[polo_princess]

If threads were posted in the appropriate sections then they wouldnt be moved

All threads that are moved have an expiring redirect set in place so that you can still find your thread and until the redirect expires your thread is still visible in both baby club and the section it has been moved to.

Threads are moved all over the forum, baby club isnt a free for all im afraid, if people were to use the appropriate sections when posting there would be more traffic into the other area's

I see this crop up time and time again, we dont do it to be awkward, we are doing it so the site is used as intended, otherwise we may aswell close all other sections down and just have one for everything.

 

[Pearls18]

I get that I do but I just don't have time to be looking through all the different sub forums of this website there are so many! Particularly if I'm on my phone. I just wish there was a one-stop place for general advice with babies because lots of mums out there who like me only have time to choose one or two sub-forums to go into could have some great advice but aren't all going to trawl through forums they might have out-grown purely to offer advice...if they do I am very grateful. But I don't mean to sound fussy or ungrateful because bnb has been a huge help, and I'm sorry if it gets brought up a lot, I just wish there was a way I could get a wider audience for some of my queries because there are thousands of people on here and yet I'll only get a few replies which I think could partly be remedied by the placing of threads.

 

[polo_princess]

I understand, but in the same notion, in using this section to post anything it causes the board to move so quickly that threads can move down the page without getting any replies and often you see peoples threads getting ignored. Directing all of the traffic that is "baby related" to ones place isnt necessarily a guarantee to getting more replies.

By splitting the forum off into different sections it means people can go directly to the area where they need advice

 

[RJsMum]

While I appreciate and totally respect the reason for why off-topic posts need to be moved to their appropriate sub-forum, I can empathise with MarineWAG. I think a lot of the time as well we tend to make many friends and connections through a particular forum and we're looking for advice from that specific audience. When we see our thread was moved and then doesn't get as many responses...it makes us feel like 'why even bother in the first place.'

So it is frustrating on both ends, I think. For the mods to keep having to move posts...and for the members who post because they know they'll get a greater amount of responses, hoping their post won't get moved.

 

[Pearls18]

It's very true things move very quickly that is very frustrating too haha. I will keep things in their correct forums and keep 'bumping'.....x

 

[LadyRoy]

How long does the expiring redirect last for?

 

[polo_princess]

It can be anything from 1 hour to 1 week, though they arent compulsary (as per forum rules) we do it out of courtesy so that people can still find their threads fairly easily upon returning to them

 

[Lightworker]

I'm a fan of threads being in the appropriate section but just as some threads get moved, others stay in Baby Club even when they shouldn't be. Eg Osama Bin Laden; Breastfeeding Babies Better Behaved etc which should be put in News and Debates x

 

[Zedfaca]

I'm a fan of threads being in the appropriate section but just as some threads get moved, others stay in Baby Club even when they shouldn't be. Eg Osama Bin Laden; Breastfeeding Babies Better Behaved etc which should be put in News and Debates x

Yep, I've noticed this too!

 

[polo_princess]

I'm a fan of threads being in the appropriate section but just as some threads get moved, others stay in Baby Club even when they shouldn't be. Eg Osama Bin Laden; Breastfeeding Babies Better Behaved etc which should be put in News and Debates x

Obviously some slip through the net, but if people see them and report them to us, we will move them to the appropriate section

 

[PepsiChic]

I understand thats its annoying but i think that if more people posted in the correct sub-forums, more people would have reason to go to those sub-forums and thus more replies to the posts there!

If anything i think the admins should post a forum wide message asking people to please post in the correct sub-forums to help redirect traffic from busier forums such as the baby club so that general questions that get asked arent missed because they are pushed to page 3 by weaning/bF/FF questions!

i also think the admins should create a "sleep training" sub-forum...as most threads i see are about sleep issues, and I noticed that on page two there'll be 2 different threads asking the same thing, and then on page one another 3 threads asking the same thing. it'd be so much easier if they were all in one place!

