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How About We Don't Delete Newsfeeds
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rileysowner wrote: »MargaretYakoda wrote: »ByeByeToDiabetes wrote: »rileysowner wrote: »BCLadybug888 wrote: »
Here, here!chris_in_cal wrote: »Please write up what you find. Your compare and contrast of alternatives. ( to save me from having to do it 🤣)rileysowner wrote: »..as I try out other platforms I find that they are far better in many ways in terms of logging food and integration of my Fitbit data...
Yes please - particularly interested in ones that integrate well with your Fitbit!
Cronometer integrates Fitbit data much more fully than MFP. I don't see anything like the newsfeed for interaction, so I have not explored it much more that logging a bit. The logging there is different than here, but works well enough, and I am guessing once I got used to the interface, I would find it easier.
MyNetDiary seems to have the ability to put together a friend list, but I would need to pay to directly use my Fitbit, however, since I linked my Fitbit to GoogleFit, I can import information through it. I only started playing with it yesterday, so I am still exploring.
LoseIt I looked at, but I haven't played with it much, and have no idea on Fitbit integration or friends interactions.
Cronometer is food logging only
MyNetDiary has old community posts from April 2023 showing the last entry, so I guess it's not used by too many.
Lose it, a bit different, but I will get used to it.
Still searching...because I need interaction with 'friends' not just a forum.
I’ve been on MyNetDiary for a few days now.
I also tried LoseIt.
The forums on MyNet Diary are actually much busier than here, but you have to find groups that resonate with you and your goals.
The learning curve is tricky there, but I am finding the features far better on MND than here, or even LoseIt.
I’m very likely to shift over there full time by the end of the month. I might pop into the forums here occasionally just to see how things are doing.
But I think this app is on its last legs. And I don’t say that lightly.
As for community posts, if you are looking on the webpage, they are all old. If you are looking on the app, they are far more current. They don't really have a newfeed for a curated friends list although you can have friends there. I am still exploring it though.
Groups work kind of like the old newsfeed though with chronological sorting. If you have a big active group of amiable people, it's a close enough facsimile for me personally. I just like a supportive space for my own health/lifestyle related journal, and enjoy supporting others along their journeys as well.
Friendslists also effect the sorting on the main page. Things where friends even comment are pushed to the top. Presumably if you have an active friends list, you'd see much more of your friends activity in the newsfeed.
The other major benefit is that the app is young, and haven't been eaten by private equity. It's still a small privately owned company, working on newer code that will likely improve as things go on. They may even listen to suggestions, something that clearly MFP doesnt, and loseit really wont either.
I've gone through the alternatives now. With my only nitpick being the recipe creator not allowing bulk import is annoying, it is the most functional app with the most robust social features. More so than even here in its heyday.
You have already joined us, but anyone else who is looking for an alternative, feel free to join our group:
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mrsfuzzycat wrote: »I used the newsfeed every day and I really really miss it. I didn't use it to share with friends but I did use it to record my private thoughts on my progress or lack of some days. I recorded the resons why I didn't lose weight on a particular day to help me understand my ups and downs. I was just starting to look for 1 or 2 like-minded people to be friends with and now it's gone. Please reconsider, MFP! It really is what set this app apart.
Now you can use your activity feed for that! 😀
Just keep in mind there are no customizable privacy settings. It's either all private or all visible.
Yup, and this makes it pretty useless for journalling - which I would like private, or 'friends only', like the personal blogs were, but I don't want my entire profile private.3 -
Still no change? I've found since they announced it I have had little motivation and struggled a lot. I know it's silly but the feed was so useful and I absolutely loved connecting with others.
C'mon MFP. Just bring it back already!!4 -
Spadesheart wrote: »rileysowner wrote: »MargaretYakoda wrote: »ByeByeToDiabetes wrote: »rileysowner wrote: »BCLadybug888 wrote: »
Here, here!chris_in_cal wrote: »Please write up what you find. Your compare and contrast of alternatives. ( to save me from having to do it 🤣)rileysowner wrote: »..as I try out other platforms I find that they are far better in many ways in terms of logging food and integration of my Fitbit data...
Yes please - particularly interested in ones that integrate well with your Fitbit!
Cronometer integrates Fitbit data much more fully than MFP. I don't see anything like the newsfeed for interaction, so I have not explored it much more that logging a bit. The logging there is different than here, but works well enough, and I am guessing once I got used to the interface, I would find it easier.
