Disappointed in MFP people
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Yes you do Rachel.... we are awesome!LOLI always try and be positive and motivational to all my MFP family.. After all I have the most AMAZING MFP Family.. Feel free to add me and I promise you will never hear anything from me.. We are all diferent and different things work for different people.. I say hey if thats what works for you then do it... But yea so many are negative but as long as us positive ones stick together we will "Kick *kitten*"
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Awesome response!!The good and bad thing about MFP is that it is a community, and like all communities it is a mixed bag of people. It brings a refreshing variety, but you have to able to close your mind to things that upset you, just as you do in real life. It would be so bland if everybody walked around with huge grins and a permanent thumbs up. I'd bet one day you'll be in a bad mood and someone's snarky comment will actually make you laugh a little. MFP is going to have negative people, because it's a reflection of reality. Be strong and just ignore it.0 -
I mean, people should still use google before taking their questions to the boards. There's no need to ask what c25k is when google will tell you before you can finish typing it in the search bar.
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Couldn't agree more - to the original posting0
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@ dragonflydi, good idea.
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Not everyone is a know-it-all, that is why they are here. If they knew it all they would be at the Olympia winning championships, being in all types of magazines and modeling on stage and in mags. For us regular people, we dont get to the message board every day, we dont know what has been talked about or how many times. If we just got here, we are new so forgive us for asking stupid things or dont know the way things are run. We are all here for a reason, to help each other out. Now do the right thing and help support each other, that is why this site was made for. Just remember, you all came here for support and for answers, so you didnt know all of the answers. Now it is other peoples turn to ask the questions, so help them out if you already know the answers to their questions.0
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Unfortunately some people are just rude.0
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My thoughts on the post are this - most people who have weight to loose will have been bullied or judged at some stage in their lives. Most people are on here to loose weight or do something about their body size. It is not a very nice feeling to post a question only to have the more 'experienced' members of the community complain that you are asking a question that has been asked a thousand times before. It takes a lot of some people to ask the question, and to be rudely shot down by members of a so called community can be very hurtful to some people, myself included.
Guess what, new people can not know everything, I didn't know I could search for older posts so sorry for asking a question that has already been asked. It is not a nice feeling to feel like you are being picked on again, bringing up those feelings from high school. It will now make me think twice before I post on here again.0 -
I think hungry dieters have short fuses.
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I posted this as a response to another message earlier, but I think it applies here ... a serious suggestion. Do you think if enough people asked to have this done it would help??
I think when a new person signs up, they ought to get a 'welcome' message with some basics ... such as:
1) Be sure to search for a topic/question to see if it has been discussed before using the search feature
2) A list of the most unknown acronyms such as NSV = Non Scale Victory, MFP = My Fitness Pal, etc.
3) How to post a photo: Post a photo by saving it to an online photo site, copying the url and then pasting that url in the box. Then change the "IMG" from the original upper case to "img" lower case, or it won't work.
4) Advice: Keep in mind that when you ask a question, you are going to get people's OPINIONS ... some of which you (and others) may agree with and some you may not.
You get the idea ...
You have to sign up to join, so would it be difficult to have the site set up to automatically send a welcome message to the e-mail used to register ... I know that way back when I used Yahoo Groups, it did that.
It might save a LOT of duplicate questions, and thereby duplicate answers, and as a result, less than nice comments/replies?? Just a thought ...
I have to agree it would save a lot of time and also give some people some "confidence in the subject"
This is such a popular site that threads quite quickly disappear, what is the best HRM is one I've seen posted what seems like every other day since I joined a few weeks back. A sticky would help people find the information quickly.
That said, if there's a thread that fries your bean then you should just ignore it. There's no obligation for people to post on every thread that starts so if you don't like it find one you do.0 -
yea it sucks that people like that come here and act like that, save that **** for facebook...keep my...i mean keep OUR MFP happy and informative and positive and supportive, its hard enough to make these changes in life for most people, they dont need some annoying *kitten* yelling at them for a grammar mistake? i mean its an international website, not everyone is an English major...0
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Unfortunately some people are just rude.
Very true. I had my first negative experience the other day, and had someone basically trying to imply I was an idiot. This person knew nothing about my situation or anything about me. Then I had another user actually provide friendly, helpful information- that reminded me the majority of people on this site are kind, helpful, non judgemental, and don't act like they know everything just because they've lost weight. I've found for every rude person there is like 100 nice people
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You must have read the same post that I did yesterday. My thought is ask as many questions that you want whether you took the time to look to see if it was asked before or not. We (noobs, intermediates and advanced MFP's) are here to help regardless. I think some folks just post rants to get others ire's up. Don't pay them any attention. Help those that want and need it and don't pay attention to those other fools. There are always bad apples in the bunch. Please friend me if you'd like.
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Amen0
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Some people are direct and honest. That's extremely hard to convey in typing.0
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I agree, I read a few posts, honestly I always forget to do a search of the forum before posting. who cares, then dont read it. and move on!0
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Welcome to the interwebs, circa 1991. Not sure why you think MFP would be any different from every other forum on the planet.0
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Welcome to the interwebs, circa 1991. Not sure why you think MFP would be any different from every other forum on the planet.
