How do people find friends on here?

healthychanges1

I see people with hundreds of friends and wonder where they all came from! How do I make friends on MFP?

davisrl0

I have less than 20 friends. Some of these friends I knew outside of this site...we all joined and found eachother. The rest of the friends I have are people who maybe have similar weightloss goals that Ive "met" on the message boards. I think you can search for people who are similar in their goals and you can friend them.

Hezzietiger1

post a good topic.. people respond.

RedHeadDevotchka

Create a controversial and yet hilarious topic, although you'll get a fair mix of hate too.

hhayes06

I would say half of my friends on here I was friends with on other forums before here, the other half are people I have met on here. When somebody makes a post that I agree with or like then I check out thier profile and decide if I want to try to friend them. Others I have suggested that they friend me if they want on a thread that they have started.

You can friend me if you want but you might find me a bit motherly. :flowerforyou:

KatKatatrophic

People just find me somehow, probably from my friend's friend's and they add me, and I accept.
And such.

pattyproulx

Ya, just be active on the forums.

If you like what someone has to say and they seem informed/interesting/funny, send them a friend request. I'd generally recommend including a message explaining why you would like to be their friend.

misskerouac

Definitely the forums.

Also, I would suggest putting a picture up, even if it's just of something you like (a cartoon drawing, a silly meme, a band), I know I tend to scan over anyone with the default picture because I can't put a picture to a name, and I get no sense of who that person is.

amanda_ataraxia

Find groups for common interests. You will get lots of friends through those.
And being active helps. It also helps to have pictures. Some times your profile picture catches someone's eye.

47Jacqueline

Post responses in the forums or create posts. Let people know who you are or be interested enough to read your profile. People will find you. Also ask people to be your friend. I have about 8 friends on this site just from showing up.

If you build it, they will come ;-)

caraiselite

i joined a group doing a similar woe as me. added some people that posted in it.
bam instant friends.

blythe5678

Can people add me please on the 7 day cleanse need some motivation blythe5678

krhn

Friends will come more easily if you are more active in the community and build up a good foundation for people to trust you...
You can also just go to the introduction thread where many pele from across the world wants to expand their friends list!

concordancia

Hang out on the forums. People who find you interesting will send you friend requests and you should send requests to people you find interesting.

It is usually best if you include a short message mentioning why you are sending the request, ice what it was that caught your attention.

ScatteredThoughts

Can people add me please on the 7 day cleanse need some motivation blythe5678

You should probably start your own topic, either here or in "Introducing Yourself", instead digging up one like this. It seems that most of the responses are the to the now deactivated OP's question.

starfinale

one day I created a topic about losing 100lbs in 9 months. I got a requests from people who were trying to accomplish the same thing. I only had 1 friend at the time then I gained some. I wasn't expecting it..... it's nice to have people who have the same goal as you. I feel horrible if I deny requests.

Textmessage

OP deactivated. Probably due to too many friend requests.

cmurisan

Hey everyone I was looking for friends also. My username is cmurisan. I have a 69 lb goal.

sambernardo

Most of the time my friend's friends on here will add me that's how I got most of mine. Everyone feel free to add me if you want the more motivational support the better =D

caitlinahepburn

I guess a mixture of things, i dont know anyone personally ha, none of my friends use this!

FP4HSharon

Some people collect as many friends as possible, to the point where there are too many to truly keep track of or interact with. Maybe a self esteem issue? But I like to keep the number down so I can try to encourage each friend each day...I only have 8 right now. I usually don't send friend requests myself, but sometimes people will see something you post that they really connect or agree with & will send you a request. I usually look at their past posts to see if they're positive people or whiners, or if there's any other issues. Once got a request from a nudist, whose posts were almost all plugs for nudity...no, didn't accept that request. LOL. But if the people don't interact, or seem to be whiners, then I usually just delete them.

omnomnomicon

Well I'll send you a request! Its a good start

ldrosophila

I guess a mixture of things, i dont know anyone personally ha, none of my friends use this!

i cant get my friends or family on here either they sign up but disappear

mockchoc

Well I'll send you a request! Its a good start

Good luck with that, they deactivated.

TamaraKat

I made all of my friends being supportive on the message boards. Everyone gets to know you eventually! :drinker:

dee_ngure

Keeping it real with this healthy lifestyle aint no joke!! Fitness pal has helped me meet my goals half way i lost 9lbs in the past 49 days and im on a roll to loss another 9lbs i certainly need motivation to keep going add me dee_ngure

Katanthus

I have some friends I made when I first started on MFP, but it has been hard to find new ones.