Taking away the newsfeed is taking away family
jaxxie
Posts: 576 Member
So many of us have built bonds in groups of many. Families have grown over 10 years and people are truly grieving.
It's shameful that you would do something to take away a safe space for 1000s.
Take a minute to think about the bonds and support some may otherwise not have!
It's shameful that you would do something to take away a safe space for 1000s.
Take a minute to think about the bonds and support some may otherwise not have!
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Yes this is horrible that they took it away.. now it’s like counting calories on a piece of paper! Why even have the app
Newsfeed was the whole idea!13 -
They said by the End of June,LIES!!!Its gone.No feed ,it’s pointless.10
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I agree! I want the ability to share my information with my private group of friends. If I want to use a notepad and go back 20 years and keep track of my food/exercise/, etc. I would have no use for apps like Fitness pal. This is si disappointing.9
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Agreed will not be renewing my premium account in August, the newsfeed was so important!9
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I also want the newsfeed back. Why would they do this?8
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They've now screwed it up with no return. We're all on lose it now!6
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I miss my friends already. MFP is an empty shell. Feeling blue...5
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Agreed!4
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I checked MFP this morning, only to see I lost my newsfeed. I have been posting for over 10 years, my friends were still posting on my newsfeed since day 1. My friends lived in all parts of the world and this was a great way to keep in touch. They were there when I had brain tumour, radiation and needed support, and I was there for good, and tough times for them. It is very sad when you take away a very important part of the app and lose all your friends. I hope you will reconsider this decision to remove the news feed. We are like family.11
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I lost my newsfeed today. It’s not the same without it.6
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I have been using MFP faithfully for almost 13 years. Guess this is the unlucky year since my News Feed and Profile Feed are now gone. : (5
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Loved the newsfeed. Can't figure out why the powers that be decided to scrap it.3
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I know people are going to hate me for saying it..I just don't get it...if these are such good friends why would it be so hard to start a thread on community board or invite them to a group??? Or just add them on Facebook if you've been so involved for 10 years? I feel so much more comfortable talking to people I don't know personally on a public space than a private one!1
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AdahPotatah2024 wrote: »I know people are going to hate me for saying it..I just don't get it...if these are such good friends why would it be so hard to start a thread on community board or invite them to a group??? Or just add them on Facebook if you've been so involved for 10 years? I feel so much more comfortable talking to people I don't know personally on a public space than a private one!
The friends people have aren't necessarily friends with each other.
And, for me at least, I don't share my weight and fitness journey in Facebook with my 'regular' friends and family, they don't care and wouldn't understand.8 -
Workoutahloic50 wrote: »They said by the End of June,LIES!!!Its gone.No feed ,it’s pointless.
If they said by the end of June, and if it is gone for you now, they didn't lie.0 -
wolverine400 wrote: »Yes this is horrible that they took it away.. now it’s like counting calories on a piece of paper! Why even have the app
Newsfeed was the whole idea!
I thought the whole idea was the logging - diet, exercise, reports.
They are still there.0 -
wolverine400 wrote: »Yes this is horrible that they took it away.. now it’s like counting calories on a piece of paper! Why even have the app
Newsfeed was the whole idea!
I thought the whole idea was the logging - diet, exercise, reports.
They are still there.
Apparently, the friend list is also still there via the website: https://www.myfitnesspal.com/friends0 -
I too am unhappy with this decision. Hire better developers. It was a very good feature taken away.6
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So many of us have built bonds in groups of many. Families have grown over 10 years and people are truly grieving.
It's shameful that you would do something to take away a safe space for 1000s.
Take a minute to think about the bonds and support some may otherwise not have!
With 21 and counting threads lamenting the removal of the newsfeeds, you aren’t alone! I hope you can find a way to connect with your fitfam!3 -
MFP groups are currently horribly broken and nearly unusable. Urban legend says there are happy group users, but these rumors of their existence have never been confirmed.AdahPotatah2024 wrote: »invite them to a group???0 -
All of my friends have been erased also. I had 10+ people on here and they are now gone.3
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Yes, I remember having this option to write my thoughts that won't be available to my family but a way to write out my thoughts on a daily basis.. that I can refer back to. and close friends can respond to. Reminds me of the loss of Spark People... Oh well,,,, anyone know any other sight that has both a food journal and a conversation journal?3
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I also miss the newsfeed. The app is not as much fun since I don’t get the encouragement I used to. Bad idea to take it away.2
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It wasn’t broken so why fix it? A great feature now gone and I don’t want to have to log on to message boards when I could so easily communicate in the app at the time I was using it.1
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AdahPotatah2024 wrote: »I know people are going to hate me for saying it..I just don't get it...if these are such good friends why would it be so hard to start a thread on community board or invite them to a group??? Or just add them on Facebook if you've been so involved for 10 years? I feel so much more comfortable talking to people I don't know personally on a public space than a private one!
That's been tried by numerous people, but bit by bit, they all drift away. The newsfeed was used, a lot, despite what MFP are saying. The newsfeed however, appeared when I logged on, I would scroll down, click "like" (or not click like), I would log my food and drink, log my exercise and it would appear on my own feed. Now though, I can't even see what friends' activities are, they can't see mine. To contact them, I have to message them.......seriously bad move on MFP's part as they will find out as premium subscriptions fall drastically as and when they are due.......
If you feel more comfortable talking to people you don't know personally on a public space, great, you always had that option, but those of us who liked the newsfeed, we no longer have an option, they removed that choice without even doing a survey.0 -
wolverine400 wrote: »Yes this is horrible that they took it away.. now it’s like counting calories on a piece of paper! Why even have the app
Newsfeed was the whole idea!
I thought the whole idea was the logging - diet, exercise, reports.
They are still there.
Apparently, the friend list is also still there via the website: https://www.myfitnesspal.com/friends
Not a lot of use, as when you click on a friend on that, you cannot see any of their activities at all.0
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