Food dairy, why don't more people make them visible?

I share mine with my husband as he shares with me his diary, but we eat the same meals so it's no big deal. We are each other's accountability in food and exercise. I am not using MFP for anything more than a tool to help me change my food relationship. I personally don't care what anyone else eats, honestly. And that is not being rude, its honest. Its my business to keep it private as it is yours to make yours public. What business is it of anyone to spend time and energy worrying about other people's diaries. That's my 2 cents worth...LOL

Mine's open because I like to use my diary as an example when introducing MFP to IRL people who don't have an account, for school projects, etc. It beats having to hunt down some random member with a public diary.

I don't particularly care what people have to say about my eating/exercise habits, good or bad I've already committed to it and won't change. And it seems that lots of people want to see others' diaries to get an idea of what to eat, so hey, why not.

I think having it private makes it more likely you will be honest with yourself and log everything. If it's public adding that treat or that takeaway will be much less likely, in case people see it :noway: , and judge you on it.

I subscribe to the "calories in < calories out", and not "quality of calories". I dont want messages every day telling me to eat less snacks and eat more veg, fruit, grains, nuts etc, which seems to be all some people think about!

I made it private because I'm only accountable to ME.

I've never had any negative experiences with others commenting on my choices, but I think I've gotten away from the social aspect of the site and just want a purely mathematical model to give myself a view of what my food choices do to my weight - both good and bad.

Mine is friends only... I am not really great at eating the way I want to so I kept it private for a long time.. I guess I just figure who needs to know other than my friends who are there to support me..

I keep mine closed because I joined just to have a place to track the foods I have been eating (and to have records that are easy for my Dr. and nutritionist to review). I am an insulin dependent diabetic, so my meal plan is meant for my personal condition not as an example to others.

Besides this diary is not complete record of my life, sometimes my blood glucose tests too low and I need to eat a correction (sugar in some form is the fastest) before I can take my next insulin dose. All you would see in my diary is that I had some candy/juice as a snack, not why. Or if I had a cookie (limited treats are allowed by my health professionals), my diary doesn't show that there were cinnabuns in the frig that I didn't eat (there are other people in my home).

I am close to the weight I am supposed to be after a long illness where I ended up down to 85lbs, just skin and bones on me so I am slowly rebuilding the muscle I loss. While many are here for weight loss, there are many other reasons people may need to track what they eat. So not everyone needs or wants weight loss advice, even when it is well meant.

Because not everybody wants others trying to advise them or comment on their diet. It's just a personal way to keep track of everything for some. I use my diary as my way of keeping track of my macros and wouldn't really like it if someone else started giving me tips without my asking. I know what I should be eating.
Mine is viewable by my friends though. Maybe public to everyone. I really don't know.

Mine is open. I am for the most part proud of my diet and constantly striving to make it better, so I'm open to constructive criticism. I would probably close it if people started nagging me about something that's their personal crusade- like the anti-vegetarian crowd or the soy police or the milk nazis.