MyNetDiary seems to have the ability to put together a friend list, but I would need to pay to directly use my Fitbit, however, since I linked my Fitbit to GoogleFit, I can import information through it. I only started playing with it yesterday, so I am still exploring.
LoseIt I looked at, but I haven't played with it much, and have no idea on Fitbit integration or friends interactions.
Cronometer is food logging only
MyNetDiary has old community posts from April 2023 showing the last entry, so I guess it's not used by too many.
Lose it, a bit different, but I will get used to it.
Still searching...because I need interaction with 'friends' not just a forum.
I’ve been on MyNetDiary for a few days now.
I also tried LoseIt.
The forums on MyNet Diary are actually much busier than here, but you have to find groups that resonate with you and your goals.
The learning curve is tricky there, but I am finding the features far better on MND than here, or even LoseIt.
I’m very likely to shift over there full time by the end of the month. I might pop into the forums here occasionally just to see how things are doing.
But I think this app is on its last legs. And I don’t say that lightly.
As for community posts, if you are looking on the webpage, they are all old. If you are looking on the app, they are far more current. They don't really have a newfeed for a curated friends list although you can have friends there. I am still exploring it though.
Groups work kind of like the old newsfeed though with chronological sorting. If you have a big active group of amiable people, it's a close enough facsimile for me personally. I just like a supportive space for my own health/lifestyle related journal, and enjoy supporting others along their journeys as well.
Friendslists also effect the sorting on the main page. Things where friends even comment are pushed to the top. Presumably if you have an active friends list, you'd see much more of your friends activity in the newsfeed.
The other major benefit is that the app is young, and haven't been eaten by private equity. It's still a small privately owned company, working on newer code that will likely improve as things go on. They may even listen to suggestions, something that clearly MFP doesnt, and loseit really wont either.
I've gone through the alternatives now. With my only nitpick being the recipe creator not allowing bulk import is annoying, it is the most functional app with the most robust social features. More so than even here in its heyday.
You have already joined us, but anyone else who is looking for an alternative, feel free to join our group:
https://www.mynetdiary.com/community/groups/65401
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Bingo!
Two observations:
Somewhere in the support area of the community group admins have announced an “adopt a pal” initiative.
It seemed like a great idea, and I even made a comment saying I would love to join and help people out.
Zero response.
Zero engagement from the powers that be here.
This adopt a pal thing began a year ago
If MFP was actually interested in retaining any of us as customers someone from MFP would have done a little more work to grow this program. Or delete the posts about it if they’d changed their minds.
Literally no one would have noticed if they’d just deleted it.
Meanwhile, on My Net Diary I’ve already interacted with active representatives of MND multiple times.
Changed the nutritional information on two out of date items. (The forums here are full of questions about out of date information and the answer is “just be careful”)
And have been advised by a registered dietitian in the app about my disability and how it affects my calorie goal for losing weight.
I am more and more convinced that MFP is being left to wither away by the current owners. I don’t have proof of this, but all the data points lead to this conclusion.
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I can not imagine everyone trying to recreate a newsfeed for themselves. The amount of time and effort is staggering. Administration what in the world were you thinking? It was the first thing I checked on the site each day, You really and truly dropped the ball on this.4
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Ditto to all of the above. The personal newsfeed and peer support was literally the only advantage that MFP had over other calorie-logging apps.
I started trialing another app, just to see how they compared, then came back to MFP just to say how I preferred that it had the social support
... and there it was, gone. Poor call.2 -
It is so sad that we have lost our feed...MFP killed it ! I am morning the loss of it...I am 77 yrs old and have no idea what MFP is talking about this community feed...it sucks and I am still holding on that we will get our feed back...MFP killed the best part of this app..Shame on MFP...You will get a lot of people leaving this app because of your crazy change...It did nothing to help anyone...Get a grip and add the feed back ! Done with my two cents...And done with MFP...2
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Wishbone07 wrote: »It is so sad that we have lost our feed...MFP killed it ! I am morning the loss of it...I am 77 yrs old and have no idea what MFP is talking about this community feed...it sucks and I am still holding on that we will get our feed back...MFP killed the best part of this app..Shame on MFP...You will get a lot of people leaving this app because of your crazy change...It did nothing to help anyone...Get a grip and add the feed back ! Done with my two cents...And done with MFP...
