Sugar Woo
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I have been seeing so many woos on this site lately! I feel like some people just don’t know what it means? I think it would be simpler if it was I just “dislike” or “disagree” because I’ve seen lots of good and insightful posts getting wooed.5
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Mazintrov13 wrote: »I have been seeing so many woos on this site lately! I feel like some people just don’t know what it means? I think it would be simpler if it was I just “dislike” or “disagree” because I’ve seen lots of good and insightful posts getting wooed.
There's a thread on that in the suggestion forum
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10638502/the-woo-button
Not sure if the powers are looking at options or not. I vote for BS, but doubt that will be the final answer.2 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »Mazintrov13 wrote: »I have been seeing so many woos on this site lately! I feel like some people just don’t know what it means? I think it would be simpler if it was I just “dislike” or “disagree” because I’ve seen lots of good and insightful posts getting wooed.
There's a thread on that in the suggestion forum
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10638502/the-woo-button
Not sure if the powers are looking at options or not. I vote for BS, but doubt that will be the final answer.
I'm with you!--BS--obviously "bro science" although the other fits too.4 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »Doesn't this demonstrate the pointlessness of the woo button? The OP didn't know why they were being woo'd, leading to a long debate about why it was woo/whether it was woo, etc.
Great point.
The Woo button can mean the same thing as Insightful or Inspiring depending on its source.
No, it doesn't.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
"In our community Woo means that you think an idea or approach is too good to be true."
Bingo.
Don't take this the wrong way, but is English not your first language or are you just not familiar with the actual meaning of the idiom "too good to be true"? It is not a positive thing and is not reinforcing what you believe the definition of woo to be. It's the opposite. It means that you must be skeptical, because it is unbelievable and most likely NOT the case. So good in a way that is difficult to believe. You just agreed with a phrase that means the complete opposite of what you are trying to tell us woo means. Kind of ironic actually.
Woo means someone "thinks" an idea or approach is too good to be true is the way I read it.
Where I take a woo to be positive or negative is left up to me and no one else since a woo or any other button is just a personal opinion. Anyone can offer a personal option where it is valid or not. Its validity is left up to me and only me to determine if a woo is to be taken as a positive or negative. That is to say a woo of a true statement based on science instead of a personal opinion is viewed as a positive statement personally.
Sorry, but it's not up to you to decide what the person wooing you meant. They are the only ones who can decide what they meant by it. You honestly think you get to decide what someone else means by something they say?? That's not how this works. That's mind-bogglingly ridiculous.
No one tells another what to think about my personal opinions nor does another tell me what to think about personal opinions of others. That is the way it works.
You make it sound like the personal opinions of other control your value system or something. I just never not into the peer pressure game in life and it is too late to start now.
It just sounds like your ignoring the intent of the "wooer" and just looking for support where there isn't any. It really sounds self-delusional to me.
The woo's you are getting are not in support of your ideas. Accept that reality and do with it what you will.14 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »Doesn't this demonstrate the pointlessness of the woo button? The OP didn't know why they were being woo'd, leading to a long debate about why it was woo/whether it was woo, etc.
Great point.
The Woo button can mean the same thing as Insightful or Inspiring depending on its source.
No, it doesn't.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
"In our community Woo means that you think an idea or approach is too good to be true."
Bingo.
Don't take this the wrong way, but is English not your first language or are you just not familiar with the actual meaning of the idiom "too good to be true"? It is not a positive thing and is not reinforcing what you believe the definition of woo to be. It's the opposite. It means that you must be skeptical, because it is unbelievable and most likely NOT the case. So good in a way that is difficult to believe. You just agreed with a phrase that means the complete opposite of what you are trying to tell us woo means. Kind of ironic actually.
Woo means someone "thinks" an idea or approach is too good to be true is the way I read it.
Where I take a woo to be positive or negative is left up to me and no one else since a woo or any other button is just a personal opinion. Anyone can offer a personal option where it is valid or not. Its validity is left up to me and only me to determine if a woo is to be taken as a positive or negative. That is to say a woo of a true statement based on science instead of a personal opinion is viewed as a positive statement personally.
Sorry, but it's not up to you to decide what the person wooing you meant. They are the only ones who can decide what they meant by it. You honestly think you get to decide what someone else means by something they say?? That's not how this works. That's mind-bogglingly ridiculous.
No one tells another what to think about my personal opinions nor does another tell me what to think about personal opinions of others. That is the way it works.
You make it sound like the personal opinions of other control your value system or something. I just never not into the peer pressure game in life and it is too late to start now.
