Poll - Private Profiles
Just_J_Now
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So what do you think of friends who keep their profiles private? Not just their food diaries but their entire profile. Do you delete or nah? They can stalk your pics, see who you're friends with, post on your wall etc, but you can't theirs. Fair or don't care?
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OutOfUserName wrote: »Just_J_Now wrote: »So what do you think of friends who keep their profiles private? Not just their food diaries but their entire profile. Do you delete or nah? They can stalk your pics, see who you're friends with, post on your wall etc, but you can't theirs. Fair or don't care?
how do you know if its private to friends?
I happen to have a couple on my list I was trying to stalk :laugh: and their profiles are private, so I just wondered.2 -
I don't care.2
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OutOfUserName wrote: »Just_J_Now wrote: »OutOfUserName wrote: »Just_J_Now wrote: »So what do you think of friends who keep their profiles private? Not just their food diaries but their entire profile. Do you delete or nah? They can stalk your pics, see who you're friends with, post on your wall etc, but you can't theirs. Fair or don't care?
how do you know if its private to friends?
I happen to have a couple on my list I was trying to stalk :laugh: and their profiles are private, so I just wondered.
oh okay... check mine i dont know if it is
Yours isn't. Mine is open only to friends (at least I think it is). My question is why close it to even your friends. What's the point of having mfp "friends"? idk just wondering.2 -
Interesting. I've been here long enough that I should have figured this stuff out by now, but I haven't. So now, I'm off to: 1) check the settings on my profile; and 2) stalk someone else's.1
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I'm with you. Not sure why you would close your profile to everyone and then want to add friends.6
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One of my friends that I got from a challenge group has her profile private. I know she is a teacher, so maybe she doesn't want a student to stumble across her account?3
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OutOfUserName wrote: »Just_J_Now wrote: »OutOfUserName wrote: »Just_J_Now wrote: »OutOfUserName wrote: »Just_J_Now wrote: »So what do you think of friends who keep their profiles private? Not just their food diaries but their entire profile. Do you delete or nah? They can stalk your pics, see who you're friends with, post on your wall etc, but you can't theirs. Fair or don't care?
how do you know if its private to friends?
I happen to have a couple on my list I was trying to stalk :laugh: and their profiles are private, so I just wondered.
oh okay... check mine i dont know if it is
Yours isn't. Mine is open only to friends (at least I think it is). My question is why close it to even your friends. What's the point of having mfp "friends"? idk just wondering.
probably like me didnt know lol
Well check your settings. I don't mind my friends looking at my profile (pics etc) but I don't want to share it with everyone. I understand wanting to stay private but I don't understand sending friend requests and wanting to stay private from friends.1 -
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Sometimes it annoys me, but I am sure that people have their reasons. It is also evident based on flagging/reporting/etc that some people are just haters. I have heard that sometimes these haters recruit their friends to hate as well. So I think some people are doing it to protect themselves from the MFP evildoers.
Interesting. I didn't know there were "recruiters" on here too. I'm happy to be oblivious to all of that nonsense.1 -
When I first started I kept my profile private. I am super shy. I figured if you like my personality enough to want to be my friend, why should it matter who I was friends with. I only used one picture and I (still) rarely post anything except in response to friends.
Eventually I opened it all to friends, after a while I didn't care but I knew it bothers some people so whatever, doesn't hurt me and it is my pitiful gesture at trying to be social!2 -
Just_J_Now wrote: »OutOfUserName wrote: »
I happen to have a couple on my list I was trying to stalk :laugh: and their profiles are private, so I just wondered.
Unacceptable! Equal opportunity for stalking or no one gets to!0 -
It doesn't really bother me per se, but I was wondering what the whole point of it is. Particularly the ones who request friends, not necessarily the other way around. Hence my thread. I'm curious what people think and am I just weird for thinking it can be "suspect".1
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Just_J_Now wrote: »It doesn't really bother me per se, but I was wondering what the whole point of it is. Particularly the ones who request friends, not necessarily the other way around. Hence my thread. I'm curious what people think and am I just weird for thinking it can be "suspect".
