FB vs MFP

Facewhaaatt?

maybe its just me but since i have found this site im not on facebook nearly half as much as i used to be... mfp is my new addiction :laugh: :laugh: ..i love the way everyone on this site is all about helping and motivating there friends and i find on facebook it is the opposite..

is it your new addiction

Same w/ me. I am hardly on Fb at all anyone. MFP is my new addiction also. & I tell everyone about it lol!

I have both open when I'm online. But I spend more time on MFP than looking at FB though.

My Facebook friends miss me.
I do not miss them. I'm thinking about deactivating.

I have both open when I'm online. But I spend more time on MFP than looking at FB though.

This is me exactly! MFP provides so much more inspiration!!

maybe its just me but since i have found this site im not on facebook nearly half as much as i used to be... mfp is my new addiction :laugh: :laugh: ..i love the way everyone on this site is all about helping and motivating there friends and i find on facebook it is the opposite..

is it your new addiction

I agree with you both but only thing is I tell nobody it's my little world with my own new friends that all they do is motivate me!
Same w/ me. I am hardly on Fb at all anyone. MFP is my new addiction also. & I tell everyone about it lol!

I write I did a 5k run on facebook.. nobody says anything..
I write I did a 5k run on MFP.. I get so much support it makes me smile..


I know where my real friends are.

this is so true... i couldnt write on facebook that i lost/gained 2lb this week they would laugh,,

Every 10 pounds I lose, I put it on FB. At 50 pounds I got 36 likes and 12 comments (just looked it up, ha) along with a bunch of questions asking how I did it. I tell people about MFP but so far have only had one friend sign up.

I'm in an MFP group on FB, so I go there for that, Words With Friends, and will share some random funny pictures or inspirational quotes, but that's about it.

Comparing FB to MFP is like comparing apples to oranges

Both social networks , but 2 entirely different planets

One is not "better" than the other, just different people with different goals...all fruity pebbles though ( but that's the kind of people I flock to)

I write I did a 5k run on facebook.. nobody says anything..
I write I did a 5k run on MFP.. I get so much support it makes me smile..


I know where my real friends are.

Really?? I do get a lot of support on Facebook for fitness things... those are my "real life" friends so I hope they would be supportive!! I posted something about running 2 miles in 20 minutes and about 15 people either "liked" it or wrote something encouraging (even though 20 minutes is NOT an impressive time for 2 miles, lol!!)

I get lots of support on here as well, but the vast majority of my friends on here are not people I know in real life... and while I DO appreciate the encouragement, it is just different than if a real-life friend encourages you.

Bottom line, I like them both, and both are helpful in different ways.

My Facebook friends miss me.
I do not miss them. I'm thinking about deactivating.

^^ This. But I doubt they miss me

Yup! I deleted mine a few days ago,alot of negativity on there,sadly from my own family,so my true family is here on MFP!

Agree...90% of my post on facebook only got there because mfp is connected to fb..so my post on here will hit my fb wall...I only keep my fb,because I have a lot of friends and fam that live so far from me and that's how I stay connected with them..but mfp is where is at...all day errrday

I write I did a 5k run on facebook.. nobody says anything..
I write I did a 5k run on MFP.. I get so much support it makes me smile..


I know where my real friends are.

I actually find the opposite, while I do get support on MFP, I seem to find more on FB, I don't get too many replies here...

I have both and enjoy both. However, the difference for me between FB and MFP would be the things you can talk about. Whether they admit it or not, friends on FB don't celebrate your fitness victories like MFP friends do. If you post something about a fitness victory on FB people seem to get the wrong idea. But on MFP, there is much better support!