I mean, if you want to defend your right to draw whatever conclusions you like despite information to the contrary . . . yes, you have that right.
But is it generally a wise course of action to decide that your opinions can and should be isolated from evidence that may test them? No. Allowing your opinions to be formed by and tested by facts isn't peer pressure.5 -
Mazintrov13 wrote: »I have been seeing so many woos on this site lately! I feel like some people just don’t know what it means? I think it would be simpler if it was I just “dislike” or “disagree” because I’ve seen lots of good and insightful posts getting wooed.
Do pop into the thread Tacklewasher posted and post this. Like you, many of us can't understand why, if there are going to be reaction buttons, there's no plain, unambiguous "disagree" without the judgy baggage.0 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »Doesn't this demonstrate the pointlessness of the woo button? The OP didn't know why they were being woo'd, leading to a long debate about why it was woo/whether it was woo, etc.
Great point.
The Woo button can mean the same thing as Insightful or Inspiring depending on its source.
No, it doesn't.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
"In our community Woo means that you think an idea or approach is too good to be true."
Bingo.
Don't take this the wrong way, but is English not your first language or are you just not familiar with the actual meaning of the idiom "too good to be true"? It is not a positive thing and is not reinforcing what you believe the definition of woo to be. It's the opposite. It means that you must be skeptical, because it is unbelievable and most likely NOT the case. So good in a way that is difficult to believe. You just agreed with a phrase that means the complete opposite of what you are trying to tell us woo means. Kind of ironic actually.
Woo means someone "thinks" an idea or approach is too good to be true is the way I read it.
Where I take a woo to be positive or negative is left up to me and no one else since a woo or any other button is just a personal opinion. Anyone can offer a personal option where it is valid or not. Its validity is left up to me and only me to determine if a woo is to be taken as a positive or negative. That is to say a woo of a true statement based on science instead of a personal opinion is viewed as a positive statement personally.
Sorry, but it's not up to you to decide what the person wooing you meant. They are the only ones who can decide what they meant by it. You honestly think you get to decide what someone else means by something they say?? That's not how this works. That's mind-bogglingly ridiculous.
No one tells another what to think about my personal opinions nor does another tell me what to think about personal opinions of others. That is the way it works.
You make it sound like the personal opinions of other control your value system or something. I just never not into the peer pressure game in life and it is too late to start now.
It just sounds like your ignoring the intent of the "wooer" and just looking for support where there isn't any. It really sounds self-delusional to me.
The woo's you are getting are not in support of your ideas. Accept that reality and do with it what you will.
Not sure why you think I am looking for support of my "ideas". I am not offering any "ideas" but just sharing what I do that works for me and the science behind it.
Personal opinions carry more meaning when it comes from some that has posted personal details that may indicate they offer opinions backed up by personal validity.
When a new member gets a woo on their first post something is seriously wrong with the one clicking that button. Woo seems to be mainly used by those who do not grasp the subject in detail. A person who has a need to abuse a new MFP member does cause me stress.
A woo from a person who has not offered evidence they have validity to use the Woo button are to be ignored.
This community should not be about personal egos but should help others that come here for valid info on different Ways Of Eating. A person with a need to slam or otherwise make a new MFP member feel demeaned for any reasons has needs that is well beyond the help offered by the MFP community.
The WOE one selects to try is not any of your or mine business. Clicking Woo on the choices of another is abusive. I was dying from my old WOE and I knew it. Had I posted something about my current WOE since Oct 2014 and received a few Woos from strangers then stopped my new WOE I could be dead today.
To date I have seen little use of the Woo button except to mentally/physically harm new MFP members who do not know to ignore the negativity of strangers that may or may not have a clue about that person and or their true needs from the first few posts they make on MFP. In time they may too come to realize a Woo can mean Insightful perhaps more often than not.13 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »Doesn't this demonstrate the pointlessness of the woo button? The OP didn't know why they were being woo'd, leading to a long debate about why it was woo/whether it was woo, etc.
Great point.
The Woo button can mean the same thing as Insightful or Inspiring depending on its source.
No, it doesn't.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
"In our community Woo means that you think an idea or approach is too good to be true."
Bingo.
Don't take this the wrong way, but is English not your first language or are you just not familiar with the actual meaning of the idiom "too good to be true"? It is not a positive thing and is not reinforcing what you believe the definition of woo to be. It's the opposite. It means that you must be skeptical, because it is unbelievable and most likely NOT the case. So good in a way that is difficult to believe. You just agreed with a phrase that means the complete opposite of what you are trying to tell us woo means. Kind of ironic actually.
