Community Guidelines

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Welcome to MyFitnessPal’s Community Guidelines

Mission:

We provide a space where our members feel safe, welcomed, and supported by others who are committed to living better and healthier lives.

Vision:

To be a collaborative community where everybody can achieve their healthy through positive engagement, motivation, and guidance from other members on their own unique journeys to become the best versions of themselves.

Our Community Values:

Be Kind and Care - Care for one another. Be kind and thoughtful when responding to others who may be on a different journey than you.

Live Good Health - We believe that good health translates to happiness. Good health may look different for everybody, and members in all stages of their health journey are welcome.

Leave It Better Than You Found It - Make a positive impact when engaging with other members. We can all achieve more when we embrace each other’s unique perspectives. We are all better because you are here.

Guidelines:

All of our members must follow the following guidelines (“Community Guidelines”) and our Terms of Service to use our Services (as defined in the Terms of Service) and to participate in our community forums or other community features on MyFitnessPal. Community features may include, but are not limited to, discussion forums, conversation pages, blogs, or other interactive areas or features that allow you and other users to post User-Generated Content (as defined in the Terms of Service) and interact with one another. If you violate these Community Guidelines, we may take actions to address the issue, including, but not limited to, terminating your right to use the Services, or removing your User-Generated Content.

Please keep in mind that our community forums are public. When you make something publicly available online, it becomes practically impossible to take down all copies of it in the future. Please click here for more information if you need help removing your posts.

Please be respectful and understand that everyone is different. Some members are new to this, so be kind to the newbies. Always remember the human on the other side of the screen and share your opinions while respecting others’ thoughts and feelings. Be ready to hear and appreciate different opinions, even when you disagree with them. If you can’t be nice, please use the ignore feature.

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We are all at our best when we are kind and respectful to each other. We embrace everyone as they are and expect our members to treat each other with respect. MyFitnessPal is not a place for hateful content or the people and groups that promote hateful activities; we have a zero-tolerance policy for hate speech.

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Be friendly! We’re all here to lift each other up. Use Reactions to share the love. @Mention a member to share something awesome. Flag content that breaks our guidelines or needs staff attention. Use the Search function to look for answers, but don’t be afraid to ask a question another member has posted before. (You may get different answers!)

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Please share your authentic progress photos and success with us; it’s what makes our community great! That said, please be aware that our forums are public, and your photos should be workplace-friendly and appropriate.

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If you wouldn’t say it in front of your granny, mom, boss, or child, it’s not appropriate here. (This includes usernames!) We utilize a profanity filter to keep things *kitten* clean. MyFitnessPal is a place to discuss health & fitness-related topics.

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We welcome members in many different stages of their health and fitness journey. Our goal is to provide members with the tools to achieve their weight management goals at a steady and sustainable rate. We promote healthy relationships with food and don’t condone dangerous or unsafe eating habits or strategies.

People can have a complicated relationship with food, and that’s ok. Please remember that other members’ advice should never replace medical advice from a professional. We are supportive of members with different health journeys, whether that be a disease, ailment, injury, or neurodivergent diagnosis. Please be respectful of everyone’s unique situation and be kind when responding.

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We have a list of support resources available on our Eating Disorder Resources page.

If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available 24/7. We have a list of resources on our Suicide Prevention Resources page.

Our goal is to keep the MyFitnessPal community a safe and authentic place free from spam and advertising. For our purposes, posts containing links to offsite blog posts and social media are considered advertisements. Please report posts you believe to be advertising. Non-affiliate links to popular storefronts, integration partners, or informational sources (such as scientific articles) are allowed.

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To preserve the safety and anonymity of our members, please be sure to check the privacy settings in your profile and only divulge information on our forums that you are OK with being public. Please make use of our safety tools to block members who send you unwanted messages and report suspicious or malicious activity to MyFitnessPal Staff or Moderators.

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Please Note: Our forums are public; anything you post here can be surfaced in a search result.

Please be you and only you. If you want to change your username again, please contact our staff for assistance.

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We may remove or delete any content that you post that violates these Community Guidelines or as may be required by applicable laws.

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MyFitnessPal isn’t a place for misinformation, disinformation, mal-information, or the individuals or groups intentionally spreading or creating it. As part of our commitment to the safety and well-being of our members, we reserve the right to remove any content on our platform that we deem false, misleading, or harmful.

