You replied! I feel like I’m talking to a celebrity 🤩

Can you do an AMA after this all blows over?

FWIW,I stand by that comment, which was specifically targeted to the donkeys brigading the sub and launching personal attacks against the mod. And as the mod mentioned, I didn’t apply for the job. Part of me wants to, if for no other reason to enrage the donkeys, but for now I’m too busy.

And lastly, I have no interest in building bridges with said donkeys. I am however willing and interested in having good faith discussions about the pros/cons of biking infrastructure (or any other infrastructure).

Ngl but seeing as you also get downvoted into oblivion and seem to be pretty disliked, you really don't seem like an adequate replacement for the sake of bridge building if that's what this is about.

Just my two cents, on what the stated goal is though. Your assignment seems like it'd only cause a greater devide based on what people perceive you as, even if this is just not even remotely true. Optics often matter more than fact when public relations are involved sadly.

Edit: grammar and spelling, I'm a bitt very much dyslexic, haha

Edit 2: wanted to check out why the other dude called Clark an alt and while I didn't see suspicious behaviour (imo clearly not at all an alt account, just a reg human like all of us) I did find this. like seriously, you lot say that you want to build bridges but also say stuff like this. https://www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeMA/comments/yja1wo/come_join_rcamberville/iuowpjx?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

I’ve enjoyed this sub. So thank you. I’m also sick to death of the car vs. bike bullshit. It always turns into vitriolic Twitter style rants.

Sorry to see you go.

Thanks for the input! Beth Israel seems like a good option too.

I have heard that they are great for vbac! This is my first so everything’s new to me but so glad to hear you had a positive experience!

Thanks so much for this great info! And I’m so sorry for your loss earlier this year.

The conflict is not actually about cycling, it's about how the sub is moderated. Banning people for voicing dissent to a rule that was arbitrarily added, deleting posts about it, deleting and shutting down the comment section, is not a good way to run a discussion forum. People are rightfully upset about that. Once the sub is properly managed I'd be happy to talk to you about infrastructure and traffic safety issues.

I’ve heard good things about Brigham as well! Definitely seems like a good place to be especially if you’re high risk.

Just chiming in as some others have recommended neither. We had our child at the Brigham in 2018 - I was high risk, so I was in MFM but I couldn’t imagine having a child anywhere else. They’re literally connected to Children’s, so IF something needs the highest level of care, they don’t even have to go outside. For me, as I mentioned, high risk (placenta previa, brain aneurysm) and they were so on top of things, making me feel like it would be ok, and ultimately is was. But I can tell you that when I wasn’t doing well and our child wasn’t breathing, my husband was so grateful to be there.

Unfortunately it is closed right now, but I have heard great things about the birth center!

I’ve heard only good things about the birth center! It’s a shame it’s closed right now due to covid but hopefully will open again in the not too distant future.

This is great to hear. Can I ask if your wife was working with the midwives or the OBs?

Wife delivered at Mount Auburn in 2016. Wanted to do natural, but ended up needing a scheduled c-section due to a few complicating factors. Every aspect of the experience was wonderful. My wife is a POC, so was very nervous about the risks associated with women of color and childbirth, so we were both extremely vigilant and relentless self-advocates. We stayed in a huge comfortable room for 4 days. Even though they are not known as c-section specialists, her doctor was amazing and her scar barely shows. Our baby was 4lb 11oz when we left the hospital, but super healthy (she was 4 weeks 'early'). All in all, a really great experience there, zero complaints.

>One.

Bahahahahahaha

It's because in another thread I pointed out that many of the negative comments were from accounts that were days or months old, and that they all shared a similar infantile, entitled, reasoning. This led to my speculation that we were being brigaded by sock puppets from a small number of individuals.

Lol. Just looks at all the posts from the haters here: most of them are months or days old. It's pretty obvious who is leveraging the sock puppets here. /u/taylorhayward_boston don't give these fools any weight, it will just embolden them.

Brigading. Duh.

Sorry, I'm just trying to understand the intensity of the conflict. Is that toxic? If telling some people that they might be losing their bearings in an argument is toxic, I don't know really how to apply a reality check. The trouble is that I haven't heard any actual argument of substance about this stuff. It's just some kind of bicycle identity group with whom some of us don't feel kinship. Maybe if you could help us understand why this is such a motivating aspect of your identity, we'd get it. I use a bicycle to commute for part of the year. The bike lanes are dramatically better now than 10 years ago, when none of them existed at all. Seems good?

I'm curious, how did you come up with your theory that u/ClarkFable and I are related in some way?

I can assure you u/ClarkFable has not put his/her name in the hat.

You should step down as mod. And you should go for a bike ride.

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One. They can decide who they want to add as additional mods and how they want to include the community in the process.

Glad to hear it.