Facebook Is No Place For Baby Diarrhea

carolee7
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 02:10 pm: [report]

REALLY?! ...Eew! I can’t imagine wanting to share that kind of info with others… ever!

missduplicity
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 02:13 pm: [report]

Jesus, Jessica. We get it. Parenthood is the bane of your existence. I think it’s time to find something new to write about.

At any rate, I think that anybody sad enough to be seriously perturbed by someone else’s facebook status shouldn’t be allowed on social networking sites. It is ALL about oversharing sh*t (of the literal or figurative variety) that others won’t care about. If parental status updates bother you…don’t add parents to your facebook list.

But if you DO have parents on your list, please note that we’re sure that you’re not excited to hear about little Johnny’s bowel movements—just like we are, um, less-than-thrilled to read about which skeezy guy you went home with after drinking _____ number of jager bombs at Party X.

Lita24
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 02:16 pm: [report]

Jessica, I’m with you. Some people are natural over-sharers, but I don’t post the status of my poop when I’m sick, and I’m sure that Shirley wouldn’t have if she didn’t have a kid. Keep it to yourself.

joyy
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 02:24 pm: [report]

uh, you know you can adjust your settings to “see less of” a person, or put your friends into lists so that over-sharers of all types (baby poop or otherwise) can be just one separation of your friends so that you can only really keep closer tabs on certain people, right?  learn to use your settings girl.

Riley
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 02:28 pm: [report]

@Missduplicity - Wow.  Net-rage much?  I think this is an article about over sharing; new parents are notorious for this.  I don’t care that your kid went on the potty and got a new toy car; it just doesn’t interest me.  Whether I find out on Facebook or when we are out at a bar having drinks.

By the way, I think the photo is from the site.  It is safe to say we all know how to change the newsfeed settings.

Rose
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 02:34 pm: [report]

I have kids.  I have never, I will never, I would never, post sh*t like that.  Pun intended.

likeOMGkbye
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 02:50 pm: [report]

Everyone can relax, because she is just posting to another blog. And seriously, no one wants to hear how much your baby crapped, I don’t care how much of a doting parent you are. Nobody cares.

writergirl
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 02:58 pm: [report]

My girlfriends and I post kid updates all the time.  Not necessarily who sh*t what when, but things like, “The child has been sick with a fever of 103 for five days.  Can I start drinking at noon?” (That was really one of my status updates, a few months ago)

You write what you know—my friends and I know kids.  Hence….

Now, I tend to have all mommy friends and the only singles on my list are my nieces.  And even some of my mommy’s friends status updates I find annoying, so I can understand your frustration.  I don’t need a blow-by-blow of the kid’s illness every few hours.  “Tommy threw up.  Poor baby.”  “Tommy sneezed green boogers.  Poor baby!”  I don’t have the requisite sympathy for it.  Your kid is sick, get over it, we all do.

Ginger
wrote on June 29 2009 @ 03:29 pm: [report]

This is bad, but still not as bad as actually seeing parents coo over ‘what a big poop you made, yes you did, yes you did’.

In public.

In a mall.

In front of a store.

Because I guess the changing table in the bathroom was occupied?

missduplicity
wrote on June 30 2009 @ 05:33 am: [report]

@Riley -

Sure, if that’s what you want to call it. I’m just noticing that the “parents are so lame” trend on the Frisky seems to all be coming from Ms. Wakeman. Yeah, it annoys me. I resent the idea that non-parents think this is the kind of sh*t we really get excited about (no pun intended), or that my life as a parent is made up of days that the most eventful thing that happened to me was poop. Yeah, there are days like that. But to continuously harp on the less-than-glamorous parts of parenthood for the sake of amusement or a brief boost in readership…is a bitch move. Period.

Yeah. Once or twice when my kid was sick and raining poop like there was no tomorrow, it may have made it onto my facebook status. That little box is almost constantly filled with irrelevant bursts of TMI…and, silly me, maybe I thought that some of the people on my list who were tuned into my feed would have perhaps CARED that my kid was sick and I was a worried new mom. Because my friends actually do hold at least a little bit of concern for me, and my progeny.