The community is a standard forum which have been around for at least 25 years on numerous different websites. MFP has one, so do sites for just about anything you can imagine. I'm sure you have come across them in the past 25 years.0 -
I'm very late to the party here, but this, along with the other bugs that frustrate me (showing ads to a premium user, often covering screen in interstitial ad to sell premium, e.g. multiple examples of poor coding practices to check subscriptions status, and also random duplication of items when copying in food diary) I have now turned off my auto renew on my subscription and will leave the MFP community once the subscription runs out. I will also be voicing my opinion in the appstore and suggest others do likewise. Ripping out a main feature with no alternative(community is not an alternative in any way) is not a way to retain or attract users.6
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gearoidocathain wrote: »I'm very late to the party here, but this, along with the other bugs that frustrate me (showing ads to a premium user, often covering screen in interstitial ad to sell premium, e.g. multiple examples of poor coding practices to check subscriptions status, and also random duplication of items when copying in food diary) I have now turned off my auto renew on my subscription and will leave the MFP community once the subscription runs out. I will also be voicing my opinion in the appstore and suggest others do likewise. Ripping out a main feature with no alternative(community is not an alternative in any way) is not a way to retain or attract users.
It's probably not worth the effort of reviewing on the app store. MFP is burying anything negative with "Developer Responses" to older, more positive reviews.2 -
I agree that they shouldn't have deleted the newsfeed. I liked that feature more than I thought I would when I signed up. I'm not able to keep up with my friends on here like I did before.5
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We are opening up to our group to anyone who would like the interaction they miss from the Newsfeed.
Feel free to search and find us or copy and paste this link Spark People Friends
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At this point I am doing my logging at MyNetDiary. Yes, it doesn't have a newfeed at the moment either, but we will see if we can convince them to add one. I know there are multiple MFP people there now.2
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Is MyNetDiary only available for phones? Some of us that are older or have vision problems need a website version. Thanks!0
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Darlene_Oregon wrote: »Is MyNetDiary only available for phones? Some of us that are older or have vision problems need a website version. Thanks!
I don't know from experience, but when I was poking around, I saw that their site says: "Creating an account means you can log in to any MyNetDiary-supported platform and access your data. Convenient logging is essential. Use any device--your computer, iPhone, iPad, or Android phone. And when you create an account, you won't lose all of your data if your phone is lost or stolen."
It's free to set an account up, so you might go in and just look around and see if it will work for you.0 -
Darlene_Oregon wrote: »Is MyNetDiary only available for phones? Some of us that are older or have vision problems need a website version. Thanks!
People seem to be able to login on desktop, but I have heard it isn't as fully featured as things are often made for mobile first nowadays.
Either way, feel free to join us!
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Darlene_Oregon wrote: »Is MyNetDiary only available for phones? Some of us that are older or have vision problems need a website version. Thanks!
For logging, it has a webpage. However, the community stuff on the webpage is completely separate from that of the app. The app is where they seem to be putting their energy in terms of development.0 -
OK...Thanks. I just recently had an issue with my right eye. I'm scheduled to see a retinal specialist soon. So, at this time, it's hard for me to log things on my phone.
But after I see the doctor (well, hopefully they can fix it) maybe I'll be able to use a mobile device again.
Thank you all for your help!0 -
Darlene_Oregon wrote: »OK...Thanks. I just recently had an issue with my right eye. I'm scheduled to see a retinal specialist soon. So, at this time, it's hard for me to log things on my phone.
But after I see the doctor (well, hopefully they can fix it) maybe I'll be able to use a mobile device again.
Thank you all for your help!
I don’t have a desktop.
But I do use a larger than typical font on my phone because my eyes are older than 50. 😅
I just checked this on my app for you. I set my phone to the max font size. And have discovered that yes, I can use the My Net Diary app on my phone with a massive font.
So. MND passes the accessibility test on that point.1 -
The main reason I came here every day, after logging my food, is to check the newsfeed to see and cheer on my friends’ activities. Now that it’s gone, mfp is pretty useless to me. And it hurts my heart to think about abandoning it because I’ve been here over 12 years.
Smh this was a terrible decision.
Wading through communities and groups and whatnot just to find my friends sounds like a chore and something I’m sure most of us don’t want to be bothered with.
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