Woo means someone "thinks" an idea or approach is too good to be true is the way I read it.
Where I take a woo to be positive or negative is left up to me and no one else since a woo or any other button is just a personal opinion. Anyone can offer a personal option where it is valid or not. Its validity is left up to me and only me to determine if a woo is to be taken as a positive or negative. That is to say a woo of a true statement based on science instead of a personal opinion is viewed as a positive statement personally.
Sorry, but it's not up to you to decide what the person wooing you meant. They are the only ones who can decide what they meant by it. You honestly think you get to decide what someone else means by something they say?? That's not how this works. That's mind-bogglingly ridiculous.
No one tells another what to think about my personal opinions nor does another tell me what to think about personal opinions of others. That is the way it works.
You make it sound like the personal opinions of other control your value system or something. I just never not into the peer pressure game in life and it is too late to start now.
It just sounds like your ignoring the intent of the "wooer" and just looking for support where there isn't any. It really sounds self-delusional to me.
The woo's you are getting are not in support of your ideas. Accept that reality and do with it what you will.
Not sure why you think I am looking for support of my "ideas". I am not offering any "ideas" but just sharing what I do that works for me and the science behind it.
Personal opinions carry more meaning when it comes from some that has posted personal details that may indicate they offer opinions backed up by personal validity.
When a new member gets a woo on their first post something is seriously wrong with the one clicking that button. Woo seems to be mainly used by those who do not grasp the subject in detail. A person who has a need to abuse a new MFP member does cause me stress.
A woo from a person who has not offered evidence they have validity to use the Woo button are to be ignored.
This community should not be about personal egos but should help others that come here for valid info on different Ways Of Eating. A person with a need to slam or otherwise make a new MFP member feel demeaned for any reasons has needs that is well beyond the help offered by the MFP community.
The WOE one selects to try is not any of your or mine business. Clicking Woo on the choices of another is abusive. I was dying from my old WOE and I knew it. Had I posted something about my current WOE since Oct 2014 and received a few Woos from strangers then stopped my new WOE I could be dead today.
To date I have seen little use of the Woo button except to mentally/physically harm new MFP members who do not know to ignore the negativity of strangers that may or may not have a clue about that person and or their true needs from the first few posts they make on MFP. In time they may too come to realize a Woo can mean Insightful perhaps more often than not.
Except, there's no science supporting your opinion, and you haven't shared any that even begins to do so.
Personal opinions carry no meaning when they are in direct contradiction to fundamental reality.
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stanmann571 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »Doesn't this demonstrate the pointlessness of the woo button? The OP didn't know why they were being woo'd, leading to a long debate about why it was woo/whether it was woo, etc.
Great point.
The Woo button can mean the same thing as Insightful or Inspiring depending on its source.
No, it doesn't.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
"In our community Woo means that you think an idea or approach is too good to be true."
Bingo.
Don't take this the wrong way, but is English not your first language or are you just not familiar with the actual meaning of the idiom "too good to be true"? It is not a positive thing and is not reinforcing what you believe the definition of woo to be. It's the opposite. It means that you must be skeptical, because it is unbelievable and most likely NOT the case. So good in a way that is difficult to believe. You just agreed with a phrase that means the complete opposite of what you are trying to tell us woo means. Kind of ironic actually.
Woo means someone "thinks" an idea or approach is too good to be true is the way I read it.
Where I take a woo to be positive or negative is left up to me and no one else since a woo or any other button is just a personal opinion. Anyone can offer a personal option where it is valid or not. Its validity is left up to me and only me to determine if a woo is to be taken as a positive or negative. That is to say a woo of a true statement based on science instead of a personal opinion is viewed as a positive statement personally.
Sorry, but it's not up to you to decide what the person wooing you meant. They are the only ones who can decide what they meant by it. You honestly think you get to decide what someone else means by something they say?? That's not how this works. That's mind-bogglingly ridiculous.
No one tells another what to think about my personal opinions nor does another tell me what to think about personal opinions of others. That is the way it works.
You make it sound like the personal opinions of other control your value system or something. I just never not into the peer pressure game in life and it is too late to start now.
It just sounds like your ignoring the intent of the "wooer" and just looking for support where there isn't any. It really sounds self-delusional to me.
The woo's you are getting are not in support of your ideas. Accept that reality and do with it what you will.
Not sure why you think I am looking for support of my "ideas". I am not offering any "ideas" but just sharing what I do that works for me and the science behind it.
Personal opinions carry more meaning when it comes from some that has posted personal details that may indicate they offer opinions backed up by personal validity.