 

[AlwaysPraying]

To me it would make sense to have an age range for baby group. Life a newborn board, 3-6 months board, 6-12 months board, etc. Then you could ask all the general questions there.

I formula feed and wean as baby is 8.5 months so I'm stuck between both boards. And I have baby questions too so I go to this board. It's too many to keep track of as someone else has mentioned.

I may get in crap about this but I notice and I do it, I'll post on the baby board and hope it doesn't get moved and sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Because the other boards don't get visited very often and I find that the Ff board is full of new moms with new mom Ff questions. Rarely there is an older baby formula questions there.

Anyways, I get both sides. If the baby board gets all posts then it would move too fast so I'd opt for a smaller age range baby group.

 

[polo_princess]

i also think the admins should create a "sleep training" sub-forum...as most threads i see are about sleep issues, and I noticed that on page two there'll be 2 different threads asking the same thing, and then on page one another 3 threads asking the same thing. it'd be so much easier if they were all in one place!

Thanks, will discuss the possibilty with admin and other mods, but yes, scrolling through there are quite a lot of sleep related threads!!

 

[daisy118]

I recently posted my first 2 posts in baby club...one about newborn sleep hours and the other about adjusting to life with 2 children and feeling guilty about dividing my time btwn the 2. I happened to mention breastfeeding in my second post and it got moved to the breastfeeding subforum wherre I got 1 response. Maybe there could also be a subforum for adjusting to life with 2 children?

 

[babz1986]

to be honest with you everyone could think of a 'sub forum' and the list would be endless.

No matter how many sub-forums there are people will always post in the wrong place.

If theres a 'sleep problem' sub-forum you will find 90% of sleep threads in here still anyway. Not saying that its not a good idea but once upon a time somebody said "There's lots of threads on breastfeeding/formula feeding/weaning/postnatal, so why not make sub-forums for them?" and you do still get people posting threads for those sub-forums in here - its just one of those things that will always happen.

I tend to post in the right sub-forums and to be honest they don't get a lot of replies, the odd replies I get are helpful though.

posts in the wrong area don't bother me at all lol - what does bother me is the 'moved posts' as I think it makes that particular forum look messy, and when I'm looking through all the posts I just scroll over the title of the the thread and read the highlight to see if its any interest to me, and you can't do this when there moved, and in all honesty if the title doesn't interest me then I don't bother following it to the 'correct' thread

Maybe people don't understand what the 'baby club' is actually for and whats to be discussed? as baby related threads are moved to the correct areas but then theres a eurovision thread in here tonight which I think should be in 'general chat'?

All in all the mods do a great job with such a fast moving forum (I've been a mod on another forum before and its not easy doing it in your spare time and for free!) and there will always be something that somebody doesn't like about how its run

 

[polo_princess]

i also think the admins should create a "sleep training" sub-forum...as most threads i see are about sleep issues, and I noticed that on page two there'll be 2 different threads asking the same thing, and then on page one another 3 threads asking the same thing. it'd be so much easier if they were all in one place!

Thanks, will discuss the possibilty with admin and other mods, but yes, scrolling through there are quite a lot of sleep related threads!!

Just FYI we've taken this suggestion and are giving it some serious consideration, afterall what do babies do most in their first few months of life?

Keep your eyes out

 

[happigail]

A sleep sub forum is a great idea. In the newborn days I actually went to forums that were ONLY about baby sleep, so there's def a need and want out there!!

 

[MrsGlitz]

As annoying as it is when threads are moved, at least BnB have the courtesy (for want of a better word) to leave a shadow, so you can still see the thread title then end up getting re-directed, a lot of forums I have been on only do that until they drop off the first page, if it drops to page 2 (which it will with no new posts under the original forum) then it vanishes.

In all honesty, I would never want to be a forum mod or admin. I used to want to be and have tried for it in the past but I've seen how it can affect online (and indeed RL friendships) and that is something I know I wouldn't be able to deal with. I don't think they can do right for doing wrong sometimes!