trolls vs support

MsJulesRenee

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senecarr

Depends on what you mean by support, there isn't mutual exclusion.
I'll support and validate any person's feelings - a feeling can't be wrong, only what gets done with it.
I won't support and validate everyone's "facts". I, and I think a number of people here, think that letting someone persist in believing false information is the opposite of support. It is leaving them the victim of false information. Losing weight is hard, but I think it is a lot harder when dealing with it on top of belief in the wrong ideas about how it works.

Best wishes for your education, and sorry if you got left with serious doubt about it.

_John_

shell1005 wrote: »

I believe support is actually calling someone out when they are sharing misinformation. It's supportive not only of that person, but of anyone else reading that misinformation on the forums. Sure, there are a bunch of different ways you can do that, however it is still support.

I have always been under the philosophy that support comes in all shapes, sizes and tongues. What is supportive to one person is not to someone else. So, I take what support or advice works for me...and the rest the others to those that it may be the support they need. I don't proclaim that my support is the best and only way and dictate that support should only look like what I need.

"support" here too often means you have to be a dittohead for whatever is being discussed.

diannethegeek

senecarr wrote: »

Depends on what you mean by support, there isn't mutual exclusion.
I'll support and validate any person's feelings - a feeling can't be wrong, only what gets done with it.
I won't support and validate everyone's "facts". I, and I think a number of people here, think that letting someone persist in believing false information is the opposite of support. It is leaving them the victim of false information. Losing weight is hard, but I think it is a lot harder when dealing with it on top of belief in the wrong ideas about how it works.

Best wishes for your education, and sorry if you got left with serious doubt about it.

^This exactly. Weight loss and healthy is already a minefield of quick fixes and advertisers and magazines looking to make a buck with the next big thing. Most people come into it confused and with a whole lot of conflicting information bombarding them. Wouldn't it be great if someone training to become a healthcare professional could help us to dispel some of those myths?

jgnatca

Oh. You have a different idea who the trolls are and who are the support folks. How about the attention troll advocating unhealthy behavior towards food? Many contributors swarm to these sorts of threads trying to warn people away. A sad consequence is that the thread goes viral. So much attention on bad behavior.

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