The Origin and Meaning of "Woo"
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I use it as "wow", which can be a good wow or a bad wow.
UserA: I've lost 50 pounds!
Me: Woo emoji (wow! good job!)
UserB: I hate animals.
Me: Woo emoji (wow...)
@Kiyomoo
Then you are insulting people by marking their posts as bro science, BS or WTF.
Please don't be rude when you intend to congratulate!
How about actually saying something nice instead?
I think calling it rude is going a little far, considering the sheer amount of people who use it in a positive way. I am not the only one.13 -
I use it as "wow", which can be a good wow or a bad wow.
UserA: I've lost 50 pounds!
Me: Woo emoji (wow! good job!)
UserB: I hate animals.
Me: Woo emoji (wow...)
@Kiyomoo
Then you are insulting people by marking their posts as bro science, BS or WTF.
Please don't be rude when you intend to congratulate!
How about actually saying something nice instead?
I think calling it rude is going a little far, considering the sheer amount of people who use it in a positive way. I am not the only one.
All of you who are using it as a positive are not using it as MFP intended. Now that you know, why not stop using it incorrectly?
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10570889/new-community-reaction-woo#latest
In our community Woo means that you think an idea or approach is too good to be true.11 -
kshama2001 wrote: »texasredreb wrote: »Whelp, I've been using the woo button as praise. Sorry to all the folks I've unintentionally ticked off. No more buttons for me!
You can use Like, Insightful, Inspiring, and Hug.
I wish they would change Woo to "Disagree" -- something clearer and not so insulting.
That would be my preference, but if they don't want to do that, than just get rid of it. As was demonstrated on this thread, there is a lot of confusion about the meaning of "Woo".
If they got rid of Woo I'd figure out how to passive-aggressively use "hug" as the new woo. "Bless your heart" like how the little old ladies in the southern US use it.
I've also been know to use "inspiring" when a post in particularly funny and I don't feel like "like" is enough. Or "insightful" for a wonderfully sarcastic post or one that's giving major side-eye. Good stuff.9 -
I use it as "wow", which can be a good wow or a bad wow.
UserA: I've lost 50 pounds!
Me: Woo emoji (wow! good job!)
UserB: I hate animals.
Me: Woo emoji (wow...)
@Kiyomoo
Then you are insulting people by marking their posts as bro science, BS or WTF.
Please don't be rude when you intend to congratulate!
How about actually saying something nice instead?
I think calling it rude is going a little far, considering the sheer amount of people who use it in a positive way. I am not the only one.
The fact remains, that is not the meaning or intention of the reaction. Some people interpret it that way when they first arrive; therefore, their misuse is unintentional. Intentionally continuing to misuse it because it suits your narrative is indeed rude, and potentially distressful to some users who are sensitive to that kind of thing.14 -
RelCanonical wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »texasredreb wrote: »Whelp, I've been using the woo button as praise. Sorry to all the folks I've unintentionally ticked off. No more buttons for me!
You can use Like, Insightful, Inspiring, and Hug.
I wish they would change Woo to "Disagree" -- something clearer and not so insulting.
That would be my preference, but if they don't want to do that, than just get rid of it. As was demonstrated on this thread, there is a lot of confusion about the meaning of "Woo".
If they got rid of Woo I'd figure out how to passive-aggressively use "hug" as the new woo. "Bless your heart" like how the little old ladies in the southern US use it.
I've also been know to use "inspiring" when a post in particularly funny and I don't feel like "like" is enough. Or "insightful" for a wonderfully sarcastic post or one that's giving major side-eye. Good stuff.6 -
I use it as "wow", which can be a good wow or a bad wow.
UserA: I've lost 50 pounds!
Me: Woo emoji (wow! good job!)
UserB: I hate animals.
Me: Woo emoji (wow...)
@Kiyomoo
Then you are insulting people by marking their posts as bro science, BS or WTF.
Please don't be rude when you intend to congratulate!
How about actually saying something nice instead?
I think calling it rude is going a little far, considering the sheer amount of people who use it in a positive way. I am not the only one.
The fact remains, that is not the meaning or intention of the reaction. Some people interpret it that way when they first arrive; therefore, their misuse is unintentional. Intentionally continuing to misuse it because it suits your narrative is indeed rude, and potentially distressful to some users who are sensitive to that kind of thing.
It was my intention to use it positively, and I have not used it in that way since this thread.7 -
RelCanonical wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »texasredreb wrote: »Whelp, I've been using the woo button as praise. Sorry to all the folks I've unintentionally ticked off. No more buttons for me!
You can use Like, Insightful, Inspiring, and Hug.
I wish they would change Woo to "Disagree" -- something clearer and not so insulting.
That would be my preference, but if they don't want to do that, than just get rid of it. As was demonstrated on this thread, there is a lot of confusion about the meaning of "Woo".
If they got rid of Woo I'd figure out how to passive-aggressively use "hug" as the new woo. "Bless your heart" like how the little old ladies in the southern US use it.