It doesn't bother me, because I was 'private' for so long, but I can say that I like it when people's profiles are open.
Funny tho, a lot of people all you see is a friend list, and to me who cares? I don't care who people are friends with.
I get what you're saying about being suspect too tho, what are you hiding, especially if you don't fill out any info?0 -
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Just_J_Now wrote: »It doesn't really bother me per se, but I was wondering what the whole point of it is. Particularly the ones who request friends, not necessarily the other way around. Hence my thread. I'm curious what people think and am I just weird for thinking it can be "suspect".
It doesn't bother me, because I was 'private' for so long, but I can say that I like it when people's profiles are open.
Funny tho, a lot of people all you see is a friend list, and to me who cares? I don't care who people are friends with.
I get what you're saying about being suspect too tho, what are you hiding, especially if you don't fill out any info?
I don't care who anyone is friends with, I just think if I allow someone to be privy to my private "stuff" (pictures, drunk status updates
etc) then they should also share theirs. Otherwise let's just be forum friends or communicate support via private messages only. *shrugs* 4 -
Soul_Radiation wrote: »I think it makes sense to befriend and support your MFP friends, and then it would make no difference in the least.
There are good reasons for various levels of privacy and you don't need to know everybody's reasons.
They are probably trying to make it through to their completely legitimate and understandable fitness/emotional/life goals just like you.
I never said I needed to know anybody's reasons so cool your jets.1 -
Just_J_Now wrote: »Just_J_Now wrote: »It doesn't really bother me per se, but I was wondering what the whole point of it is. Particularly the ones who request friends, not necessarily the other way around. Hence my thread. I'm curious what people think and am I just weird for thinking it can be "suspect".
It doesn't bother me, because I was 'private' for so long, but I can say that I like it when people's profiles are open.
Funny tho, a lot of people all you see is a friend list, and to me who cares? I don't care who people are friends with.
I get what you're saying about being suspect too tho, what are you hiding, especially if you don't fill out any info?
I don't care who anyone is friends with, I just think if I allow someone to be privy to my private "stuff" (pictures, drunk status updates etc) then they should also share theirs. Otherwise let's just be forum friends or communicate support via private messages only. *shrugs*
I agree with you, it's nice to share a bit, which I don't often. I notice that some people have their profile open to friends, but it's just a friend list (basically me!)
I actually prefer talking to people one on one, private message is my preference. But I do like reading friends posts and status updates.1 -
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beingmore1 wrote: »I assume they are disgustingly outrageous perverts. Every one of them. Even the people I know.
:laugh: Years ago I had one of those “private” friends ask me permission to jerk off to one of my pics. I deleted the perv right away but I’m sure the deed was done way before he even asked. Fun times.
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beingmore1 wrote: »I assume they are disgustingly outrageous perverts. Every one of them. Even the people I know.
Good Afternoon!1 -
I don't care about the food, and I have no one that keeps their profiles private yet. yep, delete.1
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I don't add friends who don't have a profile or something I can see that they are not just trying to sell things or just collect hundreds of friends. I don't really care about stalking people.1
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They're all catfish or trolls. Period2
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Just_J_Now wrote: »So what do you think of friends who keep their profiles private? Not just their food diaries but their entire profile. Do you delete or nah? They can stalk your pics, see who you're friends with, post on your wall etc, but you can't theirs. Fair or don't care?
I don't spend a lot of time looking at profiles and diaries, but I've actually stumbled across a few of mine that are private. Mine is open to Friends as far as I know.
What I find upsetting is the limited amount of information available on members by default now. When I started on here, all ages, genders, and locations were visible by default. Now I don't know if a person id near my age group, or living in my region, when I send a Friend Request. Previously I used that as a guide to who I should invite or accept.1 -
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