You know I feel the exact same way, it's too bad none of it matters though. You come here for support and to talk to your friends but its so strict you can't say two words without having someone crawl down your throat because theyre so damn strict. This is a forum not school we should be able to talk about what we want with our friends. Getting a seperate chatroom is good or whatever but the fact is posts that don't have anything wrong in them are being locked and its just because someones liking the power they have and its retarded! You go to make a post to 7 different threads and you cant because theyre all locked, its a bit retarded.

You think that with so many of us bit*hing about it ..The admin would make this stop..But its cool...Its just going to end up causing all us that actually make this forum worth reading ...Leave and then there will only be those people here that are like omg god lik mih my boy thik im pregz ...Am i?

--like I said ..Ehealth is like the best thing to me ..But im actually considering leaving if this crap isnt solved...Its sorry and its annoying!

It almost like they are treating us like their children..Going in behind us and cleaning up ...

Amen girls, amen.

It's like how many people have to pm admin for them to get the picture?

Sarah

Hey ive even emailed the ceo of the freaking website and got nowhere. I tried to leave but noone jumped on the bandwagon so I had to come back to talk to some certain ppl. Its rather lame that we cant have normal conversation as well as pregnancy related stuff. Not all of us are pregnant still but we still enjoy giving advice and sometimes the forum gets boring os we have to talk about other stuff too.

My thinking is that with all the other forum categories (1st tri, 2nd tri, 3rd tri, labor, ttc, etc...) that the pregnancy forum is the random one for just plain chatting and sharing with your friends. Every pregnancy related post could technically be moved to the appropriate forum (not saying they should be). For instance, all the "omg my bf nutted in me and my boobs hurt and i'm barfing am I pregnate?", shouldn't those be in the signs and symptoms forum?

I emailed admin and the ceo as well and I haven't heard anything back. Perhaps they just don't care since they aren't getting anything out of us. It would probably be different if we were paying to be members (again, not a suggestion).

I'm also tempted to leave but i've been here since before I even got pregnant, I know most of you by name and I know what's going on in your lives a bit. I feel more connected to this site than the other pregnancy sites I visit and this is the one that I (used to) look forward to coming to every day and checking in. It makes me mad and a little sad. I just hope someone takes our complaints seriously and they can fix it.

actually, they do get something out of you. Everyone of those links to another site is a paid advertisement. I'm sure this is a really expensive website to run, but in general, people don't run websites that don't make money. At least not on this level. More traffic = more money. More traffic = more expense. More traffic = more headache ;)

no one likes change, regardless of what that change is.

I used to belong to ivillage before it was ivllage and I loved it! Loved it. Then it was ivillage and I liked it. Then they changed their software and it sucked! Everyone I knew left and started their own space. -- it seems to me, that is the way of the internet.

It's sad because I used to like coming here too and now I hardly even post.

Same here... But thats mostly because theres certain people that like to disect everything I say and try to turn it into an argument.

I think that all the people who have been here for a long time, those of us that have .M.A.D.E ehealth what it is, should have a say so in what can and cant be said in here and where things should be moved or not. Thats only fair. Just because it isnt pregnancy related doesnt mean it should be moved or deleted... Nothing in the rules when we signed up say that our posts have to be exactly related to the topic they are posted in... Only that we cant slander and cause problems.

Why enforce one rule, but then make up your own as u go along?? Not fair.

I have to reply to this post. I might get bashed for it, but I have to.
First off it takes alot of time effort and money to run these forums, and alot of time to create and change and take your inputs into consideration. Also it takes time for admin and anyone else to answer you back. Sometimes I dont get answers for days once even a week or two. There is a panel of people who have to vote and etc and have to agree on stuff. Changes dont happen over night. Now as far as moved topics and edited post for currsing and abusive post and etc. They are trying to make better changes and that means alot of new things that I think that everyone will enjoy, but to allow all of you to enjoy it.. It all starts with respect. Respect for yourself, other posters, admin. Mods and higher. All of your request are being heard and trust me you will have answers, but how do you expect a change for the better if none of you are willing to do what is asked, and that is go to the topic that you need help in or want to discuss and post it in that forum. Its easy. And for the comment about my kids.. I should be taking care of them. I take good care of my children and they are one of the reasons why I came here. They come on here as well with me when they have a question that I dont know how to anwer. And that is one of the reasons that I became a mod. Because you never know when one of your children are going to come here and start chatting just like we do. And for the other comment "you make up this board and have made it what it is today" me, blaze, jlee, justcanadian, and etc. Said this years ago.. The same old stuff that you are saying and complaining about but guess what it didnt get us anywhere either. And we left and we came back.. This is a great place for all, and I agree that there needs to be a chat forum, a picture forum so that you all can chat, and share photos and that is one of the things that they are working on. I also know what it is like to be pregnant and confused and lonely and needing someone to talk to. So before you judge me why dont you ask how I feel. Thats all I need to say. And one more thing enjoy posting and have a nice day.