I've also been know to use "inspiring" when a post in particularly funny and I don't feel like "like" is enough. Or "insightful" for a wonderfully sarcastic post or one that's giving major side-eye. Good stuff.
"Bless your heart" would be a wonderful reaction.5 -
RelCanonical wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »texasredreb wrote: »Whelp, I've been using the woo button as praise. Sorry to all the folks I've unintentionally ticked off. No more buttons for me!
You can use Like, Insightful, Inspiring, and Hug.
I wish they would change Woo to "Disagree" -- something clearer and not so insulting.
That would be my preference, but if they don't want to do that, than just get rid of it. As was demonstrated on this thread, there is a lot of confusion about the meaning of "Woo".
If they got rid of Woo I'd figure out how to passive-aggressively use "hug" as the new woo. "Bless your heart" like how the little old ladies in the southern US use it.
I've also been know to use "inspiring" when a post in particularly funny and I don't feel like "like" is enough. Or "insightful" for a wonderfully sarcastic post or one that's giving major side-eye. Good stuff.
Oh man yeah, that one can sting good, lol. I've been on the receiving end and you just gotta take those flowers and eat 'em with your kale.10 -
I use it as "wow", which can be a good wow or a bad wow.
UserA: I've lost 50 pounds!
Me: Woo emoji (wow! good job!)
UserB: I hate animals.
Me: Woo emoji (wow...)
@Kiyomoo
Then you are insulting people by marking their posts as bro science, BS or WTF.
Please don't be rude when you intend to congratulate!
How about actually saying something nice instead?
I think calling it rude is going a little far, considering the sheer amount of people who use it in a positive way. I am not the only one.
The fact remains, that is not the meaning or intention of the reaction. Some people interpret it that way when they first arrive; therefore, their misuse is unintentional. Intentionally continuing to misuse it because it suits your narrative is indeed rude, and potentially distressful to some users who are sensitive to that kind of thing.
It was my intention to use it positively, and I have not used it in that way since this thread.
Ah, then you're good That was not clear to me from your earlier post.4 -
RelCanonical wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »texasredreb wrote: »Whelp, I've been using the woo button as praise. Sorry to all the folks I've unintentionally ticked off. No more buttons for me!
You can use Like, Insightful, Inspiring, and Hug.
I wish they would change Woo to "Disagree" -- something clearer and not so insulting.
That would be my preference, but if they don't want to do that, than just get rid of it. As was demonstrated on this thread, there is a lot of confusion about the meaning of "Woo".
If they got rid of Woo I'd figure out how to passive-aggressively use "hug" as the new woo. "Bless your heart" like how the little old ladies in the southern US use it.
I've also been know to use "inspiring" when a post in particularly funny and I don't feel like "like" is enough. Or "insightful" for a wonderfully sarcastic post or one that's giving major side-eye. Good stuff.
"Bless your heart" would be a wonderful reaction.
I know you're being a little be facetious, but I feel like if they did end up adding a "bless your heart" button it would be used just like the "woo" button because of how regional the passive aggressive meaning of "bless your heart" is. Or really, how regional any use of that phrase is.2 -
I was wooed recently for sharing my experiences with binge eating (I can't imagine that was a "woohoo" but people are odd) and it looks like someone dug up a two-year-old thread about a baby food diet to leave me a woo present.9
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diannethegeek wrote: »I was wooed recently for sharing my experiences with binge eating (I can't imagine that was a "woohoo" but people are odd) and it looks like someone dug up a two-year-old thread about a baby food diet to leave me a woo present.
I will get woo'ed sometimes on completely neutral comments - I have no confirmation but I generally think someone was mad at me for other comments I made that weren't so innocuous, and went around woo'ing my other comments, lol.
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I use it as "wow", which can be a good wow or a bad wow.
UserA: I've lost 50 pounds!
Me: Woo emoji (wow! good job!)
UserB: I hate animals.
Me: Woo emoji (wow...)
@Kiyomoo
Then you are insulting people by marking their posts as bro science, BS or WTF.
Please don't be rude when you intend to congratulate!
How about actually saying something nice instead?
I think calling it rude is going a little far, considering the sheer amount of people who use it in a positive way. I am not the only one.
The fact remains, that is not the meaning or intention of the reaction. Some people interpret it that way when they first arrive; therefore, their misuse is unintentional. Intentionally continuing to misuse it because it suits your narrative is indeed rude, and potentially distressful to some users who are sensitive to that kind of thing.
It was my intention to use it positively, and I have not used it in that way since this thread.
