Why are people so nice on this forum?

pichiPurinsesu

yeah, i get where you're coming from. it's juts a bit of fun at the end of the day. I'd hope no one took the ratings to heart

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sunnybeaches105

Damn, it is a love fest in here. It's almost as if no one is talking about religion, politics, or Paleo

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melmelw03

Tenster wrote: »

Members of this forum are generally really nice but i must admit when people post the 'rate the person above' type threads I can't help but think people over or under estimate the ratings. I've noticed that a few good looking people (my opinion) get rated down where the less attractive people (again my opinion) get rated up. Let's just be honest

10!
I mean, it's even in your name!

coalz

Word! So freakin nice & I'm a virgin to forum communication. but I'm guessing there must be some monitoring happening, cause every time I type *kitten* or *kitten* or *kitten* or this is what happens LOL

Iguessicandothis

sunn_lighter wrote: »

Tenster wrote: »

I agree but in some cases it seems that people aren't being honest. I noticed quite a good looking guy got rated really low on a number of occasions the other day and yet less attractive people got rated a lot higher. It is preference but there's no balance

hahahahaha

i know and then its like those people in the date/marry threads where some of them say they'd marry more than one person which isn't even possible except if they were in a certain sect of mormonism where polygomy is OK

or some of the super mean and untrue things people say in that stupid thread about how you're going to die. I mean i got "ice pick to the eyeball" when anyone who can see my food diary knows I'll die of a heart attack

it's like they are just playing around with people's FEELINGS and we need to be honest here so nobody gets confused and hurt

Bahahaha

Comms0p

Meh its a give and take type of thing. Lots motivation, encouragement and helpful advice for sure. I'd like more accountability myself.

samanthaschetrompf

Mormons don't practice Polygamy. There are many branches that have broken off from the main religion who may still.

Arathels

Cause we're full of happiness

MsAmandaNJ

Now I'm convinced I need to finally see Legally Blonde.

JeffS435

I think it has to do with why we are here and comment to begin with. We all want encouragement to reach our goals

crazymama2both

I tend to think people are being sarcastic before being nice. I think I've gotten beat down one too many times

jenmar222

dodsworth1 wrote: »

http://memesvault.com/wp-content/uploads/Mean-Girls-She-Doesnt-Even-Go-Here-12.jpg

Put your meme in between these brackets [img][/img] to make it show up

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jenmar222

See....

<---Nice

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jenmar222

dodsworth1 wrote: »

jenmar22 wrote: »

See....

<---Nice

Very nice indeed.
I just assumed it would show up and then it didn't and then i couldn't figure out how to delete it so i gave up on life.

So you just put link in bewteen brackets??

In between "img" brackets, like this.....

[img][/img]

diannethegeek

jenmar22 wrote: »

dodsworth1 wrote: »

jenmar22 wrote: »

See....

<---Nice

Very nice indeed.
I just assumed it would show up and then it didn't and then i couldn't figure out how to delete it so i gave up on life.

So you just put link in bewteen brackets??

In between "img" brackets, like this.....

[img][/img]

[ img ] your link here (must link directly to the image, so it should end in ,jpg or .gif) [ /img ]

Take out the spaces in the example above and you should be good to go!

SA_X

Honestly, it's because MFP starting giving strikes and bans to people who were jerks. I was here long ago and people were total turds. It's a nicer community now for the most part.

butterfli7o

Tenster wrote: »

Members of this forum are generally really nice but i must admit when people post the 'rate the person above' type threads I can't help but think people over or under estimate the ratings. I've noticed that a few good looking people (my opinion) get rated down where the less attractive people (again my opinion) get rated up. Let's just be honest

I think those threads are ridiculous anyway. What is this, middle school?

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djeffreys10

A few years ago there was a systematic banning of people pretty much anytime they told a person something other than what they wanted to hear. Someone asks about a new, waste of time cleanse or diet or whatever, better not give them facts. That's bullying. What's left is a forum that, while MUCH less useful far as dispensing actual information goes, sure is full of rainbows and unicorn farts. Which I guess was the goal.

mankars

... maybe, because most of us have a similar goal to lose weight, so we are helping each other out in here. ;-)

143tobe

usmcmp wrote: »

Let me know if that deposit comes through PayPal

Seriously though, I've read the boards on Bodybuilding.com and a few pregnancy sites.

Oh my gosh, worst community ever was some pregnancy community I belonged to. I mean, the women were generally nice and supportive, but there was always a group of 'Mean Girls' who somehow found one other and just made it their own personal goal to just make everyone else miserable. I was like, seriously? You're about to bring a kid into this world. Do the world a favor and grow the heck up before you spawn.

synchkat

143tobe wrote: »

usmcmp wrote: »

Let me know if that deposit comes through PayPal

Seriously though, I've read the boards on Bodybuilding.com and a few pregnancy sites.

Oh my gosh, worst community ever was some pregnancy community I belonged to. I mean, the women were generally nice and supportive, but there was always a group of 'Mean Girls' who somehow found one other and just made it their own personal goal to just make everyone else miserable. I was like, seriously? You're about to bring a kid into this world. Do the world a favor and grow the heck up before you spawn.

I was a member of one of these. It was awful. They'd always be quick to bash someone or tell them off. Not pleasant at all and it wasn't hormonal I'm pretty sure it was all jealousy based.

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LAMCDylan

It depends how you use the forum. It depends how involved you get and what information you are looking for. I tend to find this forum all over the place. I see some nice people, vain people, even nasty people. I see people get ripped apart by snobby/know-it-all types and many of them don't really know what they are talking about. They just parrot information. People also forget that how you look on the outside does not mean you are necessarily healthy. In the games/chat section of the forum, most if not all the threads and the participants are people seeking nothing but validation and popularity. There's little cliques too. So being able to recognize the types of people here it helps to avoid the ones you don't want to bother with and pay attention to the ones that you do. I come here to log my food and occasionally seek some information. I do not come to argue, seek validation, try to be popular, and so on.

LAMCDylan

Tenster wrote: »

I agree but in some cases it seems that people aren't being honest. I noticed quite a good looking guy got rated really low on a number of occasions the other day and yet less attractive people got rated a lot higher. It is preference but there's no balance

Those are all validation/popularity threads. And not to mention are extremely vain.