were you the mom who discovered DH was cheating while pregnant a few years ago? I posted in UB’s final days asking if anyone ever heard from her but no one responded
UB wasn't perfect: there was a lot of hate toward the end and people were being banned left and right. I was still sad to see it go, as sometimes the posts were helpful and sometimes funny. I'm glad HM posts here sometimes.
Just think about all the ones we lost who might not have seen the message to come over here. So sad about the DHs we lost -- they were great contributors. But it happened after a holiday week/weekend, which seemed so unfair. They could have given at least 2 weeks' notice.
I also think some of the censors at CBSi were posting and that's where most of the frivolous stuff came from.
I was banned at the IP level, too, several times for commenting on political posts and for openly criticizing the mods for censoring legitimate political discourse as if a mom and occasional dad board should only talk about clothes, shoes, and babies. I was furious given that i had been on UB for more than 20 years and obviously lost hundreds upon hundreds of saved posts the first time I got banned for no legitimate reason.
All that said, I cried when it finally shut down mostly because someone posted saying, I wonder what ever happened to X -- I have always been thinking about her. Is she still here? Is she ok? She was referring to someone having a particularly hard time. She didn't get all the details exactly right, but she remembered most of it and this was from years and years back. It was me. And because I had only been lurking due to all the banning, I couldn't respond, but I was so grateful that she remembered me. I remember reading her post and saying to my computer, I'm here. I'm here. I'm ok. I made it through. Thank you so much for remembering me, and for all you did to support me. Hoping those words somehow made it to her through the universe. That's what I miss most about UB.
Gosh, you’re post made me misty eyed and I’m not one for easy crying. Was everything gold and glitter on old UB (pre crazy mods)? Of course not. But there was also so much good. Glad you’re here.
I had been banned for responding to a political post (like seriously IP banned because I tried to make new accounts and would get banned), so I was sort of ok with it, but I am so glad this place exists because I have already gotten good advice here and it sucked not being able to get that from UB. I think CBS should have monetized it somehow though.
I couldn’t believe my eyes. My account had been deleted a few months prior for nothing and I hadn’t checked in in weeks only to find out they’re shutting the site down completely. I’ve always said CBSi had no idea what to do with UB. They acquired CNet and with it came UB and after that it was a long, slow death.
I had figured the site was only around because CBS had forgotten it existed. I thought it wouldn't shut down because they had forgotten and it would just zombie on forever.
I was really sad, and really annoyed at CBS Interactive for just heartlessly shutting it down without even communicating with any of us. They gave us 5 days notice or something. What can you expect from a corporation, but still. Agree with poster above that it seemed cruel.
Disbelief, sadness, more disbelief. It felt almost cruel to pull it at that particular time. Was it really such a hard thing to simply maintain? Bummed me out more than it should’ve, but I’d been coming regularly since 2007.
were you the mom who discovered DH was cheating while pregnant a few years ago? I posted in UB’s final days asking if anyone ever heard from her but no one responded
UB wasn't perfect: there was a lot of hate toward the end and people were being banned left and right. I was still sad to see it go, as sometimes the posts were helpful and sometimes funny. I'm glad HM posts here sometimes.
I had been banned for responding to a political post (like seriously IP banned because I tried to make new accounts and would get banned), so I was sort of ok with it, but I am so glad this place exists because I have already gotten good advice here and it sucked not being able to get that from UB. I think CBS should have monetized it somehow though.
I couldn’t believe my eyes. My account had been deleted a few months prior for nothing and I hadn’t checked in in weeks only to find out they’re shutting the site down completely. I’ve always said CBSi had no idea what to do with UB. They acquired CNet and with it came UB and after that it was a long, slow death.
What happened to the UB alternative site that someone said she would create? The one that would look more like the old UB?
I was really sad, and really annoyed at CBS Interactive for just heartlessly shutting it down without even communicating with any of us. They gave us 5 days notice or something. What can you expect from a corporation, but still. Agree with poster above that it seemed cruel.
Disbelief, sadness, more disbelief. It felt almost cruel to pull it at that particular time. Was it really such a hard thing to simply maintain? Bummed me out more than it should’ve, but I’d been coming regularly since 2007.
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