When a new member gets a woo on their first post something is seriously wrong with the one clicking that button. Woo seems to be mainly used by those who do not grasp the subject in detail. A person who has a need to abuse a new MFP member does cause me stress.
A woo from a person who has not offered evidence they have validity to use the Woo button are to be ignored.
This community should not be about personal egos but should help others that come here for valid info on different Ways Of Eating. A person with a need to slam or otherwise make a new MFP member feel demeaned for any reasons has needs that is well beyond the help offered by the MFP community.
The WOE one selects to try is not any of your or mine business. Clicking Woo on the choices of another is abusive. I was dying from my old WOE and I knew it. Had I posted something about my current WOE since Oct 2014 and received a few Woos from strangers then stopped my new WOE I could be dead today.
To date I have seen little use of the Woo button except to mentally/physically harm new MFP members who do not know to ignore the negativity of strangers that may or may not have a clue about that person and or their true needs from the first few posts they make on MFP. In time they may too come to realize a Woo can mean Insightful perhaps more often than not.
Except, there's no science supporting your opinion, and you haven't shared any that even begins to do so.
Personal opinions carry no meaning when they are in direct contradiction to fundamental reality.
Thanks for indirectly supporting my above post.7 -
I have had people argue with me about how a recipe that I made tasted.... Aggressively arguing against my opinion. I made a bagel ball...it was tasty... end of story
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GaleHawkins wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »Doesn't this demonstrate the pointlessness of the woo button? The OP didn't know why they were being woo'd, leading to a long debate about why it was woo/whether it was woo, etc.
Great point.
The Woo button can mean the same thing as Insightful or Inspiring depending on its source.
No, it doesn't.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
"In our community Woo means that you think an idea or approach is too good to be true."
Bingo.
Don't take this the wrong way, but is English not your first language or are you just not familiar with the actual meaning of the idiom "too good to be true"? It is not a positive thing and is not reinforcing what you believe the definition of woo to be. It's the opposite. It means that you must be skeptical, because it is unbelievable and most likely NOT the case. So good in a way that is difficult to believe. You just agreed with a phrase that means the complete opposite of what you are trying to tell us woo means. Kind of ironic actually.
Woo means someone "thinks" an idea or approach is too good to be true is the way I read it.
Where I take a woo to be positive or negative is left up to me and no one else since a woo or any other button is just a personal opinion. Anyone can offer a personal option where it is valid or not. Its validity is left up to me and only me to determine if a woo is to be taken as a positive or negative. That is to say a woo of a true statement based on science instead of a personal opinion is viewed as a positive statement personally.
Sorry, but it's not up to you to decide what the person wooing you meant. They are the only ones who can decide what they meant by it. You honestly think you get to decide what someone else means by something they say?? That's not how this works. That's mind-bogglingly ridiculous.
No one tells another what to think about my personal opinions nor does another tell me what to think about personal opinions of others. That is the way it works.
You make it sound like the personal opinions of other control your value system or something. I just never not into the peer pressure game in life and it is too late to start now.
It just sounds like your ignoring the intent of the "wooer" and just looking for support where there isn't any. It really sounds self-delusional to me.
The woo's you are getting are not in support of your ideas. Accept that reality and do with it what you will.
Not sure why you think I am looking for support of my "ideas". I am not offering any "ideas" but just sharing what I do that works for me and the science behind it.
Personal opinions carry more meaning when it comes from some that has posted personal details that may indicate they offer opinions backed up by personal validity.
When a new member gets a woo on their first post something is seriously wrong with the one clicking that button. Woo seems to be mainly used by those who do not grasp the subject in detail. A person who has a need to abuse a new MFP member does cause me stress.
A woo from a person who has not offered evidence they have validity to use the Woo button are to be ignored.
This community should not be about personal egos but should help others that come here for valid info on different Ways Of Eating. A person with a need to slam or otherwise make a new MFP member feel demeaned for any reasons has needs that is well beyond the help offered by the MFP community.
The WOE one selects to try is not any of your or mine business. Clicking Woo on the choices of another is abusive. I was dying from my old WOE and I knew it. Had I posted something about my current WOE since Oct 2014 and received a few Woos from strangers then stopped my new WOE I could be dead today.
To date I have seen little use of the Woo button except to mentally/physically harm new MFP members who do not know to ignore the negativity of strangers that may or may not have a clue about that person and or their true needs from the first few posts they make on MFP. In time they may too come to realize a Woo can mean Insightful perhaps more often than not.
Except, there's no science supporting your opinion, and you haven't shared any that even begins to do so.
Personal opinions carry no meaning when they are in direct contradiction to fundamental reality.