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MyFitnessPal values every individual’s unique perspectives, experiences, and philosophies. Please be respectful of the diversity of our global community. Report trolls instead of engaging them.

There are many spaces out there to argue with people and engage in divisive topics. MyFitnessPal is a safe space to coexist with other people with the sole objective of bettering ourselves physically and mentally. While engaging with others on our forums, we ask that you remain respectful of other cultures, identities, and points of view. In return, you should expect to receive this same treatment.

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Groups are a great way to stay connected with friends or discuss niche topics that may not fit within the main forums. The Community Guidelines apply when participating in groups, including private groups. If you create a group, you and your appointed leaders are responsible for all upkeep and moderation within the group.

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Please remember the human on the other side of the screen, and appreciate the volunteer moderators who take the time to help keep this community a safe and friendly place. If you are concerned about a moderator, warning, or forum moderation, please privately message a staff member. Moderation is never a topic for public discussion.

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Please note: We reserve the right to update these Community Guidelines and to delete or lock posts and discussions, to disable the posting privileges of any member, or to limit or deny the use of Services at any time, for any reason, at our discretion, without warning or notice. Additionally, we reserve the right to dismiss a reported post if we find it does not violate a guideline.

It is vital and required that everyone in the community complies with these Community Guidelines in order for us to foster a friendly and supportive community. We know this is a unique place. You can’t say whatever you want here, even when someone is wrong. We insist that you consider your impact on other people and our community when you post. This isn’t everyone’s style, and this won’t be the right community for everyone. Occasionally we will remove members from the community because it isn’t a good fit. Please review the section below for details on how our warning and point systems work.

Moderation, Reporting, and Flagging Policies:

We do our best to keep the community safe and secure (users respecting the Community Guidelines helps), but you still might run into bad content before we have a chance to take it down. If you spot anything objectionable, please let us know. We have a team of staff administrators and volunteer moderators, but we rely on our members to help us identify guideline violations. If you see a post that violates our Community Guidelines, you can help us by reporting a post. A human reviews all reports before any moderation or warning action is taken. We reserve the right to pre-moderate or take any moderation actions on posts that are not member-reported.

Flagging Posts:

Spam - When a post is flagged 5 times as Spam, it is hidden from the community forums and sent for moderation. This Flagging option allows members to quickly report spam to mods and remove it from the community.

Abuse - When a post is flagged 5 times as Abuse, it is hidden from the community forums and sent for moderation. This flagging option is to get offensive or upsetting content reported to the mods and removed from the community to reduce the number of people who have to see it.

If a post is neither Spam or Abuse, it should be sent to the moderators via the Report option. We also encourage members to report their discussion if they want it to be edited, moved, or deleted.

What happens when a member abuses the flag/report features?

Members who flag content that does not meet the criteria for a flag are in violation of our guidelines and will be subject to warnings. This includes members who are flagging or reporting content due to past events gone sour, a dislike of the member, and those who are trying to incite drama, flamebait, or are flagging to attack another member in a discussion due to disagreement.

Warnings and Point System:

If your reported post or action (abusing flags, reactions, etc.) violates our community guidelines, you are subject to a warning. We utilize three levels of warning points based on the severity of the violation and your history of warnings.

Warning Points are cumulative. When a member’s warning expires, their warning level will be reset to zero, and the member will no longer have any active warning points. When a member reaches certain warning levels, they will have forum restrictions placed on their account.

We feel strongly that posts or actions disregarding these guidelines jeopardize the supportive atmosphere of MyFitnessPal. Such posts may lead to consequences including warning, suspension of posting privileges, or, in some cases, removal of a member from the Services.

Information contained in the community forum or any of MyFitnessPal’s community features are provided by third-party users and MyFitnessPal is not responsible for such content and does not approve, verify, or otherwise endorse such information. You are solely responsible for your use of these features and for any User-Generated Content you post. We reserve the right to enforce, or not enforce, these Community Guidelines in our sole discretion, and they don’t create a duty or contractual obligation for us to act in any particular manner.

MyFitnessPal expressly disclaims all liability in respect of any or all content posted in any community feature, including any loss or damage resulting from interactions with other users who use the Services (as defined in the Terms of Service). MyFitnessPal is under no obligation to become involved in and disclaims any and all liability related to any disputes between its users, and you release MyFitnessPal from all responsibility and liability arising out of or in connection with such dispute.