Why do people want so many friends?

mattig89ch

Hello all,

I've seen a few threads where folks post, and then get a couple dozen friend requests. And I wanted to ask why someone would want that. Does it do something for your profile?

hixa30

It's not that they want a large number of friends. It's that they want friends who interact reliably, don't go quiet for months, and are actually inching closer to goal weight. That's harder than you think it is.

LyndaBSS

Many people are looking for support on this journey. Almost all of us have tried to do this before and either tripped ourselves up, gotten frustrated or life got in the way of the path to success.

Folks just want to have a soft place to fall. Having friends on the same journey can give you that soft place and then a hand back up onto the path.

movgrl1

^ This. It helps see what other people are doing if they share their diary and it's motivating to me to see on my homepage where my friends have been logging or working out. Plus, it's a nice little ego boast to get (and of course give) congrats on weight loss milestones

mattig89ch

Interesting. I haven't tried this before, and am well aware this is a long journey, with a few ski ups along the way.

I never really looked at the community section before two weeks ago either.

Food for thought I guess. Thanks for the responses all!