Thanks for indirectly supporting my above post.
So, a clear disagreement with your statement is support in your mind.
I'm done.7 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »Doesn't this demonstrate the pointlessness of the woo button? The OP didn't know why they were being woo'd, leading to a long debate about why it was woo/whether it was woo, etc.
Great point.
The Woo button can mean the same thing as Insightful or Inspiring depending on its source.
No, it doesn't.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
"In our community Woo means that you think an idea or approach is too good to be true."
Bingo.
Don't take this the wrong way, but is English not your first language or are you just not familiar with the actual meaning of the idiom "too good to be true"? It is not a positive thing and is not reinforcing what you believe the definition of woo to be. It's the opposite. It means that you must be skeptical, because it is unbelievable and most likely NOT the case. So good in a way that is difficult to believe. You just agreed with a phrase that means the complete opposite of what you are trying to tell us woo means. Kind of ironic actually.
Woo means someone "thinks" an idea or approach is too good to be true is the way I read it.
Where I take a woo to be positive or negative is left up to me and no one else since a woo or any other button is just a personal opinion. Anyone can offer a personal option where it is valid or not. Its validity is left up to me and only me to determine if a woo is to be taken as a positive or negative. That is to say a woo of a true statement based on science instead of a personal opinion is viewed as a positive statement personally.
Sorry, but it's not up to you to decide what the person wooing you meant. They are the only ones who can decide what they meant by it. You honestly think you get to decide what someone else means by something they say?? That's not how this works. That's mind-bogglingly ridiculous.
No one tells another what to think about my personal opinions nor does another tell me what to think about personal opinions of others. That is the way it works.
You make it sound like the personal opinions of other control your value system or something. I just never not into the peer pressure game in life and it is too late to start now.
It just sounds like your ignoring the intent of the "wooer" and just looking for support where there isn't any. It really sounds self-delusional to me.
The woo's you are getting are not in support of your ideas. Accept that reality and do with it what you will.
Not sure why you think I am looking for support of my "ideas". I am not offering any "ideas" but just sharing what I do that works for me and the science behind it.
Personal opinions carry more meaning when it comes from some that has posted personal details that may indicate they offer opinions backed up by personal validity.
When a new member gets a woo on their first post something is seriously wrong with the one clicking that button. Woo seems to be mainly used by those who do not grasp the subject in detail. A person who has a need to abuse a new MFP member does cause me stress.
A woo from a person who has not offered evidence they have validity to use the Woo button are to be ignored.
This community should not be about personal egos but should help others that come here for valid info on different Ways Of Eating. A person with a need to slam or otherwise make a new MFP member feel demeaned for any reasons has needs that is well beyond the help offered by the MFP community.
The WOE one selects to try is not any of your or mine business. Clicking Woo on the choices of another is abusive. I was dying from my old WOE and I knew it. Had I posted something about my current WOE since Oct 2014 and received a few Woos from strangers then stopped my new WOE I could be dead today.
To date I have seen little use of the Woo button except to mentally/physically harm new MFP members who do not know to ignore the negativity of strangers that may or may not have a clue about that person and or their true needs from the first few posts they make on MFP. In time they may too come to realize a Woo can mean Insightful perhaps more often than not.
Except, there's no science supporting your opinion, and you haven't shared any that even begins to do so.
Personal opinions carry no meaning when they are in direct contradiction to fundamental reality.
Thanks for indirectly supporting my above post.
Thanks for directly continuing to not support your opinions with anything resembling science and persisting in failing to acknowledge that your opinion is in no way authoritative.
OH, and Hyperbole doesn't help you in the least.The WOE one selects to try is not any of your or mine business. Clicking Woo on the choices of another is abusive. I was dying from my old WOE and I knew it. Had I posted something about my current WOE since Oct 2014 and received a few Woos from strangers then stopped my new WOE I could be dead today.
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People really triggered by 'woo', weak sauce. Is it INTERNET access time at the rest home?5
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I have had people argue with me about how a recipe that I made tasted.... Aggressively arguing against my opinion. I made a bagel ball...it was tasty... end of story
You just made me check out the recipe section. Somebody who doesn't care for lentils and was asking for recipes to try them in different ways got woo'd. I honestly have to believe the person who woo'd them thought they were giving a high-five
I hope. Unless someone not liking lentils is a hot button in the recipe section? 1 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »Doesn't this demonstrate the pointlessness of the woo button? The OP didn't know why they were being woo'd, leading to a long debate about why it was woo/whether it was woo, etc.
Great point.