I agree, what is wrong with communication, look at the stuff you let uzaman get away with, calling people names, judging others but if someone does a little no, no here we are banned! I do agree some do need to be banned but you are banning the wrong one's at times and life is not fair but this is not right!
All the best!

Us mods are not the ones who do the banning. When we feel that someone needs to be banned it is brought to the attention of the admin. We have to pn admin and let them read or see what is going on. Then it is up to them to ban or not to ban. I have not seen any post by the person you are talking about. If you would like to enlighten me I would be glad to read it and let admin know if necessary. I cant speak for the other mods I can only speak for myself

I can't believe you guys are making so many posts about this.

You've been told countless times mods can not do banning.
Just doesn't happen - we don't have that access.

As for wanting in on what changes are made...
Well, none of you bothered to respond to several posts I made.
I have asked people outright what they want and got nothing.
It's begining to seem like all you want is to drag this forum down.
You just want to have something to complain about.

You were given everything you asked for and still just wanted to b*tch about this forum and how nothing is ever right.

I suggest you think very very hard about what you do want and then post it in a nice adult/mature manner.

You wanted more moderation because of drama - you got it and still you're not happy, so think very careful about what you do want.

i totally agree with u taz. It got so bad for us that we all just left, although some of us do come back occasionally...It was getting better for a while, but every once in a while, something happens and everyone gets pissed off and makes so much more out of it than should be made out of it all... If u all would just give it time, the mods and admin will work to try and fix it. They can't do everything at the snap of a finger. So have patience and it will get better with time.

We want moderation to the fakes and the name calling. No where did anyone say : hey take down the pictures and move them! The reason we dont want them in other forums is then wed have to read a bizillion different forums just to catch up with everyone. I personally think it is wrong to move someones photos since they are personal property and have been posted where they are for a reason. Its hard enough keeping up with pregnancy and teen pregnancy but now I have to go check baby milestones too? I dont see what the big deal is leaving them where they are.

And of course new topics are going to get started when someone doesnt get to put in their two cents. Everyone just wants to be heard.

Then do it constructively.

If all we get is complaining and whining we won't listen.

If you tell us what you really want - be specific, lets not be general and have interpretations galore.

What specifically do you really want.

I would like to be able to come here and see everyone's pictures. I don't want to have to track them down. I believe that since babies are the end result of pregnancy then everyone should be allowed to post them here. When I was pregnant I couldn't get enough of looking at the baby pictures and trying to imagine what my son would look like.

If a pregnant woman is having any issue and makes a post then I would like to see it stay here, because I think that during pregnancy any issue that you have is pregnancy related because pregnancy sort of changes the way you view things and having someone sympathize with that ppov (pregnancy point of view) is crucial. I know it was invaluable to me.

As long as there's no drama, i'd like things the way they were as far as posting is concerned. If that's not possible I understand but I would like to say that I really and truly loved this site until the drama. Once the drama was gone it was better but then too many other things changed. Now it's a little annoying trying to keep up with old friends. This is not criticism. These are my views. Someone said that they had asked for opinions on changing the site and got no answers. If I hadn't left ehealth because of the changes that were already taking place then I would have answered. I'm here now for a moment, so this is my answer. Please could we just be a little less strict on what can be posted here?

Oh yeah, anything new from .Gen? I'm waiting to see amelia.

if we tell you what we really want? So let me get this straight... After all this it's still unclear that what we really want is for our picture posts not to be removed, and pregnancy related topics and conversations we start here no to be moved to some corner on the site. Baby pictures aren't anymore relavent in the baby milestones or baby q&a section than they are here. I mean, if your reasoning atleast made slight sense. I mean a post about esteem problems that come with ones pregnancy related body changes and weight gain moved to depression? How do you reasonably explain that to us? You can't because it doesn't even make sense. How do you explain that tazzy has posted threads with pictures of her family, and then makes it impossible for other people to do the same? Think about it, of course we are going to take it as her abusing her power. Look at the evidence, her stopping people from a thing she has specifically done herself, her not having the common sense to see when posts are pregnancy related and when they are depression related. Of course we are going to get mad. And you can't tell us that all we do is whine and that is why you guys aren't going to help us. Because that is basically saying that how you personally feels affects the job you do here. No matter in what form our concerns are presented you guys should take them seriously, or you aren't doing your jobs.

It's pretty easy to tell us we aren't dealing with things right when you mods are the ones that hold the power to change things around here, isn't it?

Actually I didnt post the pictures of my family. Blaze did.......

was it at your request? Did you take part in the post?