MFP Etiquette

I must be a horrible MFP friend. I rarely like or comment on people's statusus or updates. :ohwell:

Not sure where to post this as I see that all the categories doesn't seem to fit my topic. Nevertheless, this is is a rant about random people adding you on MFP.

Some people might keep their MFP friend list to only the people that they know in real life. I'm all for getting to know new people and I enjoy seeing them updating their workout posts as I think it's quite motivating. Of course, when you see these, you'd sometimes give them a like or a comment.

However, I think it's quite rude on the other hand that these people NEVER once liked or comment on your own progress. It's not that life will end if one doesn't get likes, but I think it's only polite to reciprocate when someone does something nice. It's just like real life, when someone is nice to you, you'd want to be nice back too.

Sorry, I'm just ranting one of my pet peeve for MFP. But I think I'm not the only person feeling this way.

Now I understand why everyone hates me :sad:

It's only because you smell.

Maybe they're shy?

I have mixed feelings on the like button--on the one hand it's less personal, but on the other hand I don't feel like such a douchenozzle constantly saying "nice burn" and "keep it up". Either way, I'm not in an inspirational mood every day, but I definitely try to reciprocate!

No. What happens is an individual normally "adds" the amount of friends they can adequately keep up with as far as actively encouraging them. But then, others add them, and they feel unkind saying no. So the friend list grows due to other people sending them requests. Then, the individual cannot possibly keep up with commenting on everyone's posts.

I ran into this problem myself. I added maybe 5 people. A lot more people added me. I didn't feel right saying no. Then, people posted rants like this and got offended because not all their friends constantly commented on their postings.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Different people use the friend feature for different things. Personally, I view the friend feature as a "forum" of sorts to ask questions and learn from each other in a more intimate setting than the normal forums.

Clearly, not everyone sees it that way. When I do a workout, I don't need every friend to post a generic response each time. If I hear from you on one of every 15 workouts I do, that's practical and enough for me!

I really don't understand this. And it's not to be rude towards you, OP. It's the school of thought in general that I just don't understand.

Not sure where to post this as I see that all the categories doesn't seem to fit my topic. Nevertheless, this is is a rant about random people adding you on MFP.

Some people might keep their MFP friend list to only the people that they know in real life. I'm all for getting to know new people and I enjoy seeing them updating their workout posts as I think it's quite motivating. Of course, when you see these, you'd sometimes give them a like or a comment.

However, I think it's quite rude on the other hand that these people NEVER once liked or comment on your own progress. It's not that life will end if one doesn't get likes, but I think it's only polite to reciprocate when someone does something nice. It's just like real life, when someone is nice to you, you'd want to be nice back too.

Sorry, I'm just ranting one of my pet peeve for MFP. But I think I'm not the only person feeling this way.

I think that some people add anyone who friend requests them in order to not be rude, but then can't keep up with who has "liked" or commented on their own posts. Also, some people like to have a lot of friends to see what other people are doing and get ideas, but aren't always comfortable making comments or don't know what to say that others haven't already said.

That being said, when you rant on MFP, you might get a lot of negative comments, as I recently found out. Even if you don't single anyone in particular out, the community at large takes it as an insult if you are too negative about how people post or comnment.

People do have their own lives & there is alot of people who work with no access to MFP all day until they get home in the evening. So I don't honestly them to go back through the entire day worth of newsfeed to find something I did that morning just to comment, that's just not necessary.

Exactly! Who does that? Even with my Facebook, which consists of my friends and family in real life, I don't comment on everyone's post. Who has the time?

I don't want to be rude, but I think this is silly. Who cares? Just like you already said, delete them and move on. People aren't obligated to comment on anything. ugh.