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If Hellobee shut down, what other baby sites would you start using?

A few people mentioned that there are lots of free baby sites:

* "If there was a paid vs. free portion of the site, I'd keep using it but (as much as I hate to say this), I think I'd end up moving to a free site instead"
* "I think if there was a fee, people would migrate to different sites offering similar things with no fee."
* "As a new user though, no way [I would pay] because there are lots of free baby blogs and free baby forums."

Just curious: if Hellobee shut down, what other baby sites would you start using?

  1. immabeetoo

    honeydew / 7687 posts

    I wasn't someone who said that - but if HB shut down I'd probably seek out diaper swappers or the bump or babycenter.

  2. .twist.

    pineapple / 12802 posts

    I would probably stay on wedding bee. I know it's not baby but their baby section is the closet environment to here.

    Honestly, the forums for babies are awful and I hate them. I would probably go to them because I'm addicted to forums but I would not enjoy myself. babycenter, thebump. bleh!

  3. Mrs. Pickle

    blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts

    I wouldn't join any others.

  4. banana

    coconut / 8299 posts

    I wouldn't join any others either.

  5. LemonLong

    pear / 1698 posts

    I belong to a couple baby communities on LiveJournal so I would probably just stick to those.

  6. MsMini

    grapefruit / 4056 posts

    I would be more active in my local Mom FaceBook groups.

  7. tororojo

    grapefruit / 4669 posts

    Gross...I would just quit using the internet and sit at home eating donuts all day.

    Or MAYBE I would use Weddingbee, but there are so many people on it and way more ridiculous posts to weed through. There's a local moms forum I would probably use a lot more, come to think of it.

  8. StbHisMrs

    pomegranate / 3329 posts

    I would probably go back to Weddingbee. The other forums are mean and nasty. HB is by far the best!

  9. sunny

    coconut / 8430 posts

    I'd be more active on my local Mom/Parenting Facebook groups too.

  10. lovehoneybee

    GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts

    I would probably go back to the WB Babies board...but not be nearly as happy there as I am here. I don't really go to any other baby boards...I browse Baby Center sometimes, but I just don't get that...sitting chatting with my friends vibe like I do here.

  11. sslm

    cantaloupe / 6397 posts

    I would be incredibly sad!!!! I don't know where I'd go.

  12. T.H.O.U.

    wonderful clementine / 24134 posts

    I was on WB when we were NTNP and it was great but when I got pregnant I needed more day to day threads about women going through pregnancy. I joined the bump and got involved in my month board. There was drama but I made some great friends that I am still connected with on a Facebook group. I do like HB much more and hope that with #2 I can get involved in a month board group here.

  13. CarrieLouWho

    persimmon / 1408 posts

    I would cry if HB shut down. I wouldn't join any other sites, the environment just isn't the same as here (warm, loving, wonderful, non-judgy, no drama).

  14. Boogs

    hostess / papaya / 10540 posts

    I just wouldn't use another site. I didn't before HB, and I wouldn't start if there was no HB.

  15. MrsCastro

    persimmon / 1491 posts

    nope!!! not interested...

  16. travelgirl1

    cantaloupe / 6630 posts

    Weddingbee probably, and I'd ask my friends IRL more but one of the reasons I love HB is none of my friends really have babies.... just my sisters and I sometimes feel a bit dumb asking them since they're so much younger than me : )

  17. mrs. bird

    bananas / 9628 posts

    this is the most depressing thread title ever.

    i would join @tororojo: at her doughnut eating pity party. i don't like the bump or baby center. they aren't nice & i find a lot of baby center articles have misinformation in them. maybe i'd spend time on diaper swappers, they seem a bit better than the former 2 mentioned. mostly i'd just wander the internet lost, lonely and sad. i love hb. i would miss everyone terribly!

  18. spaniellove

    honeydew / 7916 posts

    HB is the only baby/pregnancy-related community I've felt okay being a part of...The Bump has a lot of forums, but boy can it get snarky.

  19. mrsjazz

    coconut / 8234 posts

    If I have specific questions I would ask my mommy friends or rely on Dr. Google. For community, I guess I'd go back to WB if a lot of the members here went back, too...but it wouldn't be the same.

