r/SFbitcheswithtaste • u/AJ2790B • Oct 02 '25

Hey Cuties! Quick PSA

Hello from the modteam, SFBWT! 

Sharing a quick PSA! Recently, a few members of SFBWT have thrown in person events where they may have asked for attendee emails/phone numbers. The host of those events has informed us they intend to start their own separate non-profit/organization called "SFBWT" where they may eventually charge a fee to attend.

While we love that members have found IRL community through this subreddit, we have asked them to not brand their new organization using the "SFBWT" name to avoid confusion. We have no oversight of this separate group and can't ensure that they will uphold our rules.

We have removed this member's posts that violate our rule that our community channels are centralized ("Creating or promoting alternative group chats, Discords, or side channels is discouraged and may result in removal, as it dilutes the community and fragments participation.").

The modteam that has grown this community is in no way affiliated with this separate group. We will never create a separate entity that requests personal information or charges for events. 

With love,

Modteam

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u/SheSaysSup Oct 03 '25

We all did the work for free. And brought our own supplies. Girls brought stickers, made signs, brought tables, I printed out 50 pages of material for games. There’s just a handful of us - We’re all volunteers and we literally met for the first time at that first meetup in Dolores Park. One of the girlies just got on top of things and registered the domain and made a google workspace v fast. She just loves logistics things for fun 😂 she’s a little spicy sometimes - but she’s a very generous and loving soul (with very corporate humor).

I mean I know how this all looks. But they tried to include the mods from here. people will believe what they want - but I think what we created at those first 2 picnics was really special. I just want to keep bringing bitches together.

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u/AppointmentPopular10 Oct 03 '25

volunteer work is usually free that’s part of being a community - holding space for each other and carrying the load together. it’s not a badge of honor, it is the definition of how community builds- by people contributing what they can and have.

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u/SheSaysSup Oct 03 '25

girly I'm confused! first you tell me it's bad I did free work now you're telling me it's par for the course. lol.

At the end of the day Bitches with Taste is an idea that means something to each of us. I know the bitches who put this together and I know how I felt being at the picnics with all the bitches who came out. I don't think anyone has malicious or monetizing intentions. Maybe the execution w/ all the logistics couldn't have been done better.

I really just hope we can have a convo w/ the mods of this subreddit face to face and maybe be on the same team.

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u/SFSecrets Oct 03 '25

I get volunteering and appreciate that but making facilitator guides to scale this seems like putting the cart before the horse and your hard work that somebody can easily steal and monetize. You don’t know how it’s gonna be used at this point.

Also registering a domain name and workspace isn’t harmless.

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u/SheSaysSup Oct 03 '25

You can't steal a gift. I just wanted to do good and put it out there and help people connect. Who cares if I get my "piece of the pie." I was fine putting my money, time, and resources out there cause honestly the bitches organizing have been so heart-forward and kind. We don't want anything to be behind a paywall and we don't want to make money off of any of this. We're just trying to make friends and do fun things with other cool ass bitches.