UrbanBaby

07.02.20, 17:21 PM General Topics
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Let’s make this the master thread for suggestions of where to move UB. So far, I’m seeing Subreddit as the main one. Any other ideas or someone who wants to build a Ub replica website? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.02.20, 05:21 PM Flag

Dear UrbanBaby community,

Thank you so much for being a valued member of the UrbanBaby community. We wanted to inform you that we are shutting down the site on July 6th. We are grateful for your participation and support that has helped make UrbanBaby such an important resource to parents for many years.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can email us at urbanbaby-support@cbsinteractive.com.

Thanks so much,

UrbanBaby Support

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General Topics 07.02.20, 05:22 PM Flag

A subreddit is a terrible idea unless you want your posts stolen and passed around by fake journalists and YouTubers doing dramatic readings. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 05:24 PM Flag

Okay so what else? You’re right I do see lame articles on the Daily Mail that are lifted entirely out of popular reddit threads. It might not be a popular sub though and journalists didn’t ever take them from here. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 05:27 PM Flag

Yeah, I don’t want people to make fun of us as being a bunch of Karen’s. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 05:30 PM Flag

Okay so what are our other options? Would people even find us to make fun on Reddit? I initially heard about UB ten years ago from a NY Mag article after the Krim kids were killed. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 05:33 PM Flag

urban baby isn't private though. wouldn't they have done it by now?? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 06:12 PM Flag

I see another suggestion about Dc Urban Moms and making the NYC thread active. What do people think of that? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 05:23 PM Flag

Can we build our own website and chip in via a GoFundMe? Any one here who does websites and can make this a reality? There must be one among all of us [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 05:30 PM Flag

Can we all write in to CBS to petition to keep UB? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 05:53 PM Flag

I emailed them [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 05:55 PM Flag

I will too! If CBS wants to shut it down, maybe NBC can buy it? That way we can get more Tina Fey sightings! [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 06:04 PM Flag

Please write back if they respond to your emaail!! I'll send them one too. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 07.02.20, 06:11 PM Flag