Comments on: The Evil Facebook Diet App http://bethgranter.com/blog/2010/04/the-evil-facebook-diet-app/ Social media, online communities, interface design, ethics and feminism Fri, 11 May 2012 05:11:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Beth Granter http://bethgranter.com/blog/2010/04/the-evil-facebook-diet-app/comment-page-1/#comment-2756 Beth Granter Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:17:18 +0000 http://bethgranter.com/blog/?p=420#comment-2756 Hi Nathanael, The word 'diet' doesn't mean 'lose weight', it means 'what you eat'. From Wikipedia: "In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. Dietary habits are the habitual decisions an individual or culture makes when choosing what foods to eat." If you read the original ad I clicked, it's about tracking what you eat and says nothing about losing weight. Hi Nathanael,

The word ‘diet’ doesn’t mean ‘lose weight’, it means ‘what you eat’. From Wikipedia: “In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. Dietary habits are the habitual decisions an individual or culture makes when choosing what foods to eat.”

If you read the original ad I clicked, it’s about tracking what you eat and says nothing about losing weight.

]]> By: Nathanael http://bethgranter.com/blog/2010/04/the-evil-facebook-diet-app/comment-page-1/#comment-2745 Nathanael Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:16:05 +0000 http://bethgranter.com/blog/?p=420#comment-2745 It's a DIET app. It's for people who want to LOSE WEIGHT. Complaining that a weight loss app is ill-suited for putting on poundage strikes me as a bit like asking the waiter to bring you a fork for your soup and then blaming the manager for the dribbles down your shirt. It’s a DIET app. It’s for people who want to LOSE WEIGHT. Complaining that a weight loss app is ill-suited for putting on poundage strikes me as a bit like asking the waiter to bring you a fork for your soup and then blaming the manager for the dribbles down your shirt.

]]> By: ed http://bethgranter.com/blog/2010/04/the-evil-facebook-diet-app/comment-page-1/#comment-2246 ed Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:03:31 +0000 http://bethgranter.com/blog/?p=420#comment-2246 For me, however, it might just work! For me, however, it might just work!

]]> By: Beth Granter http://bethgranter.com/blog/2010/04/the-evil-facebook-diet-app/comment-page-1/#comment-1572 Beth Granter Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:06:00 +0000 http://bethgranter.com/blog/?p=420#comment-1572 I got the following generic response from their customer services: Hi Beth, Many thanks for the feedback. We are constantly working to make the application better so we'll be sure to take your comments into account. We appreciate your patience and wish you well. The FatSecret team -----Original Message----- I am deeply concerned that this app insists you must lose weight even though I was trying to use it to track my goal of gaining weight. It is dangerous for people who may have eating disorders and who need to gain weight and I don't see why it needs to only work in one direction. I got the following generic response from their customer services:

Hi Beth,

Many thanks for the feedback.

We are constantly working to make the application better so we’ll be sure to take your comments into account.

We appreciate your patience and wish you well.

The FatSecret team

—–Original Message—–

I am deeply concerned that this app insists you must lose weight even though I was trying to use it to track my goal of gaining weight. It is dangerous for people who may have eating disorders and who need to gain weight and I don’t see why it needs to only work in one direction.

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