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  • Poehlerbear1983
    Poehlerbear1983 Posts: 63
    I had made mine public a while ago because people are mor elikely to comment and encourage if they know what they are commenting and encouraging on. But I agree with you I like to see how other people are eating and doing things because sometimes it helps give me knew ideas about what i could be doing
  • T_R_A_V
    T_R_A_V Posts: 1,629 Member
    Heck...is mine?
  • Giovanni_P
    Giovanni_P Posts: 107
    But here, we are all pretty anonymous anyway. A user name, a short description, our city and some pictures. Pretty vanilla. I like to look at people's profiles and send friend requests to people who I feel would be a good match with me as far as workout goals, background, etc.

    So, here's my question: if your profile is private, how the heck am I supposed to know any of that about you??

    Well said. My point exactly.

    At the same time, how many friends are "too" many friends? I have about 30, and find that my home page is full of new posts all the time. I've noticed how some people have 100+ friends. How do they find the time to exercise, work, and constantly respond to all those posts?!
  • Mrs_McFadden
    Mrs_McFadden Posts: 1,139
    But here, we are all pretty anonymous anyway. A user name, a short description, our city and some pictures. Pretty vanilla. I like to look at people's profiles and send friend requests to people who I feel would be a good match with me as far as workout goals, background, etc.

    So, here's my question: if your profile is private, how the heck am I supposed to know any of that about you??

    Well said. My point exactly.

    At the same time, how many friends are "too" many friends? I have about 30, and find that my home page is full of new posts all the time. I've noticed how some people have 100+ friends. How do they find the time to exercise, work, and constantly respond to all those posts?!

    Mr. Nine..I'm really just a bot.

    I prefer to have a smaller list as well but each time I review my friends list I start to feel guilty. I usually have a very solid criterion and method for these things..but I still feel guilty LOL. :p I do *try* to comment on my friends relatively often when I can. I can afford to spend the time doing so because I'm on the internet because I'm nursing my baby so often. He's getting older though and my life is changing already so I'll be on here less and less and that is awesome for me LOL :]
    P.S. It doesn't hurt if you can type 90wpm either :wink:
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    I am a friend *kitten*.
  • Mrs_McFadden
    Mrs_McFadden Posts: 1,139
    I am a friend *kitten*.


    Idk about that "friend" part :p
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    I am a friend *kitten*.


    Idk about that "friend" part :p
    Are you saying I am just whorish n general?
  • darkrider42
    darkrider42 Posts: 5,422 Member
    I have to admit that once the option became available, my knee-jerk reaction was to go private. But after going out to various forums and subsequently clicking on people's profiles out of curiosity ... and then running into a couple private ones, I came to the conclusion that it was not very friendly and it wasn't really what I wanted.

    I'm absolutely sure I wouldn't know more than half of the wonderful people I know here now if I had been set to 'Private' from the beginning. *Loves* all my MFPeeps! :happy:
  • darkrider42
    darkrider42 Posts: 5,422 Member
    I am a friend *kitten*.


    Idk about that "friend" part :p

    GET OUTTA MY HEAD, LADY! :bigsmile:
  • Mrs_McFadden
    Mrs_McFadden Posts: 1,139
    I am a friend *kitten*.


    Idk about that "friend" part :p

    GET OUTTA MY HEAD, LADY! :bigsmile:

    How are we to be good friends if I can't be in your head awhile? :laugh:

    Yes Binary...you're...whorish :wink:
  • darkrider42
    darkrider42 Posts: 5,422 Member
    How are we to be good friends if I can't be in your head awhile? :laugh:

    As long as you know just what a scary, scary place it is there inside my head....LOL...wait...I've seen inside your head a couple of times...nevermind, I think we're good!! :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:
  • JunkFoodJane
    JunkFoodJane Posts: 150 Member
    I don't knkow if mine is private or public. I get about five minutes a day to surf the site, and don't want to worry right now about learning every little detail.

    I would love to have more friends, though, and agree about enjoying the opportunity to surf and find people who seem similar. A lot of people just likely don't notice if their profiles are public or private.
  • autumn13
    autumn13 Posts: 295
    Hummmm my profile is private and I haven't had any trouble making friends.
  • jeninne
    jeninne Posts: 412 Member
    Haha- now I have to go check out my settings just to see all the options I didnt know about! :)
  • Celo24
    Celo24 Posts: 566 Member
    Hummmm my profile is private and I haven't had any trouble making friends.

    Yeah, but not everyone has the same level of badassery that you have either Autumn. :wink:
  • MsSunshine2011
    MsSunshine2011 Posts: 9
    My profile is viewable to "my friends only" because I have a nosey and mean co-worker and she is on MFP too. I don't want her to know anything about me because then the entire office will. :frown:
  • Heather75
    Heather75 Posts: 3,386 Member
    Mine is totally public, but I'm too lazy to fill it out so there is nothing to see.


    I wonder why I'm fat...
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