The UES Mommas Facebook group, once a supportive community for Upper East Side mothers, was terminated by Meta. Initially, it served as a platform for sharing parenting resources. However, as membership surged past 40,000, the group's dynamics shifted towards contentious and exclusionary discussions. Members began engaging in 'shaming' behavior and political debates, straying from its original intent. Comments from social researcher Wednesday Martin and others reflect a sense of relief over its closure, highlighting the group's transformation into a space that felt increasingly divisive and negative.
It was just a great resource for the things that I needed.
Despite its protests to the contrary and its insistence that its mission was to 'support mothers,' its very essence was about keeping 'certain people' and 'certain ideas' out.
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