Steven MFP Moderator

Dear Posters, MyFitnessPal strongly recommends that our users follow the calorie guidelines automatically assigned by our site, unless they are under the direct supervision of a doctor. We are currently reviewing the medical literature on the HCG/500 calorie diet and reserve the right to moderate against discussions of…

I am actually gonna lock this one before it goes haywire :smile: While not patently violating any one guideline (yet), the "Divisive Topics" guideline is almost certainly going to be required after a few responses. I'm sure this will make a great debate, but it's best suited for a group or wall. Thanks, Steven MyFitnessPal…

Hi Folks, I wanted to add a couple of notes to the current discussion. I couldn't possibly agree more with about the necessity of dealing with bullies in the forums. It's absolutely our goal that the forums be a safe place for anyone to ask for help or support. For that reason, we have a "three strikes" policy. If our…

Dear Posters, MyFitnessPal strongly recommends that our users follow the calorie guidelines automatically assigned by our site, unless they are under the direct supervision of a doctor. We are currently reviewing the medical literature on the HCG/500 calorie diet and reserve the right to moderate against discussions of…

Sorry, Folks. Can we try again in a new thread? Unfortunately, by the time I got to moderate this thread about 75% of the responses were back and forth attacks due to a thread very early in the post. Happy to have this discussion on the boards, but I can't justify spending the time to delete the majority of this thread.…

Dear Posters, MyFitnessPal strongly recommends that our users follow the calorie guidelines automatically assigned by our site, unless they are under the direct supervision of a doctor. We are currently reviewing the medical literature on the HCG/500 calorie diet and reserve the right to moderate against discussions of…

Dear OP, A VERY recent change to our guidelines (within the past 24 hours) has made it against the guidelines to encourage eating disorders not only in the forums, where it's always been forbidden, but now also in profile posts, private messages, or anywhere at all on MyFitnessPal. If you are being encouraged AWAY from…

Hi Folks, This thread just required an awful lot of cleanup. Please be mindful of not hi-jacking threads with your own agendas. The OP was asking for exercise suggestions. How we got five pages deep into a discussion of sexuality, "acceptable" body types, and gender identity is beyond me. Watch out for these guidelines…

Dear Posters, I wanted to offer a brief explanation for the locking of this thread. The forum guidelines include this item: 16. No Political Topics in the Main Forums Political content is not allowed on the Main Forums. This includes images. Please form or join a Group if you would like to engage in political debate on…

Dear Posters, I wanted to offer a brief explanation for the locking of this thread. The forum guidelines include this item: If you would like to review the forum guidelines, please visit the following link: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/welcome/guidelines At our discretion, this locked thread may be deleted entirely in the…

Hi Folks, Just to help us keep it clear when real "I'm Amber" posts appear, I'm going to lock this down. It's not that this thread itself is really a problem of any sort, but the mods and the staff are on high alert looking for actual posts by aliases of this user, so any false positives are simply clouding the landscape a…

Hi Folks, I hate to pull the plug, but there are multiple guidelines being crossed here. Among other issues, there are too many instances of sexual innuendo to count, so I'm going to ask that this conversation continue on profile walls, or in a group marked for "mature" content. There's no issue at all with this thread…

Hi Folks, Just wanted to advise you that while we're getting a few requests to lock the thread, there's nothing inherent in debating this topic that makes it inappropriate for the site. I would ask that all users refrain from pointing fingers or offering insults about other posters. It's fine to debate the pros and cons of…

Hi Folks, Sorry to suck the air out of this thread. Unfortunately, 80% of the photos are crossing the guideline boundary: I hate to be a spoilsport, but we've got to enforce the guidelines as evenhandedly as possible. I started out (first six pages?) trying to salvage the thread by removing the pictures that had to go...…

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ALTERNATE HCG RESPONSE IF MEMBERS ARE QUESTIONING OUR POSITION Dear Posters, MyFitnessPal strongly recommends that our users follow the calorie guidelines automatically assigned by our site, unless they are under the direct supervision of a doctor. We are currently reviewing the medical literature on the HCG/500 calorie…

Hi Folks, I'd like to draw your attention to the fact that Julie's initial moderation response to this thread was simply to offer a heads-up about political topics BEFORE this thread went into a political down-spiral. I understand that there are concerns about the moderation of the forums, and as I've posted in several…

In my rush to deal with the hurt feelings in this thread, I missed a major point I should have made much more clearly. There's no problem at all with users pointing other users to available resources: we have an official help resource: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/help and an amazing unofficial source…

Taso and the FAQ gang, I'm afraid I did a poor job of communicating the entirety of our position on the "repeat question" issue. I'll go update my post in the thread Taso quoted in his OP, once I've completed this post. I'm actually a huge proponent of this group, and I link folks to items here constantly. I've linked here…

Hi Folks, I'd like to remind everyone of a subtle point in our first guideline, which is that we'd actually prefer users NOT be directed to search the forums as opposed to asking in new threads. Part of the experience we hope to provide on MyFitnessPal is an opportunity for users to meet other users, make friends, and gain…

Hi Folks, Please be aware that the staff at MyFitnessPal is onboard 100% with the concern that genuine requests for advice in the forums are sometimes met with ridicule and mockery. It's unfortunate that there are folks in the world who consider it amusing to respond to such posts with non-constructive, and unkind posts.…

Hi Folks, I don't mean to seem insensitive to the delicacy of this topic, but I do need to lock this thread. Threads that recount user behavior and/or moderator actions from other threads also tend to cause grief on the site, so they're contrary to the guidelines. I appreciate the OP's desire to thank those who responded…

Folks, Regardless of whether there's a consensus that the site's guidelines (photo guidelines, or otherwise) are worth following, they do exist, and we do expect users who wish to retain their posting privileges to abide by said guidelines. Those of you who care to follow up may do some bedtime reading here:…

Dear Posters, MyFitnessPal strongly recommends that our users follow the calorie guidelines automatically assigned by our site, unless they are under the direct supervision of a doctor. We are currently reviewing the medical literature on the HCG/500 calorie diet and reserve the right to moderate against discussions of…

Dear Posters, MyFitnessPal strongly recommends that our users follow the calorie guidelines automatically assigned by our site, unless they are under the direct supervision of a doctor. We are currently reviewing the medical literature on the HCG/500 calorie diet and reserve the right to moderate against discussions of…

Hi Folks, Just wanted to let you know that the staff is aware of your concerns. We're looking into the matter of whether the group in question is in violation of this guideline However, it's not a cut-and-dried case, as the group is not presenting itself as actively promoting any particular considered-to-be-dangerous…

Hi Folks, Just a reminder: I think this thread started with a legit enquiry, but it's starting to attract innuendo and off-color comments. I think the conversation has had a chance to accumulate enough legitimate responses, so I'm going to lock it before it gets anyone else in hot water. Thanks, Steven MyFitnessPal Staff

Hi Folks, This debate already ran afoul several guideline violations today in another thread, necessitating the thread being removed from the forums. In respect of this guideline: can we please let this topic rest for today? Much obliged, Steven MyFitnessPal Staff