    I tried a few other communities and I just didn't like the vibe.

  20. Honeybee

    pomelo / 5178 posts

    I've been on other sites and I'm not interested in returning to them. I would probably just be done with baby boards if HB shut down.

  21. Pepper

    pomelo / 5820 posts

    I wouldn't join or post on any other baby sites.

  22. BSB

    hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts

    Gasp!! Oh, no! HB shutdown?!?! I don't know. I haven't looked.

    Weddingbee is an option but it wasn't dedicated to just babies. I've pretty much moved on from those wedding planning days.

    I am a member of a Facebook infertility group but it doesn't have the community like HB does.

  23. banana

    coconut / 8299 posts

    @mrbee: I had a dream a month ago that HB was shut down and I was so sad!

  24. CupQuakeWalk

    coconut / 8475 posts

    Why are my talking about sad things today!?
    I wouldn't go anywhere...I'd be done!
    I'd grab a few HB #s though & keep in touch with the few that I talk to most often.

  25. SleepyMonkey

    grapefruit / 4006 posts

    there's no other website like this! i'd be depressed. probably wouldn't use any other website.

  26. Reese

    pomegranate / 3521 posts

    I would probably go to WB or do a more thorough search when we started to seriously try. I came here from WB because after the wedding I was so "over" talking about anything wedding related and I wasn't a big fan of what it was turning into. I came to HB because I knew we would want kids in our near future, I like forums and the ladies aren't so bad either

  27. HabesBabe

    grapefruit / 4400 posts

    Local FB moms groups, probably. The Bump/BabyCenter is drama-rama and WB boards drive me bonkers.

  28. .twist.

    pineapple / 12802 posts

    @mrs. bird: haha you've have other HBers to wander with... we could start a HB lose support facebook group.

  29. sorrycharlie

    hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts

    I'd just stick to my Facebook due date group! And harass the local Bees from the meetup, cough @mrs. bird

  30. chopsuey

    hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts

    none. I get weekly updates from babycenter and that's it!

  31. mediagirl

    hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts

    There is a local mommy group in my area I am a member of, I would probably become more active there. I would also scope out more Facebook groups.

  32. Mrs. Grizzly Bear

    GOLD / grapefruit / 4555 posts

    I'm not sure where I would go. There are a lot of free baby sites but they're more of an interesting read than an indepth discussion. I feel like at HelloBee there's both - lots of point of views, different experiences, and great discussions all rolled into one.

    But we can't afford to spend money right now. I don't even pay for my magazine subscriptions, they were a gift. So unless someone gifted me a subscription to HelloBee, I would have to leave and make due with my blog and hopefully some of the wonderful people on this site would find me from there.

  33. Smurfette

    GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts

    I wouldn't know where else to go

  34. Turd Ferguson

    pomegranate / 3160 posts

    I probably wouldn't join/participate in any other site, but I'd read/check-in/lurk on WB, The Bump, or just use the Googles.

  35. Mrs. Superhero

    GOLD / pear / 1845 posts

    I wouldn't go anywhere. This is the only forum I currently use. Maybe I would go to Clickin Moms...which is ironically a paid forum.

  36. prettylizy

    GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts

    This is the only online community I am a part of, I would jump on the doughnut bandwagon with the others in their pity party and start playing bejeweled blitz and mahjong on my ipad.

    I paid for the add free version of both

  37. MrsRcCar

    grapefruit / 4712 posts

    I would probably not join any other site. I would just keep up with other mom's on our FB group. It would be a shame though.

  38. Arden

    honeydew / 7589 posts

    All the other sites suck. Hellobee rules.
    I would be a very sad person, and instead of joining another site I would just picket Park Slope with a sign that said "Why did you have to take away my only friends?" lol

    Seriously though, Hellobee is so many worlds better than any other site I've found, but our budget is so tight I couldn't pay for it. If we made a little more money though, I would pay to have it.

  39. littlek

    GOLD / squash / 13576 posts

    I would not join any other site.

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