Sugar Woo

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  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    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.
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    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.
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
    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.
  • amfmmama
    amfmmama Posts: 1,420 Member
    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 :D
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
    amfmmama wrote: »
    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 :D

    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 :o I hope. Unless someone not liking lentils is a hot button in the recipe section?
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    mph323 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.
  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,225 Member
    sijomial 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.
    @janejellyroll
    It's written in the stars obviously - right next to the constellation of Sagittarius.

    6gqvsuexanih.png

    Give me my bloody awesome button back.
  • johnslater461
    johnslater461 Posts: 449 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    I think the term WOE deserves a woo every time it is used. It's so annoying.

    https://youtu.be/ps2G3c6lv0k
  • johnslater461
    johnslater461 Posts: 449 Member
    mph323 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 DQ
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    sijomial 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.
    @janejellyroll
    It's written in the stars obviously - right next to the constellation of Sagittarius.

    6gqvsuexanih.png

    I'm a sagittarius---and I'm right beside woo? Oh heavens!
  • comptonelizabeth
    comptonelizabeth Posts: 1,701 Member
    sijomial 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.
    @janejellyroll
    It's written in the stars obviously - right next to the constellation of Sagittarius.

    6gqvsuexanih.png

    Give me my bloody awesome button back.

    Or at least stop calling it a hug. I'm choosy about who I hug
  • comptonelizabeth
    comptonelizabeth Posts: 1,701 Member
    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?
  • comptonelizabeth
    comptonelizabeth Posts: 1,701 Member
    (by the way, I hugged you in case it was true)
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,279 Member
    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.
  • comptonelizabeth
    comptonelizabeth Posts: 1,701 Member
    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!
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    edited March 2018
    I just think of woo being a replacement button meaning Awesome.