Im going to need as many response's as possible for this please

im doing a sociology paper for college on 'online subcultures'. i choose my favorite site, calorie count. one kinda survey/research part is to write about what kinda values this online subculture has and i wanted to hear what you guys value!

what are your guys hopes, dreams, goals, and ambitions are in relation to this site? and what kinda values do you frown on?

from my own readings i could probably come to some conclusions but it would be of much help if i heard you guys lay it down for me in your own words, and to see how conflicting some of your values can be.

Ok - I'll open the discussion - the types of values I hold with regard to what i hope to see from caloriecounters in the forums, etc are mainly respect, understanding, compassion, support and encouragement. I'm here to watch what I eat and help others, and I hope other people feel the same. I've never run into trolls or other nasty, negative type people. That kind of behavior is definitely frowned upon here, and since the guidelines on that are well laid out I feel like that is a common understanding and a rule that is followed. The other thing that is frowned upon here is postings and discussions that promote negative body image and dangerous dieting (and disorders).

In general, I feel like this is a supportive, caring community and I'm happy to be a part of it =)

Original Post by moonbay:

what are your guys hopes, dreams, goals, and ambitions are in relation to this site? and what kinda values do you frown on?

hmmm.  i had to think about this for awhile, because that's a big question.  i don't think my investment here is that great.  but....

hopes, dreams, goals, and ambitions?  if any, i would have to say that i hope to some day meet aasil, spiro, 'gator, ali, and a few others in person (there are probably dozens i could and should name, but think of this as the oscars, and the music is playing).

in terms of values, just like in real life, i value honesty and authenticity.  i don't value delusion and excuses.

and if my ass gets a little smaller in the process, that's good, too.

 

I feel special, pg. haha

 

My hopes, dreams, goals and ambitions related to this site: utilize the tools available to help me reach my weight loss goal. There are also a few people I'd like to meet. I've already met a couple and they've turned out to be decent friends.

Values: honesty is the most important so I guess lying I frown on.

I look here for information, suggestions, ideas & support.  I frown on those that tend to be negative or "know it alls".  For the most part, members are very supportive and generous with their knowledge.

I use this to log my weight loss and the calories of what I'm eating. Then I come to the Lounge to talk about stuff. Keeps me amused at work. So my goals are weight loss and entertainment. The Lounge is the most interesting because let's face it, after you go on your profile and log your daily caloric intake, there's only so much you can write about what you ate or what excerses you did to burn it off, so we end up here.

As has been mentioned, what is frowned on by CC is anything promoting eating disorders or unhealthy dieting lifestyles. What I personally frown on here is pretty much the same things I frown on anywhere i.e. if I look down on sexism or whatever in my real life, I'll look down on it here as well.

Oh brother.  This is the umpteenth sociology paper project on "online subcultures" that I've come across in the past couple of months.  Are there no other interesting topics in sociology anymore?

That said, I hope to lose weight, and perhaps gain friends along the way.

The "kinda" values I frown on...I don't know...trolls, I suppose.

This is just a class paper, right?  The survey question is far too open to interpretation for anything serious.

Damn, Pg. I'm gonna go ahead and cry! That would be so cool. :)

Started out using the site to keep myself honest about what I'm eating - but's it's morphed into an excellent distraction from my own unimportant crap.

I frown on intolerance.

Uh, my hope and dream was to someday sit down and have a beer with PG but it seems as though that'll involve a roll of duct tape, a sturdy chair, and a few yards of rope.

Original Post by cellulitedelight:

Uh, my hope and dream was to someday sit down and have a beer with PG but it seems as though that'll involve a roll of duct tape, a sturdy chair, and a few yards of rope.

Don't be sad, CD, she didn't mention me either. We'll just have our own party without her. I'll try not to make you eat breaded shrimp. ;-) 

As for the OP: I appreciate sincere compassion when I see it on this site, as well as honesty. The two are not mutually exclusive. Fortunately there are a lot of posters and posts that have both.

I also LOVE the fact that CC often fills the role that family doctors only dream of filling:preventative medicine. We motivate each other to make and sustain lifestyle changes that can significantly lower our risk of developing health problems, and in some cases even save our lives in the end. Lifestyle change is the HARDEST but probably most important thing with which doctors struggle to help their patients, and this site has taught me a lot about motivational counseling for my future practice. I feel reasonably well-equipped to help my patients change in this way, in part because of my counseling background but also largely because of my own journey and my participation in CC, witnessing others' struggles, setbacks, and success.

I dislike seeing shallowness, esp. anti-feminist ED-driven obsession with physical appearance to the exclusion of all else (especially health, both physical and mental).

aw, crap! 

yes, CD and trust, too.  and beer and breaded shrimp.

Original Post by pgeorgian:

aw, crap! 

yes, CD and trust, too.  and beer and breaded shrimp.

I have a hunch that neither of us are especially upset. ;)

I was until she finally included me.  But no breading on my shrimp.

It is good to come to a place where a few people may be judgemental but ususally helpful too and where most people are kind and supportive.  It is almost to be like escaping the real world.  In the "real world" I have to know everthing and be just right.  Here I can post a journal (I've erased several of them) on just about anything and get a response.  I posted a journal entry when I had trouble with my husband and how I responded to him by not exercising or eating and got soo many supportive responses.  I don't think that I could have said that to anybody and have been responded to so well.

My hope is that this will continue.  I hope that the next time I write something about a particularly disturbed moment that gives me pain and may sabotage my weight loss/health goals that I continue to get support from all of you "strangers". 

I hope and dream that with the logging of my food and the support I get and give to others that I will be able to really get healthy and stay that way.  I don't have to be 170 and I dont have to be 96.  I will be happy and float around 125 for the rest of my life and not let my toxic environment in the "real" world rule my emotions and then my eating.

I refer others to this site for all the good information that it has and I hope that it will help others too.

haha, thanks everyone, great responses by the way. you all have really helped broaden my perspective of cc and worded things about the site in a way i like.

Original Post by pgeorgian:

Original Post by moonbay:

what are your guys hopes, dreams, goals, and ambitions are in relation to this site? and what kinda values do you frown on?

  if any, i would have to say that i hope to some day meet aasil, spiro, 'gator, ali, and a few others in person

 

 I know you mean me.

yes, tom, you can come too.  but you'll have to arm-wrestle ali for the seat next to me ;)

I call dibbs on your lap.