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What does having friends do on MFP?

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  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,358 Member
    What’s the point of joining a support network if you don’t NEED support then?

    Well, MFP is many things - I guess it depends if you joined it for the support network of friendships or for something else.

    Me personally - I joined for the calorie counting/meals recording/progress tracking part and I joined the forums because I like reading and posting on different topics - some are informative, some are more light hearted.
    I like the sense of online community - but the 1:1 motivation of individual friends - not so much for me.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,126 Member
    2O19isMyYear wrote: »
    What’s the point of joining a support network if you don’t NEED support then?
    musicfan68 wrote: »
    I will be the dissenting voice in this conversation. I dont find having "friends " on here helpful. I motivate myself and frankly dont care what other people do.

    I didn't join a support network. I signed up to use a tool that makes it far easier to track my calories than relying on paper and pencil and checking a package or a book every time I eat something, even though I looked it up when I ate it yesterday or last week.
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