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684030 tn?1415612323

get rid of "My Friend's Activities" ... please!!

I directed this observation to MedHelp Support; and, it was suggested that I post this here, on this forum, as there may be others with a similar problem. So, here's my situation: 2 weeks ago, I accepted an invitation to become "Friends" with a fellow MedHelp member. As it turned out, this same member had, and continues on a daily basis, to extend this same offer of friendship with countless other MedHelp members. So much so, that the top left hand side of my MedHelp Homepage (in the section where it says "My Friend's Activities") is virtually dominated with a "blow-by-blow" account of this member's recent communication. Now, I love the idea and the opportunity to establish friendships, especially here on MedHelp. But, I don't see the value, logic or reason why I have to be subjected to viewing the communique of someone else... as this information clearly does not pertain to me. To make matters worse, there is apparently no way to move, delete or minimize the "My Friend's Activities" section. With the kind assistance of MedHelp Support (thank you, Thea!), I did manage to remove this person as a "Friend" in the hope to delete the unwanted and ongoing deluge of their activities. However, I'm still "stuck" with seeing their past activities (that is to say, the communication prior to removing them as a friend). Can you devise a way to modify (or better still, eliminate) this feature, in the future? Personally, I feel that this feature is a useless annoyance... anyway, thanks for reading (listening) and thank you for the continued high quality community service that MedHelp is providing.
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Avatar universal
It already is effectively collapsable. It's just that the default window size is too large. Make that a bit smaller (show only 1 to 3 friends activities perhaps) and problem solved. Those that want to see more friend activities can hit the "more" button. Everyone happy.  
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684030 tn?1415612323
Thank you for your response. I am now noticing that the communication from those who are the "true" friends is gradually displacing the unwanted display. And, I am now being more mindful of whose friendship I'm willing to accept. Also... you do make a good point about this feature. It has its merits.
                                                   iam1butterfly
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10947 tn?1281404252
Thanks for the feedback, but our members generally find this feature useful. We'll look into the possibility of allowing you to collapse it and let you know if we implement this feature. It is, however, the only place you would be able to find out what your friends are up to, so removing it is not an option. Most of our members befriend others because they are interested in keeping up with them. If you're not interested in keeping up with these people, you can always remove them from your friends list.
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365714 tn?1292199108
I just checked and I don't see it being collapseable like the forums.  You can click "more" and then it take up more space, but not close it intirely.

I kind of like the feature. (it's the public sidebar that I'd like to see revision on)

I can see what journals are there and see other members that my friends have spken with.  It's something I use ever so often.  I have some active members on my friend list.  After reading this thread a couple times I clicked on some icons that showed up. Some of the members that befriended my friends didn't look like they have been active in a while.

There's always the chance that people sent invitations and that person on your friend list happened to accept them.  I tend to accept invitations, but only sometimes do I send them out.
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Avatar universal
I meant that THAT is a collapsable feature in the sense that the default size could be smaller and the window can always be expanded. Maybe they can just show 1 or none of the friends' activities. The default on mine takes up half my screen!

The med help forum categories are collapsable as well. The default size is 3 threads (I assume it is not controllable), and you can collapse it so it doesn't show any theads.
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684030 tn?1415612323
Yes, I'm all too well aware of the "more" button... "lol." But, I don't see the collapsable feature that you mentioned. Plus, I don't want to make it smaller... I want it to disappear!Thanks, anyway.
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Avatar universal
If you want to get more annoyed, just hit the "more" button on the lower right hand corner :-)

Seriously, it is already a collapsable window, so why not simply make the default size smaller?

Easy fix and everyone's happy!
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684030 tn?1415612323
Thank you AJH84 and swampcritter for your helpful and reassuring comments. I wish that I could name this person and warn others of this nonsense. But, social niceties and privacy rights prevail!  
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389974 tn?1331015242
Peek, she is talking about the friend's feed, not the community feed.

Once you remove someone as a friend, you won't see new activities from them on your friend's feed. You'll see their old activities, which will, in the fullness of time, expire.

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184674 tn?1360860493
Hmmm...I think I know which "friend" you are talking about, as I recently accepted an invitation from someone, and later found out that this same person had proceeded to send out friendship invitations to what seemed like everyone on the entire MH site. The blue box on my home page that displays "My Friends Recent Activities" was CONSTANTLY displaying this person's profile picture, saying "so-and-so and so-and-so are now friends" every few minutes! The people on this site with whom I share a close friendship had updates in that box that were quickly pushed out of view within moments because this other "friend" was constantly communicating with others, and it would show up in my home page box.
This was much more than seeing updates in the sidebars on the forums. This was invasive to my personal home page.
I quickly deleted this "friend," as I knew they would never notice me missing among the 600 or more other friends they accrued within two week's time.
Deleting that person from my friends list solved the problem for me.
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172023 tn?1334672284
I take no offense at this remark.  I love the sidebar.  

A strip of masking tape over the right side of the screen might work well, if you don't care for the sidebar.  

Put one over the left side, and you get rid of the ads, too.  Win/Win situation.
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