The Woo button can mean the same thing as Insightful or Inspiring depending on its source.
No, it doesn't.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
"In our community Woo means that you think an idea or approach is too good to be true."
Bingo.
Don't take this the wrong way, but is English not your first language or are you just not familiar with the actual meaning of the idiom "too good to be true"? It is not a positive thing and is not reinforcing what you believe the definition of woo to be. It's the opposite. It means that you must be skeptical, because it is unbelievable and most likely NOT the case. So good in a way that is difficult to believe. You just agreed with a phrase that means the complete opposite of what you are trying to tell us woo means. Kind of ironic actually.
Woo means someone "thinks" an idea or approach is too good to be true is the way I read it.
Where I take a woo to be positive or negative is left up to me and no one else since a woo or any other button is just a personal opinion. Anyone can offer a personal option where it is valid or not. Its validity is left up to me and only me to determine if a woo is to be taken as a positive or negative. That is to say a woo of a true statement based on science instead of a personal opinion is viewed as a positive statement personally.
Sorry, but it's not up to you to decide what the person wooing you meant. They are the only ones who can decide what they meant by it. You honestly think you get to decide what someone else means by something they say?? That's not how this works. That's mind-bogglingly ridiculous.
No one tells another what to think about my personal opinions nor does another tell me what to think about personal opinions of others. That is the way it works.
You make it sound like the personal opinions of other control your value system or something. I just never not into the peer pressure game in life and it is too late to start now.
It just sounds like your ignoring the intent of the "wooer" and just looking for support where there isn't any. It really sounds self-delusional to me.
The woo's you are getting are not in support of your ideas. Accept that reality and do with it what you will.
Not sure why you think I am looking for support of my "ideas". I am not offering any "ideas" but just sharing what I do that works for me and the science behind it.
Personal opinions carry more meaning when it comes from some that has posted personal details that may indicate they offer opinions backed up by personal validity.
When a new member gets a woo on their first post something is seriously wrong with the one clicking that button. Woo seems to be mainly used by those who do not grasp the subject in detail. A person who has a need to abuse a new MFP member does cause me stress.
A woo from a person who has not offered evidence they have validity to use the Woo button are to be ignored.
This community should not be about personal egos but should help others that come here for valid info on different Ways Of Eating. A person with a need to slam or otherwise make a new MFP member feel demeaned for any reasons has needs that is well beyond the help offered by the MFP community.
The WOE one selects to try is not any of your or mine business. Clicking Woo on the choices of another is abusive. I was dying from my old WOE and I knew it. Had I posted something about my current WOE since Oct 2014 and received a few Woos from strangers then stopped my new WOE I could be dead today.
To date I have seen little use of the Woo button except to mentally/physically harm new MFP members who do not know to ignore the negativity of strangers that may or may not have a clue about that person and or their true needs from the first few posts they make on MFP. In time they may too come to realize a Woo can mean Insightful perhaps more often than not.
It is not the Way of Eating that a person chooses that gets Woo'ed. It is the reasoning behind it, when completely lacking in scientific merit, that is what get's the woo vote. Also, letting a new member know that they may have fallen for pseudoscience and misinformation that is so prevalent on the internet today is not abuse. I would far rather have someone tell me, even in the form of a woo vote, that I was deluded into believing a bunch of malarkey, then to continue to flounder in my beliefs unnecessarily.
If you came on these boards and said, " I struggled with weight and chronic pain my entire life and I started eating a low carb ketogenic diet and have had good personal success with this approach" you would get very few woo's for that statement. Because you follow it up with claims like the zodiac justification linked above - THAT is what gets the woo vote.
Also curious about this statement, "A woo from a person who has not offered evidence they have validity to use the Woo button are to be ignored". Help me understand who you think has validity to use the woo button? We've interacted on these boards many times, we are both active members, although with opposing view points. Am I valid in using the woo button, or am I to be ignored?8 -
GaleHawkins wrote: »
Woo seems to be mainly used by those who do not grasp the subject in detail.
How did you gather the data on who is clicking "woo" and their background in the subject under discussion?
I'm having trouble understanding how you came to this conclusion or how you could possibly support it.
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GaleHawkins wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »Doesn't this demonstrate the pointlessness of the woo button? The OP didn't know why they were being woo'd, leading to a long debate about why it was woo/whether it was woo, etc.
Great point.
The Woo button can mean the same thing as Insightful or Inspiring depending on its source.
No, it doesn't.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
"In our community Woo means that you think an idea or approach is too good to be true."
Bingo.
