ivillage.com

I used to be a CL on one of the boards and loved it. Well they changed the format and I HATE it. It is not very user-friendly. I just don't understand why it had to be changed. By the way our whole board picked up and moved to anotjer site.

Last I checked discrimination wasn't allowed. Yet Ivillage continues to do so despite all the negative feedback. You ask me how they're discriminating? well think of this, the boards are hard as heck to read for any "normal" person, what isn't it like for us with disabilities (vision impairment, dyslexia etc) I'll tell you what it's like, it's IMPOSSIBLE!!! we've all tried to tell them, in constructive ways, emailed feedback, had our cl's do the same etc. Clearly ivillage is happy being a discriminating selfish site that has no considerantion for it's people or the law. (discrimination is illegal right?)

sucks. It is incredibly hard to follow the threads, see who responds, follow the conversations, understand the format, and it is just plain inconvenient. I truelly dislike the new way the boards are. I chose ivillage boards soley because they were easy to read, understand and follow. Now they are just as bad as the other sites. Unless they change them back the way they were, I doubt they will last long. Lots of people are leaving. Hardly anyone posts anymore. I know I won't be back. It is too bad for those who really liked this site.

I'm been a member of PP since 1998. Unfortunatley this bulletin board change they recently implemented has caused me to visit their boards even less than I was. I'm sure they've lost a lot of members in the last month because of it. Just because a bb is different, doesn't make it better.

I really tried to stick it out-to adapt. I only found one board the format works on. Then I decided that it just wasn't worth my energy. I can't believe that I lost such a valuable resource as these boards. I really needed the insight of the BTDT Moms on some of the boards I posted on. Who is the marketing genius that thought this would work? Blech!

and now due to the change in message board format - it's where I spend less than 5% of it. The content of the website itself is wonderful and useful - but the disregard for user support on it's boards has left me disapointed.

Do any of you business challenged women know how much money iVillage has spent on providing a site for you? Half a BILLION dollars. That's billion with a B. Half a billion dollars of money is down the drain. Most here do not recognize iVillage's obligation to try to be a real business - a business that can make money. If they can't take the necessary steps to try to make money, they will surely ultimately die. As far as I'm concerned, folks that spend all their time bashing iVillage now are simply fair weather friends. Don't live under the delusion that in the past your presence made iVillage money - it surely didn't. iVillage brought your groups together with the money they spent and now you spit it back in their faces. Imagine if iVillage didn't exist and your groups never came together. Put in that context, "Get over it" makes a lot of sense. iVillage is a great site, and it's helped a lot of people. Discounting all that over a software change is mind boggling.

I was going to the fibro board at least daily. Now I don't. The board is ackward to use,takes time, and is not well set-up. I am an IT professional and our focus is on the end-user and the easy of use of a system when we make changes. This is not the case with the changes to the IVillage boards. Were there any end-users included in the system development? Enhancements need to be made to the new board format to make it easier to use and faster for people with dial-in.

My God are some people here goofy... well, majority really since you're all saying the same thing. "Oh I Used to LOVE ivillage, now it sucks" "I've been through pregnancies, miscarrages, depression, etc... and it was great, now it just sucks" Well EXCUSE ME, but when you were going through all your life's precious moments, you got the support you needed from MEMBERS, not the BOARD FORMAT. The biggest reason why those supportive members aren't there any more, is because you WERE the supportive members, and oh, something changes that you don't like so you have to parade around and chant about how crappy you think ivillage is??? Give me a BREAK! YOU are the ones that made it "crappy" by giving up and leaving!!!!!!!!! Grow up!!!!

I hate the new boards, but what I hate most is that I'm a cl on one of these boards and never can get a reply to my emails. Then eventually when I do their so rude in their emails. I take my time to volunteer for this site and they treat me like I'm nothing but dog crap!! The only reason I stay on is because their are some wonderful women on my board. I hope one day soon this site will dissappear just like most of the members have.