"Weight loss help", yes I thought these boards were to help people....
GraceCamD
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Where exactly are the moderators on these boards? I have been on this website and on these forums for almost a year now and you can clearly tell that half the posts are fake posts (because they are so ridiculous you can tell they are made up) done by fake profiles...Something should be done about this....they are not hard to spot, I was just on an eating disorder board and spotted two right of the bat, one girl claimed to have every disorder known in the world and said she had 1224 pictures of herself on her profile, another girls profile picture was clearly not the same person as her other pictures, and what she said was ridiculous also....what is this? I thought this board was to help people...Are these peoples lives so boring they have to come on a weight loss board and try to make sport of people to make their life less boring? what the hay......
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If you see something that looks like a troll/fake profile, you can report them.0
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you what?0
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The great myfitnesspal forum conspiracy of 2015...
It's happening.
Be careful Grace, if they know your onto them, they might come for you next. Watch out for the black holicopters, they could be there any minute.0 -
We have an eating disorder board now?0
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Alatariel75 wrote: »We have an eating disorder board now?
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Where exactly are the moderators on these boards? I have been on this website and on these forums for almost a year now and you can clearly tell that half the posts are fake posts (because they are so ridiculous you can tell they are made up) done by fake profiles...Something should be done about this....they are not hard to spot, I was just on an eating disorder board and spotted two right of the bat, one girl claimed to have every disorder known in the world and said she had 1224 pictures of herself on her profile, another girls profile picture was clearly not the same person as her other pictures, and what she said was ridiculous also....what is this? I thought this board was to help people...Are these peoples lives so boring they have to come on a weight loss board and try to make sport of people to make their life less boring? what the hay......
are you sure you posted this on the right forums?
1. MFP only allows for 18 profile pics
2. MFP has no disorder board
3. Moderators are all over the place here
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Half the posts are fake, really? Presumably we are discounting the love potions and stuff?0
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Hold on, you mean the love potions aren't real?!......Well, I'm going to have an embarrassing first date at the wedding chapel tonight then!0
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judging by the amount of people I have seen in "MFP Jail' recently the moderators are alive and well.
and where is this disordered eating board? And why is a profile fake if it has 1224 pictures in it?
If the standard on here for fake profiles was posting ridiculous things we would have about 50 members on the forums, which actually does not sound like a bad idea given the level of derp ….0 -
For fake profiles, as we also counting the people who come on, and ask about "Weight Loss Supplement X, have you heard about it?!?!?!"0
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A troll about trolling?
It's too early for troll-ception.
I'm going back to bed.0 -
I'll come back to this one after I've had a coffee.
Maybe it'll make more sense then.0 -
coreyreichle wrote: »For fake profiles, as we also counting the people who come on, and ask about "Weight Loss Supplement X, have you heard about it?!?!?!"
or ..
"is this bad?"0 -
365andstillalive wrote: »A troll about trolling?
It's too early for troll-ception.
I'm going back to bed.
be afraid, be afraid….0 -
If you can figure out the group search function well enough to find an ED group, you can figure out how to report abusive members by clicking the Abuse flag. If it doesn't rise to abuse status, ignore the person and move on. I mean, really, why get het up over the number of photos a person claims ti have? How is that adversely affecting your life?0
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stevencloser wrote: »If you see something that looks like a troll/fake profile, you can report them.
/thread
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Alatariel75 wrote: »We have an eating disorder board now?
This has perked my curiosity as well. Is it a group for those in recovery? or is it a private group promoting EDs?
Maybe the OP is referring to the link(s) mentioned in d) below.
3. No Promotion of Unsafe Weight-Loss Techniques or Eating Disorders
a) Posts intended to promote potentially unsafe or controversial weight loss products or procedures, including non-medically prescribed supplements or MLM products will be removed without warning.
b) Profiles, groups, messages, posts, or wall comments that encourage anorexia, bulimia, or very low calorie diets of any kind will be removed, and may be grounds for account deletion. This includes positive references to ana/mia, purging, or self-starving. Our goal is to provide users with the tools to achieve their weight management goals at a steady, sustainable rate. Use of the site to promote, glamorize, or achieve dangerously low levels of eating is not permitted.
c) Photos intended to glamorize extreme thinness will be deleted.
d) Those seeking support in their recovery from eating disorders are welcome at MyFitnessPal. A growing list of support resources can be found in our *Eating Disorder Resources page.
*https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/1575987-eating-disorder-resources
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Where exactly are the moderators on these boards? I have been on this website and on these forums for almost a year now and you can clearly tell that half the posts are fake posts (because they are so ridiculous you can tell they are made up) done by fake profiles...Something should be done about this....they are not hard to spot, I was just on an eating disorder board and spotted two right of the bat, one girl claimed to have every disorder known in the world and said she had 1224 pictures of herself on her profile, another girls profile picture was clearly not the same person as her other pictures, and what she said was ridiculous also....what is this? I thought this board was to help people...Are these peoples lives so boring they have to come on a weight loss board and try to make sport of people to make their life less boring? what the hay......
are you sure you posted this on the right forums?
1. MFP only allows for 18 profile pics
2. MFP has no disorder board
3. Moderators are all over the place here
And go be fair, this is a busy forum. Between the amount of posts per day and the people flagging posts simply because they don't agree with them or don't like what they said (which requires a mod to review), I doubt the mods have time to start scrutinizing every account/post to decide if they are real or not.0 -
Well, you woke me up, whaddya need?0 -
Half of you are fake, own up.0
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I am so confused, it sounds like you are talking about a different site, MFP isn't like that at all...0
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I highly doubt that half the profiles are fake. If ignorance, stupidity and lastly profile pics that aren't actually the person (Why yes I am a ferret that has learned to use the internet) constitute a fake profile than it would be closer to 90-95% of users considering the amount of derp on here.
As mentioned if you find something to be disturbing such as promoting EDs use the report function or contact the mods directly as that is also in the flagging feature.0 -
There are several pro-ana groups lurking around. There are also a couple of recovery groups but they're not nearly as active. Nature of the beast. This is a dream tool for an ana and very easily abused.0
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Cryptonomnomicon wrote: »I highly doubt that half the profiles are fake. If ignorance, stupidity and lastly profile pics that aren't actually the person (Why yes I am a ferret that has learned to use the internet) constitute a fake profile than it would be closer to 90-95% of users considering the amount of derp on here.
And a horse's hiney doesn't even have fingers...
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