I guess that’s too much for Ms. Wakeman’s friends to expect from her?

Riley
wrote on June 30 2009 @ 05:42 am: [report]

Woe is me, Missduplicity.

Maybe you should just get over it?  It is an article about a site, pretty much a “hey, this is funny, have a look” deal.  If you want to read into it that much and see the eternal struggle of The Frisky vs. Parenthood, have a ball.

By the way, that line rhymed and it was awesome.

missduplicity
wrote on June 30 2009 @ 06:13 am: [report]

@Riley - it would be funny if it were an isolated incident. In fact, with a little less targeted humor, I’d probably find it funny. I’d definitely find it funny coming from another parent. But coming from a 20-something single with no kids, who has lately taken to routinely insulting parents with her “humorous” articles (ie, the “10 Reasons Not To Have Kids Yet…or Ever” debacle), it isn’t funny. It’s irritating.

The Frisky is a business. They want customers (readers). Moms, particularly younger ones like myself, want to still feel connected to the world outside of gymboree class. A lot of my younger mom friends love TF; it is one of the few sites that I’ve always felt still spoke to me as a peer even after I became a parent—there’s some light stuff that I can enjoy, but enough real current issues (and intelligent posters) that reading here doesn’t make me feel like less of an adult (the way one feels when they peruse, say, perezhilton.com).

But it seems like, for as much as I and other young moms enjoy this site, we are being given a big fat stink eye by Ms. Wakeman and certain regular posters. Continuously seeing articles aimed at making fun of parents/parenthood alienates a large client base for TF, essentially telling us “You’re Not Welcome Here.”

I also frequent many “for moms” sites and forums…and Ms. Wakeman’s previous mockery of childbearing has already been getting some serious negative attention in some of those places. Sure, you can say that there’s no such thing as “bad” publicity, but as you can see by my reaction to this article, there’s nothing more vindictive and bitchy than a pissed-off momma. These women—many of whom would probably enjoy the articles on TF—are now likely to never visit the site, or worse, to discourage friends and family from doing so.

It’s just not good business sense, outside of being rude and hurtful. Seems like TF would want to be more considerate of its wide range of subscribers…if not, perhaps they should more clearly label the site as one that is “not for parents.”

avalari
wrote on June 30 2009 @ 06:14 am: [report]

Hey duplicity, calm yourself. They have websites for parents. Huggies.com or something. This is a site with a younger, single demographic, in case you haven’t noticed. It doesn’t mean you aren’t welcome, it just means sometimes people will post about things that aren’t for parents.

...Speaking of telling parents to STFU. I love that site. I think I’ll Facebook about it right now.

Parents are like that, and no I don’t want to hear about how someones little angel just sh*t and its a new color. I know it’s a big deal to them that little Connor or Riley threw up into thier mom’s mouth, it’s friggin gross. I also don’t want to hear my single friends tweeting about thier dog’s eye boogers either. It works both ways.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK JESS!

VannaMarie
wrote on June 30 2009 @ 07:52 am: [report]

As with all websites, there is stuff that appeals to certain readers and stuff does not. If you don’t think you will enjoy an article, don’t click on it! Some of us found this article well written and entertaining because we can identify with it. There are other articles on here that appeal to some people, but not me. No big deal!

I am glad that the Frisky is here for my daily entertainment, and that we all can identify with articles written, even if not ALL articles written. Keep up the good work to ALL contributors!!!

fallonthecity
wrote on June 30 2009 @ 08:49 am: [report]

Haha, there are just some things that NOBODY wants to know.

sam04
wrote on June 30 2009 @ 09:25 am: [report]

@missduplicity:  I don’t understand why it would be funny coming from another parent, but not from a childless person.  That seems a tad silly.

BlueVibe
wrote on July 2 2009 @ 10:05 am: [report]

I don’t mind kid updates but I can do without then body-waste ones.  I don’t post updates on my dog’s bodily functions, after all.