what is up with the "guessing game" posts??

[Rainbow baby]

I personally dont care, guessing is a fun obsession to me and I would like to know if I am right or wrong in guessing but have no flipping idea and can't be bothered to go back and check.. Rude maybe a touch but hey I guess you want to test the waters and for the most of us can be a little ocd. I have seen a lot of people invest way too much into the nub guessing and getting disappointed. I don't think you should do any thing I think the hole nub guessing is a great way to pull in the people numbers to the site. Maybe if you got a qualified u/s tech to guess I may pay but otherwise if too many things become private and as a sorta regular if there is nothing to see what's the point of coming back if half the site is hidden...

[nuthinbutpink]

Atomic's original post wasn't about us guessing on nubs. That's the whole point of this forum. It was about a couple of threads that posters were "testing" us because they already knew the genders. Those don't really bother me...it's all for fun and I just don't spend that much time looking at them.

So, guess away! Nubs are subjective with a still image. A tech would only really help with a live scan. Lots of us know exactly what to look for but it's always subjective with one still image.

Have fun with it!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Yes I don't care about nub guessing/obsessing or people who want confirmation or second opinions about their nubs. Please post, post away. The entire reason I asked the question is that it seemed odd to me for people who already knew the gender of their baby to post pictures to "test our skill" and even more so for kids that were already born. I feel like people's time is very valuable and it just rubbed me the wrong way. I was curious if it was just me (which it may very well have been).

No one is saying anyone needs to pay, there will always be plenty of stuff to see for free around here, but the fact is the site takes money to run at this level without monkeyshines and the privacy issues are a consideration. It's also just easier for me as a busy gal to keep track of the people who I know and care about when their posts aren't lost in the shuffle of a bunch of people who only post once in this forum, KWIM??

[atomic sagebrush]

I think some people may come to this site as they have no clue how to guess on a nub... Hence the Internet search for someone who can help. I myself have posted guesses on some pics and gotten stuff all guesses on my own, so I understand the frustration. But I won't be paying to become a member. I simply don't have the money.

Please read the original post, I was not talking about people who post nubs for guessing or confirmation. There was this tiny handful of people who already knew their baby's gender and even posting nubs for kids that were already born, to test people. I was not talking about the majority of posters and nor was I talking about people who show up to post once and get guesses. I don't have time to load up posts to guess nubs on babies that are already born and walking around.

We are NOT talking about making all ultrasounds Dream Members only, we are talking about having a separate section for Dream Members so people who are active members of the site can post there (and maybe it is a bit easier for ol' atomic with her 3 remaining brain cells, to keep track of people that way). That doesn't mean that people who are active members of the site and not Dream Members are not equally welcome here. You are!!! Everyone is equally welcome here but we need to keep the site functioning in the ways that will work the best for the majority of everyone and we were really just brainstorming about ways in which to do that.