Deleting Friends...

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  • Cranktastic
    Cranktastic Posts: 1,517 Member
    Rarely do I delete (haven't logged on in weeks upon weeks) - I'm typically the one deleted.

    For instance, a few weeks back I traveled out of the country - very VERY minimal internet use and told the friendzo's so. Like 15 people deleted me... why? For not logging in and interacting. Two way street - you want interaction, read the g'damn status!

    more for me.
  • reasnableblonde
    reasnableblonde Posts: 212 Member
    I delete friend hoarders. If they have a ton of friends, consistently get a ton of support (on posts that aren't witty or anything, just your basic "I lost 0.2 pounds" or "today I made chicken for dinner!" updates), yet NEVER comment on my posts or anyone else's, I don't really feel like keeping them around.
  • Jenny_Taylia
    Jenny_Taylia Posts: 540 Member
    I wouldnt be surprised if people started plucking me off their friends list. Im so inactive on MFP....Except the forums....


    Ps...the only reason why I havent been as active as others is becausee I access MFP through my Playstation3 and its a bit difficult to figure out.
  • Angel_Eyes1975
    Angel_Eyes1975 Posts: 132 Member
    I have only deleted people that had not been on in 30 days
  • Toya2xcel
    Toya2xcel Posts: 107 Member
    I delete negative people that are ALWAYS complaining and people with EDs. People talking about binging and purging makes me very uncomfortable.
  • Nefetete
    Nefetete Posts: 343 Member
    I only delete friends if they have been inactive for a month, there is no 2 way support & they are trying to promote/sell their products.
  • _CowgirlUp_
    _CowgirlUp_ Posts: 585 Member
    I keep my friend list pretty tight...I clean it out regularly.

    If someone hasn't logged in, in over 10 days (A decent vacation) & wasn't excited enough about it before hand to tell anyone they were going on vacation....

    If someone isn't giving me a back and forth interaction/support & encouragement (or friendly harassment).

    If someone is not serious about changing their lifestyle & eating habits to get healthy but complain about not losing.

    If someone complains about not losing X amount of pounds in X amount of days or they've been on a "plateau" for a WEEK!

    Actually, I guess there's a lot of reasons why I delete someone...

    Be serious about changing your life for good and interact with me somehow...that's all it takes.
  • RunIntheMud
    RunIntheMud Posts: 2,645 Member
    I was warned early on to watch who I accept requests from (thanks to those who helped me!). So, my list is pretty small still.

    I have deleted people that creep me out. Call it women's intuition or paranoia, but it's what I do to make my experience on here pleasant. I have also deleted a couple that have tried to sell me things.

    I don't delete inactive friends, because I know that life happens and time can get away from you sometimes. I have a couple friends on here that do have only 1 or 2 friends, so I try to be as supportive as possible to them. MFP was intimidating to me when I first logged on and I wasn't trying to make a complete lifestyle change. I also knew people on here that helped me with the ins and outs of navigating. Imagine what it's like for these new people coming in here. Not only are they trying a brand new lifestyle of eating healthy and exercising, but they are also opening themselves up to a new community that is very quick to comment on every calorie that is put in the person's mouth, as well as burned. That's a lot for a person to take in up front.

    So...anyway. Try to give your inactive friends a little nudge before bumping them. *stepping off my soap box now*
  • jporte
    jporte Posts: 164 Member
    I don't generally delete people...only once I went through and deleted a few that weren't on for a long time. I was a little irritated that 3 or 4 people deleted me and didn't tell me why....I must have annoyed them in some way because I have never missed more than 1 or 2 days (of course it's usually the weekends) of logging in so I can't imagine that is why.
  • SMBL2
    SMBL2 Posts: 22 Member
    I only have a handful of friends and those are connections I made before MFP. Call me selective or whatever, but if I don't have oodles of friends on my list, I don't have to worry about them not logging on or checking in and then having to delete them because *they* didn't live up to *my* expectations. Life happens, I get that. I'm not going to unfriend one of them because of it.
  • ginandchocolate
    ginandchocolate Posts: 72 Member
    I delete if the don't interact, don't log in regularly or are just an over douche
  • Kebby83
    Kebby83 Posts: 232 Member
    I am bad at interacting. But I read the news feed at least 1000 times a day, it encourages me and helps me. I just don't get much time to interact. When I can I try to shove comments in and it feels a little like a popularity contest.

    I know I've been unfriended in the past but myfitnesspal really isn't my identity, you know? I am not so emotionally involved with my friends list that it would hurt too badly, maybe that is part of my problem! lol
  • chopzgurl05
    chopzgurl05 Posts: 84 Member
    I delete people if you look at their statuses or food diary and you can tell they are not committed at all, they haven't logged in for a long period of time or they do not interact with me whatsoever.

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