Is the total calories and net calories on the weekly view in the app always incorrect?

sferris0

Hello everyone!

zinlwinhtunmhs

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10946084/is-the-total-calories-and-net-calories-on-the-weekly-view-in-the-app-always-incorrect

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10946084/is-the-total-calories-and-net-calories-on-the-weekly-view-in-the-app-always-incorrect

AnnPT77

Need more info. What makes you say they're incorrect? Mine seem OK.

springlering62

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48750712#Comment_48750712

are you getting the feeling that people are creating multiple accounts, saying hello or asking nonsense questions and then replying under a second account to create a posting history for both IDs?

I’m seeing quite a bit of that, especially with the alphabet nonsense user names.

Maybe we’ve been too helpful to scammers on pointing out the lack of posting history as Ted flag?

AnnPT77

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48751060#Comment_48751060

I absolutely did see one thread where I completely believe it was a sock puppet situation, two different IDs from the same network address.

If people are doing this with bad intent, they'll get zapped off the site . . . maybe not instantly, but eventually. At least that's the pattern I've seen play out in the past, speaking as a regular MFP user observing over a long time period. MFP is excellent with that, compared to other social network type sites I've used.

I think some of the "alphabet nonsense" names come from accepting an ID that the app suggests, maybe only suggests after the first name they try has been used by someone else already. I think MFP worked that way when I signed up; not sure. But it's what a lot of sites do. Therefore, I wouldn't assume the weird names are bad actors . . . but it's possible that the bad actors of certain types are a bit more likely to accept/use the very anonymous, hard to remember IDs. I'd bet the romance-scam types don't mostly use those IDs, because the name is part of a persona.

I don't assume that unclear or poorly-framed questions are bad people, either . . . because people, y'know? Especially post-text-culture people with thumb-typing. We all know thumb typing is slow and hard, right?