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Turning off social side of MFP

brtgl
brtgl Posts: 130 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
Is it possible to use MFP to track food, exercise, etc. for me and remain friends with others, but to turn off the social side (News Feed)? I see where I can control what's posted on my News Feed from me ("Automatic News Feed Update Settings"), but need to quit seeing posts from others for now.

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  • Leeanre
    Leeanre Posts: 142 Member
    So you want to turn on the anti-social feed🙂
    Just kidding, I have no idea...
  • brtgl
    brtgl Posts: 130 Member
    Something like that, Angela.
  • Leeanre
    Leeanre Posts: 142 Member
    Wish I could, wish someone would help...
  • LiftingSpirits
    LiftingSpirits Posts: 2,207 Member
    Just don't log in? I mean log in, log your own stuff and then shut it down. I think you can ignore people too, but that is am awful lot of work to ignore every one of your friends and then un-ignore them later. Delete the app from your phone making it harder to log in, do your business and then gtfo
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    ..... I'm feeling a little rejected.
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    brtgl wrote: »
    Is it possible to use MFP to track food, exercise, etc. for me and remain friends with others, but to turn off the social side (News Feed)? I see where I can control what's posted on my News Feed from me ("Automatic News Feed Update Settings"), but need to quit seeing posts from others for now.

    u can avoid news feed if u use it on web by bookmarking .../food/diary then it take u straight there

    i think app defaults to newsfeed tho

    This is what I do, the app is *kitten*...I'm bookmarked to chit chat tho!
  • Versicolour
    Versicolour Posts: 7,164 Member
    Just resist the urge to scroll 🤷🏼‍♀️
  • brtgl
    brtgl Posts: 130 Member
    Resisting scrolling is what I’ve been doing.
  • thanos5
    thanos5 Posts: 513 Member
    i had to nuke all my friends :( it was only fair.
  • brtgl
    brtgl Posts: 130 Member
    Just make yourself a new account. All the cool kids are doing it.

    I have a great streak going and too much data to abandon MFP.
  • brtgl
    brtgl Posts: 130 Member
    Wish I could, wish someone would help...

    What do you mean by this?
  • njitaliana
    njitaliana Posts: 809 Member
    If you don't have MFP friends, nobody's info will come up. So, you could drop any friends you have to accomplish that.
  • Mm2Hh7
    Mm2Hh7 Posts: 1,673 Member
    Can you just turn off notifications in settings?
  • showjefb
    showjefb Posts: 109 Member
    Yea it is unfortunate there is not a mute function like on Twitter or IG. The only way I know of is to create another account with no friends (or just the few you want to bring over).
  • steph2strong
    steph2strong Posts: 426 Member
    I'm intrigued, why keep friends if you don't want to see any of their posts? If you want a blank newsfeed just delete your friends.
  • Cahgetsfit
    Cahgetsfit Posts: 1,912 Member
    get rid of all your friends. simple. then just go straight to diary and log your food. no need to look at feeds or ads or anything.
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    Uh, just don’t read it?
  • TomFit18
    TomFit18 Posts: 2,585 Member
    awwwww those would be fun times!
  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    Go into exile on a desert planet and change your name to Ben.
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