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No guidance or help

j99li
j99li Posts: 421 Member
edited January 9 in Motivation and Support
I'm not new here on MFP but its very frustrating to try and get help on here or motivation support when there are no one that responds to my questions.....

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  • titianwasp
    titianwasp Posts: 139 Member
    What have you asked? People will respond better to direct questions "how do I...?" or "has anyone experienced...?.". Make sure that you do not phrase things in a vague way, or people might not know what you are asking or how to respond.
  • 714rah714
    714rah714 Posts: 759 Member
    Try adding more MFP friends, looked at your list and only 4 out of 23 are active
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    I'm not new here on MFP but its very frustrating to try and get help on here or motivation support when there are no one that responds to my questions.....

    Yes, you need more friends! What problems are you having? I will send a friend invite.
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    In regards to your request for help, I recommend that you ask a question or describe what you're having problems with.

    Now you have been helped.
  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,644 Member
    and what exactly was the question?
  • whitmars106
    whitmars106 Posts: 118 Member
    If you're referring to posting on the message boards, I've had the same issues. I don't know how they get cycled around, but I'm lucky to get up to 10 responses, where as I see most boards have pages of replies! Is there something you'd like to ask?
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    Hi there,

    I looked at your post history and in the past few days you've posted three threads, including this one.

    Is the issue you're having with the post on TDEE? If so, there is a great search button on the top right of the message board view.

    If you type in something like "help me find my TDEE" or "TDEE calculation" or "what's my TDEE" (catch my drift?) a multitude of threads pop up. A lot of threads get posted by the minute and people don't always see them. I happened to see this one because it showed as the most recently responded to thread in my forum view.

    Search for a topic called "In Place of a Roadmap" or "chicksplanation of TDEE" and you'll find a lot of good info.

    Good luck!
  • leodru
    leodru Posts: 321 Member
    find some of the groups - i have a mens group and they are extremely acitve and supportive etc. a little work on finding the right fit goes a long way.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    A big part of getting responses is the time of day you post. Where in the world are you?
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    With the boards active, posts aren't visible for very long, so most people may never see your question. This is why you will sometimes see people bump their own posts. Other people will ask their friends instead of the hive mind.
  • zealousmissjj_wechange
    zealousmissjj_wechange Posts: 445
    What's your question babes? :flowerforyou:
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I would for one recommend joining a group. Also, a lot of people like me just look at recent posts...and I only look at the first page...often a post, even if it's recent can get buried pretty quickly because of so much activity. You may want to consider bumping yourself from time to time.

    Also, while there may be loads of responses on some threads, if you look at them, a lot of them...most of them are really saying the same thing for the most part. To most questions, there really aren't a ton of correct answers so you don't need pages and pages of responses necessarily.
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    If you're referring to posting on the message boards, I've had the same issues. I don't know how they get cycled around, but I'm lucky to get up to 10 responses, where as I see most boards have pages of replies! Is there something you'd like to ask?

    This is an interesting question. It's based on "most recently commented upon". Sort of an inequitable way to promote threads and it leads to odd social mechanics.

    But, if you haven't gotten enough responses, you can simply respond to your own thread with "bump" and it will bring it up to the top of the list.
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    If you're referring to posting on the message boards, I've had the same issues. I don't know how they get cycled around, but I'm lucky to get up to 10 responses, where as I see most boards have pages of replies! Is there something you'd like to ask?

    This is an interesting question. It's based on "most recently commented upon". Sort of an inequitable way to promote threads and it leads to odd social mechanics.

    But, if you haven't gotten enough responses, you can simply respond to your own thread with "bump" and it will bring it up to the top of the list.

    Also, reading your previous posts to look at what people wrote back (ahem, I gave you some really good advice a few posts up) and responding to let us know you're not blowing off said really good advice, is not a bad way to make friends and establish good forum mojo either.
  • nashai01
    nashai01 Posts: 536 Member
    Hi there,

    I looked at your post history and in the past few days you've posted three threads, including this one.

    Is the issue you're having with the post on TDEE? If so, there is a great search button on the top right of the message board view.

    If you type in something like "help me find my TDEE" or "TDEE calculation" or "what's my TDEE" (catch my drift?) a multitude of threads pop up. A lot of threads get posted by the minute and people don't always see them. I happened to see this one because it showed as the most recently responded to thread in my forum view.

    Search for a topic called "In Place of a Roadmap" or "chicksplanation of TDEE" and you'll find a lot of good info.

    Good luck!

    Great Advice
  • Pamela_June
    Pamela_June Posts: 316 Member
    Sorry you have not felt any support from anyone here - really there is a lot of folks who are helpful and supportive here....don't give up on yourself or this site....
  • j99li
    j99li Posts: 421 Member
    Thanks everyone! I have had a lot of issues with my weight recently with the stress of school and it's difficult to find answers on what I need.

    With that said, I guess I need to clean out my friends list again! I haven't even realized that the majority of them aren't even active any more :(
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    Also, reading your previous posts to look at what people wrote back (ahem, I gave you some really good advice a few posts up) and responding to let us know you're not blowing off said really good advice, is not a bad way to make friends and establish good forum mojo either.

    Another interesting dynamic. People with answers seem to get tired of providing them to non responsive or ungrateful people, which over time leads to people with answers being less open and helpful, and more blunt and direct. Then people get upset about bluntness. Not referring to anything in this thread in particular but it's something that injures the community.
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