Negative Comments on the Boards

Instead of having to click that ignore button arrow for each poster that's overly negative, wouldn't it make more sense for MFP to become the supportive community that it's intended to be?

You can click the ignore button after you've read a post/comment that you find offensive, but at that point, it's too late- the negativity has been planted in your head.

Well which do you consider an easier and more realistic approach? Setting users you don't want to hear from to "ignore user" (listed under the arrow next to their name) or controlling what every person who uses the site says before they say it?

I see people being supportive here all the time. I also see negativity. I accept that because it's kind of how life works. Insisting that everything be supportive and positive all the time is simply not realistic or possible. After all we're people and we're friggin' starving!

This is the internet. If you post on public message boards, you should have thick skin. If someone says something offensive to you, ignore them.

It's a shame MFP does not have an ignore option.

There is an ignore option now. Click on the down arrow under a user in the forums.

This is the internet. If you post on public message boards, you should have thick skin. If someone says something offensive to you, ignore them.

It's a shame MFP does not have an ignore option.

Not everyone has thick skin. Some people turn to these boards becasue they do not have people in their lives who support them through their fitness goals. When those people get bullied and hurt on here, they lose any support system they may have. Words can cause serious damage to someone's life. And un-provoked meanness is never acceptable, no matter where it takes place. I'm not saying we should form some sort of vigilante group that seeks to destroy the nay-sayers... I am saying that if you are here to HELP and SUPPORT people through their fitness goals, make your voice louder than those who are here to be cruel.

I'm sorry but if your life long fitness and health is not enough motivation to get healthy than you arent going to suceed regardless. People can be all super-happy-supportive all they want or they can be rude-mean-jerkbutts all they want its up to YOU to decide whether or not this is worth it.

Its up to each individual to make the changes on their own accord, for themselves, for their loved ones, for whatever their reason may be. Those that fail because someone disagrees with someone else's opinion on whether "CLA" is an essential amino acid" "no its not", or "foods can have negative calories" "no they cant", "diet soda makes you fat" "no it doesnt"... well there's just no helping people like that.

And to be even more clear I do not feel sorry for ANYONE who doesn't want to make changes or finds it "too hard" because their family doesn't support them. Let's have some self accountability here.

It's funny you're posting this...I literally JUST finished reading through a post that was 80% people being nasty and rude simply because they disagreed about the infamous "negative calorie foods". My mom always taught me that if you have nothing nice to say, then don't say anything at all. Some of these people need to speak to my mom.

That post was not people being nasty and rude. It was people disagreeing with the topic of the post.

This is the internet. If you post on public message boards, you should have thick skin. If someone says something offensive to you, ignore them.

It's a shame MFP does not have an ignore option.

actually i think they do(not sure am using mobil) that lil arrow next to the users name

This is the internet. If you post on public message boards, you should have thick skin. If someone says something offensive to you, ignore them.

It's a shame MFP does not have an ignore option.

actually i think they do(not sure am using mobil) that lil arrow next to the users name

Yes, it is, I just saw. Didn't realize that was there lol

Not everyone has thick skin. Some people turn to these boards becasue they do not have people in their lives who support them through their fitness goals. When those people get bullied and hurt on here, they lose any support system they may have. Words can cause serious damage to someone's life. And un-provoked meanness is never acceptable, no matter where it takes place. I'm not saying we should form some sort of vigilante group that seeks to destroy the nay-sayers... I am saying that if you are here to HELP and SUPPORT people through their fitness goals, make your voice louder than those who are here to be cruel.

OP, you rock. Exactly this.

This and this!

Insisting that everything be supportive and positive all the time is simply not realistic or possible. After all we're people and we're friggin' starving!

Definitely starving. I need another apple.

But I do disagree with it not being realistic or possible. Moderators, or at least the site owner, could close accounts of habitual bullies, could they not?

Agreed.

I think they just feel comfortable behind the safety of their computer to type nasty things... because WOW I'm sure they'd get punched in the face if they had the b@lls to say what they say to someone's face

When I first joined MFP I was blown away by the supportive community but lately I have noticed a lot of tear-downs (I'm thinking specifically about women's bodies)...I don't know if it is new or if I was not around long enough to notice

I have a lot of dumb fitness questions to ask but no way would I post them because I would be ripped to shreds

And the snarky comments have begun. YAY.

it was only a matter of time lol

Insisting that everything be supportive and positive all the time is simply not realistic or possible. After all we're people and we're friggin' starving!

Definitely starving. I need another apple.

But I do disagree with it not being realistic or possible. Moderators, or at least the site owner, could close accounts of habitual bullies, could they not?

So instead of clicking the ignore button you feel the mods should deactivate people who say things you or someone else considers to be negative?

This would make for a very bad website and very busy mods working hard to kick off users they need for revenue.

Again, why not just use the ignore feature if you don't want to read what someone says?

auticus - There is an ignore function. Next to everyone's user name in a forum thread there's a little arrow that will open a drop-down box, and the bottom option is "Ignore User".

Did not know that!

You are putting silliness into people's heads which is doing nothing to further educate them, if someone watched that and didn't have the where with all to do a little research themselves, they might actually beleive the video, making them more ignorant to the how things actually work.

And you still don't get it right? Didn't I say that people, including myself, are not professionals in the field or specialists? And if you are going to talk about research, what kind of research are you talking about? Because if you are as smart as you trying to sound, then you should be aware that the internet is full of useless information as much as good material.

I don't think he's referring to Google.

I don't think he's referring to Google.

Maybe he is not, but plenty of people in this site are

This would make for a very bad website and very busy mods working hard to kick off users they need for revenue.

Again, why not just use the ignore feature if you don't want to read what someone says?

Using the ignore feature burns no calories.

I can use ignore feature, but I believe more people are unaware of this option than are aware. It's not so obvious. I acknowledge it's simply a preference issue- I prefer the moderators keep the site full of supportive people, but I know that's just my preference. Yep, they'd be busy, unless more mods were added.

As for lost revenue, people do leave sites because of negativity. That's also lost revenue, isn't it?