Don't take this the wrong way, but is English not your first language or are you just not familiar with the actual meaning of the idiom "too good to be true"? It is not a positive thing and is not reinforcing what you believe the definition of woo to be. It's the opposite. It means that you must be skeptical, because it is unbelievable and most likely NOT the case. So good in a way that is difficult to believe. You just agreed with a phrase that means the complete opposite of what you are trying to tell us woo means. Kind of ironic actually.
Woo means someone "thinks" an idea or approach is too good to be true is the way I read it.
Where I take a woo to be positive or negative is left up to me and no one else since a woo or any other button is just a personal opinion. Anyone can offer a personal option where it is valid or not. Its validity is left up to me and only me to determine if a woo is to be taken as a positive or negative. That is to say a woo of a true statement based on science instead of a personal opinion is viewed as a positive statement personally.
Sorry, but it's not up to you to decide what the person wooing you meant. They are the only ones who can decide what they meant by it. You honestly think you get to decide what someone else means by something they say?? That's not how this works. That's mind-bogglingly ridiculous.
No one tells another what to think about my personal opinions nor does another tell me what to think about personal opinions of others. That is the way it works.
You make it sound like the personal opinions of other control your value system or something. I just never not into the peer pressure game in life and it is too late to start now.
It just sounds like your ignoring the intent of the "wooer" and just looking for support where there isn't any. It really sounds self-delusional to me.
The woo's you are getting are not in support of your ideas. Accept that reality and do with it what you will.
Not sure why you think I am looking for support of my "ideas". I am not offering any "ideas" but just sharing what I do that works for me and the science behind it.
Personal opinions carry more meaning when it comes from some that has posted personal details that may indicate they offer opinions backed up by personal validity.
When a new member gets a woo on their first post something is seriously wrong with the one clicking that button. Woo seems to be mainly used by those who do not grasp the subject in detail. A person who has a need to abuse a new MFP member does cause me stress.
A woo from a person who has not offered evidence they have validity to use the Woo button are to be ignored.
This community should not be about personal egos but should help others that come here for valid info on different Ways Of Eating. A person with a need to slam or otherwise make a new MFP member feel demeaned for any reasons has needs that is well beyond the help offered by the MFP community.
The WOE one selects to try is not any of your or mine business. Clicking Woo on the choices of another is abusive. I was dying from my old WOE and I knew it. Had I posted something about my current WOE since Oct 2014 and received a few Woos from strangers then stopped my new WOE I could be dead today.
To date I have seen little use of the Woo button except to mentally/physically harm new MFP members who do not know to ignore the negativity of strangers that may or may not have a clue about that person and or their true needs from the first few posts they make on MFP. In time they may too come to realize a Woo can mean Insightful perhaps more often than not.
No, an occasional banana split from DQ after lunch would not have killed you by now.3 -
I think the term WOE deserves a woo every time it is used. It's so annoying.8
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@janejellyrolljanejellyroll wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »
Woo seems to be mainly used by those who do not grasp the subject in detail.
How did you gather the data on who is clicking "woo" and their background in the subject under discussion?
I'm having trouble understanding how you came to this conclusion or how you could possibly support it.
It's written in the stars obviously - right next to the constellation of Sagittarius.
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@janejellyrolljanejellyroll wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »
Woo seems to be mainly used by those who do not grasp the subject in detail.
How did you gather the data on who is clicking "woo" and their background in the subject under discussion?
I'm having trouble understanding how you came to this conclusion or how you could possibly support it.
It's written in the stars obviously - right next to the constellation of Sagittarius.
Give me my bloody awesome button back.1 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »I think the term WOE deserves a woo every time it is used. It's so annoying.
https://youtu.be/ps2G3c6lv0k 2 -
stevencloser wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »Wynterbourne wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »Doesn't this demonstrate the pointlessness of the woo button? The OP didn't know why they were being woo'd, leading to a long debate about why it was woo/whether it was woo, etc.
Great point.
The Woo button can mean the same thing as Insightful or Inspiring depending on its source.
No, it doesn't.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
"In our community Woo means that you think an idea or approach is too good to be true."
Bingo.
Don't take this the wrong way, but is English not your first language or are you just not familiar with the actual meaning of the idiom "too good to be true"? It is not a positive thing and is not reinforcing what you believe the definition of woo to be. It's the opposite. It means that you must be skeptical, because it is unbelievable and most likely NOT the case. So good in a way that is difficult to believe. You just agreed with a phrase that means the complete opposite of what you are trying to tell us woo means. Kind of ironic actually.
Woo means someone "thinks" an idea or approach is too good to be true is the way I read it.
