MFP friends true supporters or not?

Indeed!

I kind of disagree with this, or parts I guess. Yes, you should be motivating people, but who cares what other people do with their friends list. Under your logic, you should be burning calories instead of worrying about thousands of others friends lists. Just a thought. You're going to have it no matter what you do, save eliminating everyone but those five.

Honestly though, I was one of those that only liked things up until about 6 months ago. Even anonymous online, my social anxiety got the best of me. Not everyone is there to fill space, just quietly enjoying people's successes.

Edit: I also wanted to add that at the end of the day, you are here for you. If you need the support of others to keep going, or if it bothers you this much to make a post, you may have to reevaluate why you are here.

Let's not be friends, k?
Sometimes I don't post on my profile for a week or two. I go months and months without logging. Sometimes I don't comment on friends' posts for days on end, nor even, gasp, hit like.

None of that reflects what I'm DOING ABOUT MY HEALTH.

cheers!

I hit like to acknowledge that I read their post. If I have something to say I will comment but I'm not going to put generic "way to go!" unless I talk to that person on a regular basis. I try not to be friends with friend collectors but if they have a great personality I will!

If someone just wants to lurk my page I have no problem as long as they aren't in creeper mode. I don't mind the shy

Sometimes what separates us from the outcomes we want is nothing but our own philosophy. What if you for a moment imagine that each one of those people is someone you admire. Rather than focusing on negatives such as what didn't happen or what is wrong with other people the effort will be spent on how to earn more interaction. What is it that you could do to build engagement? Focus on that and your story will become richer and engagement will grow. I hope you find the happiness you seek.

The way the home page is set up it can be pretty hard to have a conversation with someone. Posts get buried pretty fast if you have a lot of friends. While I do try to comment on people's stuff I just don't always have time to do that for every person on my list. So sometimes I do just "like" posts to let them know that yes I did notice them today. I tend to only post on those who I see could use some encouragement, who might be struggling a bit or someone who has asked a question.

Maybe I am just being lazy sometimes. You know what? I get to do what I feel I need to do ,or not do, for me too. Nor do I expect all of my friends to comment on my updates every day either. As long as they keep logging in every day and working on their goals I am pretty pleased to have them as friends.