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Why is MFP better than Facebook?

Fit4Evolution
Fit4Evolution Posts: 375 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
:wink: I find my friends here are awesome! diversified and have the same interests as me! feel free to be serious or silly ... its a free for all .. go..!
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  • Karalopolous
    Karalopolous Posts: 574
    Bc people here have a goal!
  • anarod0513
    anarod0513 Posts: 119
    I find this has a better meaning than Facebook. Facebook is all crap. I have on but I find myself on here more often than there.
  • AnonLifeJourney
    AnonLifeJourney Posts: 402 Member
    if i could post pics to my newsfeed id be even happier :) x
  • clydethecat
    clydethecat Posts: 1,087 Member
    i deleted my face book account about 6 months ago. i find mfp to be a lot more fun. and its helping me reach a goal
  • cglyfer
    cglyfer Posts: 104 Member
    I can acces this at work....they haven't caught on yet...LOL
  • Fit4Evolution
    Fit4Evolution Posts: 375 Member
    if i could post pics to my newsfeed id be even happier :) x

    so would we :wink:
  • Fit4Evolution
    Fit4Evolution Posts: 375 Member
    Bc people here have a goal!

    very much so.. and also provide the support you need..
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
    i don't have to put up with pictures of other peoples kids.
  • jamiesadler
    jamiesadler Posts: 635 Member
    less drama and more goal driven.
  • katiep1022
    katiep1022 Posts: 12
    its better because its so motivational! i feel better about myself on mfp, and besides, facebook usually causes drama..
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    The people are about 100000000x more interesting, entertaining, inspiring, and just generally fabulous on here. I wish the people I knew in real life were a tiny fraction as awesome as they are on here.

    Also, there is a lot more eye candy on here.
  • LindaCWy
    LindaCWy Posts: 463 Member
    i don't have to put up with pictures of other peoples kids.
    WIN!
  • Fit4Evolution
    Fit4Evolution Posts: 375 Member
    I find this has a better meaning than Facebook. Facebook is all crap. I have on but I find myself on here more often than there.

    me too , people here are much happier responding to posts and what you do and you can also interact outside your friend group and make more friends
  • Kassieisproud
    Kassieisproud Posts: 149
    Bc people here have a goal!

    very much so.. and also provide the support you need..

    Agreed plus being/getting fit is like being a part of a club you want to talk about it get opinions and share victories Everyone outside the club either doesnt care or just doesnt want to hear about it But all of us in the club share the same excitement
  • Maude_Lewbowski
    Maude_Lewbowski Posts: 395 Member
    I can acces this at work....they haven't caught on yet...LOL


    ^This and I hate facebook!
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    Simple. People on Facebook are real where as you all are figments of my imagination. So here I'm free to say whatever I'd like, you're all really just me anyway.

    When I go to sleep nothing happens in the world...
  • auticus
    auticus Posts: 1,051 Member
    Facebook and MFP are about the same in my opinion. Both are filled with threads that look like they came out of a high school locker room... both have married people trolling for some grease on the side... both have inordinate amounts of naked torso dudes floating around... both have "drama" (just read the forums for 10 minutes, if you can seriously with a straight face say there is no drama on this site, you either cannot read, or do not understand what drama means)... and both highlight some of the darker areas of the human race in what we value.

    However they both provide ways to stay in touch with people... like minded or not.

    Carry on with the lulz.
  • hiker282
    hiker282 Posts: 983 Member
    No stupid pregnancy progression pictures! And few, if any, stupid bimbos bragging about how they "have the bestest husbbie in the whole wider galaxy!"
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    I don't know that its better, just different. People here are supportive, because we all share something in common, other than a zip code, high school, work, etc...

    Facebook is what you make of it. I use (my training page) for motivation, inspiration, encouragement and sharing photos, etc.
  • ladynica
    ladynica Posts: 329 Member
    It's better because I'm not the only fat person on my friendslist. :) And I mean that in the nicest way. I feel comfortable here with people who understand what I'm going through in my weight loss journey.
  • stephaneb74
    stephaneb74 Posts: 151 Member
    because there is no immature teenagers that pollute your threads.... oh well never mind.... it is just the same I agree...
  • Fit4Evolution
    Fit4Evolution Posts: 375 Member
    The people are about 100000000x more interesting, entertaining, inspiring, and just generally fabulous on here. I wish the people I knew in real life were a tiny fraction as awesome as they are on here.

    Also, there is a lot more eye candy on here.

    ha you said candy! LOL the people here are insipiring , i see the amount of hours and time spent , peoples stories and their success make me want to inspire too ..
  • OLFATUG
    OLFATUG Posts: 393 Member
    because nobody sends me requests to play some stupid farm game!!!! :)
  • jgwhite
    jgwhite Posts: 23
    Simple. People on Facebook are real where as you all are figments of my imagination. So here I'm free to say whatever I'd like, you're all really just me anyway.

    When I go to sleep nothing happens in the world...

    Exactly! You can say stuff on here, and read about stuff on here that doesn't work where you actually "know" the people (assuming that most of you know your FB friends. I can say stuff here that my Mother will never hear about!
  • laurasimmons
    laurasimmons Posts: 575 Member
    Its better because I don't have to get a play by play of some bored housewifes boring *kitten* day!
  • AngieCook09
    AngieCook09 Posts: 51 Member
    I can acces this at work....they haven't caught on yet...LOL

    This!!
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    I can acces this at work....they haven't caught on yet...LOL

    This! :laugh: And the fact that my friends on here are mainly striving for the same thing with the same struggles and successes. Not all my Facebook friends understand why or how I need to do this, not even some of my very best friends.

    But variety is the spice of life, so I still use FB, just less frequently... perhaps when Zynga brings out a MFP game I will, lol! :flowerforyou:
  • k011185
    k011185 Posts: 320 Member
    There are no cat pictures.
  • AmyLRed
    AmyLRed Posts: 856 Member
    I can acces this at work....they haven't caught on yet...LOL

    ^^ this! i dont have coworkers and bosses on here!

    Plus the motivation, the support, the same goals, etc

    oh, and the feed isnt cluttered with games and stupid crap. There is plenty of stupid crap available, should i want to read it, but it is not streaming down my feed! I just wish MFP had more notifications.
  • Emancipated_Tai
    Emancipated_Tai Posts: 751 Member
    I agree. I don't feel as comfortable expressing my weight loss journey on FB (just result pics!). Everyone here has a common goal so If I want to talk what I ate, how many calories I burned, rejoice about how much weight I’ve lost, etc. I get the support that I need instead of a “so what” response.
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