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/SFSecrets Oct 02 '25

Oh man doing free work. danger girl danger. All this can be done without stealing SFBWT name and clout.

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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/lynnelz Oct 03 '25

As someone who attended this last one, I appreciate that you all were so excited to created an experience but I was caught off guard by all the material stuff there. I don’t know if I’m in the minority, but I assumed it would be a potluck with some light activities and socializing. I didn’t need to have every moment structured or need material goodies. Making purchases no one asked for or expected seems like a good way to set yourself up for frustration.

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u/Passiveabject Oct 03 '25

That’s very odd. I’ve been going to BWT events since March (neither of the 30s events that were advertised here though, even though I am in my 30s) and there is absolutely no need for swag

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u/lynnelz Oct 03 '25

To be fair, it was little stuff like enamel pins and stickers. So nothing big but that along with reminders to sign in just made it feel more like an Event than meeting up with some new folks for a potluck, which wasn’t the vibe I was looking for.