Well, there's usually two forum personalities:
1. The sarcastic people who have been around internet forums too long (or actually remember things like mIRC chat and newsgroups.)
2. Newcomers to forums.
Give it time, and you'll all be riddled with sarcasm and rage comics.0 -
AMEN!0
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HAIL!!0
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agreed!0
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I agree...we all had to start somewhere, full of questions. I am grateful for having all of my questions answered & vice-versa!0
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I see a button was pushed.
MFP community is as you spoke of (here to support one another).
With that said, you still draw people from all parts of society with their freedoms and hangups.
So, in the end, people here are like a box of chocolates - you never know what you gonna get.. :laugh: :flowerforyou: :blushing:0 -
I have to agree with you its very sad.. someone in my family signed up and after reading a thread about how people got so ticked off about spelling they almost left the site and are still afraid to post ANYTHING in the forum... this person has a learning disability and its hard for them spell and see things correctly... I convinced this person to stay ... and that not everyone is like that... after all we are here to motivate and encourage not belittle and be rude and mean.. right?
that just made me so sad
My profile is open so post it to me in and email or mike 0 -
I posted this as a response to another message earlier, but I think it applies here ... a serious suggestion. Do you think if enough people asked to have this done it would help??
I think when a new person signs up, they ought to get a 'welcome' message with some basics ... such as:
1) Be sure to search for a topic/question to see if it has been discussed before using the search feature
2) A list of the most unknown acronyms such as NSV = Non Scale Victory, MFP = My Fitness Pal, etc.
3) How to post a photo: Post a photo by saving it to an online photo site, copying the url and then pasting that url in the box. Then change the "IMG" from the original upper case to "img" lower case, or it won't work.
4) Advice: Keep in mind that when you ask a question, you are going to get people's OPINIONS ... some of which you (and others) may agree with and some you may not.
You get the idea ...
You have to sign up to join, so would it be difficult to have the site set up to automatically send a welcome message to the e-mail used to register ... I know that way back when I used Yahoo Groups, it did that.
It might save a LOT of duplicate questions, and thereby duplicate answers, and as a result, less than nice comments/replies?? Just a thought ...
Forward this to Mike0 -
I posted this as a response to another message earlier, but I think it applies here ... a serious suggestion. Do you think if enough people asked to have this done it would help??
I think when a new person signs up, they ought to get a 'welcome' message with some basics ... such as:
1) Be sure to search for a topic/question to see if it has been discussed before using the search feature
2) A list of the most unknown acronyms such as NSV = Non Scale Victory, MFP = My Fitness Pal, etc.
3) How to post a photo: Post a photo by saving it to an online photo site, copying the url and then pasting that url in the box. Then change the "IMG" from the original upper case to "img" lower case, or it won't work.
4) Advice: Keep in mind that when you ask a question, you are going to get people's OPINIONS ... some of which you (and others) may agree with and some you may not.
You get the idea ...
You have to sign up to join, so would it be difficult to have the site set up to automatically send a welcome message to the e-mail used to register ... I know that way back when I used Yahoo Groups, it did that.
It might save a LOT of duplicate questions, and thereby duplicate answers, and as a result, less than nice comments/replies?? Just a thought ...
Forward this to Mike
Someone did as I wasn't sure who to send it to, but I posted something similar with a little more detail on the Website/Suggestion topic and someone there said they shared it with him. Thank you! 0 -
Some people gain their self confidence from a little harshness... a little pushing. If I came on here, said "I'm trying to stay within my calories, but I can't help but eat XYZ because I have this function to attend and this function and then my family is sabotaging me etc"... I'd HOPE that someone would tell me to grow up, I'm an adult, to take responsibility for what I'm putting into my face hole and suck it up.
I don't respond to "It'll be okay! You just don't listen to those negative people!"... sunshine and whatnot. Yuck. Give me a straight forward answer any day of the week.0 -
AMEN!
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I agree. If you can't be nice, go elsewhere. But every so often, the same repeated question does get annoying for me. If people would do a simple search first, that would be nice. I certainly never respond in a negative way if someone has asked a question that's been asked many times, but every once in a while, I don't respond at all because I've had a bad day and am a little annoyed that they asked almost verbatim a question that's already been asked. If they searched first, they wouldn't have to ask again.0
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Some people gain their self confidence from a little harshness... a little pushing. If I came on here, said "I'm trying to stay within my calories, but I can't help but eat XYZ because I have this function to attend and this function and then my family is sabotaging me etc"... I'd HOPE that someone would tell me to grow up, I'm an adult, to take responsibility for what I'm putting into my face hole and suck it up.
I don't respond to "It'll be okay! You just don't listen to those negative people!"... sunshine and whatnot. Yuck. Give me a straight forward answer any day of the week.
Hey I hear you. I respond better to the drill sergeant mentality, as well. If I'm slacking, meh, I need tough love or I'll keep slacking.0
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