Hellobee Boards

@JennyPenny: yes so glad this is still here!

I really miss the blog and I wish that piece had closure. I am glad the boards are still a bit active though.

I miss the blogs so much. I still check every day to see if there's been a change there.

I do miss the blogs. Honestly I'm in and out on the boards because I'm already online all day. Hoping that changes later this year! Still one of the nicest mom communities I think.

I was thinking the other day that it feels like the end of an era, not just with hellobee but more broadly. I've been online since the very early days of the internet and have seen it change so much. My understanding, though it isn't my area of expertise, is that changes in ad algorithms have really favored major platforms, and make it hard for a site like hellobee to be profitable. If they remove liability protection for content posted on your platform, which has merits, that will just further favor the big sites. I know there are some real cesspools on the internet, but the wild west nature of it also allowed niche communities like hellobee that are just amazing.

@JennyPenny: I think that is really true about feeling more shame as they get older. As if it’s less to blame on that age and it’s you or the kid that is doing something wrong. I have definitely posted here what I might not post on my neighborhood mom group! I guess part of that too is anonymity. My 9 year old is old enough to be self conscious if a friend’s mom knew something about her, while a 2 year old doesn’t care.

I can't really complain b/c I honestly was not even on here for months at a time, and very limited even now. But HB was on my RSS feeds so if I saw a blog post go up, I always made sure to read/comment to support the bloggers!

@ChitownRo: I really want to know how they've been too! Regardless of what has happened & what they did/did not do well with HBl; I wish them the best and want to know if they're okay.