Ok, I misunderstood and thought you were planning to continue to use it incorrectly, so please disregard my previous comment6 -
diannethegeek wrote: »I was wooed recently for sharing my experiences with binge eating (I can't imagine that was a "woohoo" but people are odd) and it looks like someone dug up a two-year-old thread about a baby food diet to leave me a woo present.
i've been woo'ed for saying good morning.
i've been woo'ed for hoping someone had a quick recovery from surgery.
some people are petty are small and i love that my very existence gets their panties in a bunch5 -
Do the woos count against the postee in some way because sometimes I wanna use it wrong because I REALLY like what someone says and then post why I wooed wrongly.1
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diannethegeek wrote: »I was wooed recently for sharing my experiences with binge eating (I can't imagine that was a "woohoo" but people are odd) and it looks like someone dug up a two-year-old thread about a baby food diet to leave me a woo present.
i've been woo'ed for saying good morning.
i've been woo'ed for hoping someone had a quick recovery from surgery.
some people are petty are small and i love that my very existence gets their panties in a bunch
Shameful things to say to people.4 -
RelCanonical wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »texasredreb wrote: »Whelp, I've been using the woo button as praise. Sorry to all the folks I've unintentionally ticked off. No more buttons for me!
You can use Like, Insightful, Inspiring, and Hug.
I wish they would change Woo to "Disagree" -- something clearer and not so insulting.
That would be my preference, but if they don't want to do that, than just get rid of it. As was demonstrated on this thread, there is a lot of confusion about the meaning of "Woo".
If they got rid of Woo I'd figure out how to passive-aggressively use "hug" as the new woo. "Bless your heart" like how the little old ladies in the southern US use it.
I've also been know to use "inspiring" when a post in particularly funny and I don't feel like "like" is enough. Or "insightful" for a wonderfully sarcastic post or one that's giving major side-eye. Good stuff.
Hey, don't ruin :flowerforyou: entirely! It can be nice, too. Context is everything.
And I like woo, even ambiguous woo, having been around when there was no negative reaction available at all.
Trust me, you do not want to be hearing in actual words from the people who woo innocuous posts, or follow others around just to woo to see their posts. These are not smart, funny, or insightful people. More stupid fight threads frightening new people, then getting censored or closed, is a worse problem that a few ambiguous or unwelcome woos.
Let the passive aggressives woo to their hearts' content. We're all better off that way.16 -
RelCanonical wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »texasredreb wrote: »Whelp, I've been using the woo button as praise. Sorry to all the folks I've unintentionally ticked off. No more buttons for me!
You can use Like, Insightful, Inspiring, and Hug.
I wish they would change Woo to "Disagree" -- something clearer and not so insulting.
That would be my preference, but if they don't want to do that, than just get rid of it. As was demonstrated on this thread, there is a lot of confusion about the meaning of "Woo".
If they got rid of Woo I'd figure out how to passive-aggressively use "hug" as the new woo. "Bless your heart" like how the little old ladies in the southern US use it.
I've also been know to use "inspiring" when a post in particularly funny and I don't feel like "like" is enough. Or "insightful" for a wonderfully sarcastic post or one that's giving major side-eye. Good stuff.
Hey, don't ruin :flowerforyou: entirely! It can be nice, too. Context is everything.
And I like woo, even ambiguous woo, having been around when there was no negative reaction available at all.
Trust me, you do not want to be hearing in actual words from the people who woo innocuous posts, or follow others around just to woo to see their posts. These are not smart, funny, or insightful people. More stupid fight threads frightening new people, then getting censored or closed, is a worse problem that a few ambiguous or unwelcome woos.
Let the passive aggressives woo to their hearts' content. We're all better off that way.
Ahhh.... I would have loved that. I would have been banned but I would have loved it before I got banned.6 -
RelCanonical wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »texasredreb wrote: »Whelp, I've been using the woo button as praise. Sorry to all the folks I've unintentionally ticked off. No more buttons for me!
You can use Like, Insightful, Inspiring, and Hug.
I wish they would change Woo to "Disagree" -- something clearer and not so insulting.
That would be my preference, but if they don't want to do that, than just get rid of it. As was demonstrated on this thread, there is a lot of confusion about the meaning of "Woo".
If they got rid of Woo I'd figure out how to passive-aggressively use "hug" as the new woo. "Bless your heart" like how the little old ladies in the southern US use it.
I've also been know to use "inspiring" when a post in particularly funny and I don't feel like "like" is enough. Or "insightful" for a wonderfully sarcastic post or one that's giving major side-eye. Good stuff.
Hey, don't ruin :flowerforyou: entirely! It can be nice, too. Context is everything.
And I like woo, even ambiguous woo, having been around when there was no negative reaction available at all.
Trust me, you do not want to be hearing in actual words from the people who woo innocuous posts, or follow others around just to woo to see their posts. These are not smart, funny, or insightful people. More stupid fight threads frightening new people, then getting censored or closed, is a worse problem that a few ambiguous or unwelcome woos.
Let the passive aggressives woo to their hearts' content. We're all better off that way.
Oh gosh. The days of a relatively innocuous first post followed by a page of "that's stupid" and then 19 pages of cat gifs and "in b4 the roll."7
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