Where I take a woo to be positive or negative is left up to me and no one else since a woo or any other button is just a personal opinion. Anyone can offer a personal option where it is valid or not. Its validity is left up to me and only me to determine if a woo is to be taken as a positive or negative. That is to say a woo of a true statement based on science instead of a personal opinion is viewed as a positive statement personally.
Sorry, but it's not up to you to decide what the person wooing you meant. They are the only ones who can decide what they meant by it. You honestly think you get to decide what someone else means by something they say?? That's not how this works. That's mind-bogglingly ridiculous.
No one tells another what to think about my personal opinions nor does another tell me what to think about personal opinions of others. That is the way it works.
You make it sound like the personal opinions of other control your value system or something. I just never not into the peer pressure game in life and it is too late to start now.
It just sounds like your ignoring the intent of the "wooer" and just looking for support where there isn't any. It really sounds self-delusional to me.
The woo's you are getting are not in support of your ideas. Accept that reality and do with it what you will.
Not sure why you think I am looking for support of my "ideas". I am not offering any "ideas" but just sharing what I do that works for me and the science behind it.
Personal opinions carry more meaning when it comes from some that has posted personal details that may indicate they offer opinions backed up by personal validity.
When a new member gets a woo on their first post something is seriously wrong with the one clicking that button. Woo seems to be mainly used by those who do not grasp the subject in detail. A person who has a need to abuse a new MFP member does cause me stress.
A woo from a person who has not offered evidence they have validity to use the Woo button are to be ignored.
This community should not be about personal egos but should help others that come here for valid info on different Ways Of Eating. A person with a need to slam or otherwise make a new MFP member feel demeaned for any reasons has needs that is well beyond the help offered by the MFP community.
The WOE one selects to try is not any of your or mine business. Clicking Woo on the choices of another is abusive. I was dying from my old WOE and I knew it. Had I posted something about my current WOE since Oct 2014 and received a few Woos from strangers then stopped my new WOE I could be dead today.
To date I have seen little use of the Woo button except to mentally/physically harm new MFP members who do not know to ignore the negativity of strangers that may or may not have a clue about that person and or their true needs from the first few posts they make on MFP. In time they may too come to realize a Woo can mean Insightful perhaps more often than not.
No, an occasional banana split from DQ after lunch would not have killed you by now.
Don't be so sure. He might have slipped on one of the banana peels while walking 1/4 mile to DQ1 -
@janejellyrolljanejellyroll wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »
Woo seems to be mainly used by those who do not grasp the subject in detail.
How did you gather the data on who is clicking "woo" and their background in the subject under discussion?
I'm having trouble understanding how you came to this conclusion or how you could possibly support it.
It's written in the stars obviously - right next to the constellation of Sagittarius.
I'm a sagittarius---and I'm right beside woo? Oh heavens!3 -
Wynterbourne wrote: »
@janejellyrolljanejellyroll wrote: »GaleHawkins wrote: »
Woo seems to be mainly used by those who do not grasp the subject in detail.
How did you gather the data on who is clicking "woo" and their background in the subject under discussion?
I'm having trouble understanding how you came to this conclusion or how you could possibly support it.
It's written in the stars obviously - right next to the constellation of Sagittarius.
Give me my bloody awesome button back.
Or at least stop calling it a hug. I'm choosy about who I hug3 -
I see awesome and hugs as different.
If I post that I am feeling depressed and my dog died and I lost my job Saying that is awesome seems inappropriate whereas a virtual hug is not, conveys different meaning entirely to me.5 -
paperpudding wrote: »I see awesome and hugs as different.
If I post that I am feeling depressed and my dog died and I lost my job Saying that is awesome seems inappropriate whereas a virtual hug is not, conveys different meaning entirely to me.
Are you likely to post that on here, though?0 -
(by the way, I hugged you in case it was true)2
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No it isnt true about me personally, was just a random example.
No, not likely to post it in a thread about Sugar Woo - but in perhaps general chit chat, there are all sorts of topics there - so 'Have you struggled with depression' could be one.
Or it comes up in a thread about motivation or sticking with diet through life changes or comfort eating or something like that.2 -
paperpudding wrote: »No it isnt true about me personally, was just a random example.
No, not likely to post it in a thread about Sugar Woo - but in perhaps general chit chat, there are all sorts of topics there - so 'Have you struggled with depression' could be one.
Or it comes up in a thread about motivation or sticking with diet through life changes or comfort eating or something like that.
Ah, OK, I get that.
Maybe there should be an awesome AND hug. And ditch the woo!1 -
I just think of woo being a replacement button meaning Awesome.1
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