Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
MyFitnessPal states the community's mission and vision: a safe, supportive space for healthier living
MyFitnessPal says its community is meant to be a space where members feel safe, welcomed and supported by others who are committed to living better and healthier lives. It describes its vision as a collaborative community in which members achieve their health goals through positive engagement, motivation and guidance from other members. These are statements of purpose rather than rules: they frame how the later guidelines, moderation and warning sections are meant to be read, but they do not by themselves create a specific obligation or right.
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We provide a space where our members feel safe, welcomed, and supported by others who are committed to living better and healthier lives.
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.
Qualifications & exceptions
- Mission and vision are aspirational statements of purpose; the specific obligations and consequences appear in the Guidelines, Moderation and Warnings sections.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Three community values: be kind and care, live good health, leave it better than you found it
MyFitnessPal lists three community values. Be Kind and Care asks members to care for one another and be kind and thoughtful when responding to people who may be on a different journey. Live Good Health says members in all stages of their health journey are welcome and that good health may look different for everybody. Leave It Better Than You Found It asks members to make a positive impact and to embrace each other's perspectives. These are written as values and requests, not as separate enforceable rules; the concrete prohibitions come later in the Guidelines section.
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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.
Qualifications & exceptions
- Written as values and encouragement ("Be Kind and Care", "Make a positive impact"), not as listed prohibitions or penalties.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
All members must follow these Community Guidelines and the Terms of Service to use the Services and community features
MyFitnessPal says every member must follow these Community Guidelines and its Terms of Service in order to use its Services and to take part in community forums or other community features. Community features are described as including, but not limited to, discussion forums, conversation pages, blogs, and other interactive areas that let you and other users post User-Generated Content and interact. The list is open-ended, so a community feature is not limited to the examples named.
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All of our members must follow the following guidelines (“Community Guidelines”)
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
Qualifications & exceptions
- The list of community features is introduced with "may include, but are not limited to".
Not stated here
- The linked Terms of Service, including its definitions of Services and User-Generated Content, is not supplied in this document and is not analyzed here.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Do not post content that violates laws or third-party rights, or that references illegal or dangerous activities
Members must not post messages that violate federal, state/provincial or local laws, including but not limited to anything that infringes a copyright, trademark, patent or trade secret, or is confidential or in breach of other legal duty owed to a third party. They must not create discussions that reference illegal activities, including but not limited to use of illegal substances or violence against others, or any other content that promotes an illegal act or a potentially hazardous or dangerous activity. They must not advocate, promote, plan, engage in or assist any fraudulent or illegal act, with violence, impersonation, doxxing and computer misuse given as examples. They must not post content that targets or harms minors. The ban on discussions that "reference" illegal activities is worded more broadly than a ban on promoting them.
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Do Not:
Post messages that violate federal, state/provincial, or local laws, including, but not limited to, anything that infringes a copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, or is confidential or in breach of other legal duty owed to a third party.
Create discussions that reference illegal activities, including, but not limited to, the use of illegal substances, violence against others, or any other content that promotes any illegal act or potentially hazardous or dangerous activity.
Post content that targets or harms minors.
Advocate, promote, plan, engage in, or assist any fraudulent or illegal act (e.g., violence, impersonation, doxxing, and computer misuse).
Qualifications & exceptions
- The lists are introduced with "including, but not limited to" or "e.g." and are not exhaustive.
- The discussion ban uses "reference illegal activities", which is broader than advocating or promoting them.
Not stated here
- The guideline does not say whether a discussion of a lawful topic (for example, past drug use) counts as a reference to illegal activities.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
User content comes from third parties and is not endorsed; you are solely responsible for your use and posts
MyFitnessPal says the information in the community forum and its other community features is provided by third-party users. MyFitnessPal says it is not responsible for that content and does not approve, verify or otherwise endorse the information. It says you are solely responsible for your use of these features and for any User-Generated Content you post.
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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.
Qualifications & exceptions
- This sits beside the guidelines' own statements that other members' advice should never replace professional medical advice.
Not stated here
- The Terms of Service definition of User-Generated Content is not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
MyFitnessPal may enforce or not enforce the guidelines in its sole discretion, with no duty or contractual obligation
MyFitnessPal reserves the right to enforce, or not enforce, these Community Guidelines in its sole discretion. It says the guidelines do not create a duty or contractual obligation for MyFitnessPal to act in any particular manner. The warning scale, the review of reports and the flag thresholds described earlier therefore describe how MyFitnessPal says it generally operates, but the text says members cannot rely on the guidelines as a promise of how or whether MyFitnessPal will act.
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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.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The statement applies to the Community Guidelines, including the moderation and warning sections.
Not stated here
- Whether other documents, such as the Terms of Service, create duties about moderation is not supplied here.
Cross-references
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
MyFitnessPal disclaims liability for community content and user disputes; you release it from responsibility
MyFitnessPal expressly disclaims all liability for 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). It says it is under no obligation to become involved in disputes between users and disclaims any and all liability related to those disputes. It also says that you release MyFitnessPal from all responsibility and liability arising out of or in connection with such a dispute.
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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
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.
Qualifications & exceptions
- The text states the disclaimer and release as MyFitnessPal's position; it does not say how far the release is enforceable.
Not stated here
- The Terms of Service definition of Services is not supplied.