Elitist?

I seemed to have missed the whole saga around this, but just came across the "minor exodus" thread last week (just a few months late!!)
You post here knowing it's public, and personal preference decides what to share and what not to share.

I like the terms of access to photo thread - 100 posts and you can see it...means that you are committed enough and are involved in the community enough to see that. Once again, you make your own call re: whether you want to share your own pictures....
With the private thread, I must say that on the quick "lurk" i did, it wasn't clear who the password came from (but maybe that's a good thing cos I am just a lurker and not a member of the weightloss thread).

Change is good - just takes some getting used to!! Stick with it OB.

Personally I understand why the weight loss girls would want a private forum. I've had my own weight loss journey and sometimes you want to share photos and personal info with the people you have gotten close to without the general public lurking. So I hold no grudge there. I have been lurking and talking regularly in these forums for over 3 years now and I have definitly noticed a massive drop in forum chat. I think it is in a big part due to facebook and it's sad. I love OB it's the only parenting forum I have stuck with. It's real kiwi women sharing honest advice and veiws with a whole lot less drama than most sites.

But I also understand how private threads could go wrong. Obviously no one wants to feel left out. Part of me feels like this is a public forum so I worry that once you start one private thread you end up with a ripple effect where everyone wants one and there's hardly anyone posting publically anymore. I guess only time will tell if it's a good idea or not.

Still at the end of the day I'm glad that OB admin are so open to ideas put forward by us. I'm glad that they are always willing to update and change the site to keep the experience here fresh.

Edited by lisa85

slightly off topic but...
I know the issue is people looking reading and not posting (lurking)

but what if you could see the top of the thread ie the original post and had to log in to see the rest of the posts.
so if someone googled and the OB thread popped up they could see the first question but needed to log in to view replies it provides some 'privacy' but still allows to draw in new members through topic searching?