Community Guidelines

Last Updated: December 23, 2024

BimStrength is a community dedicated to sports and wellness. We want to create a positive, motivating and safe environment where everyone can share their passion for fitness.

These rules apply to all content and interactions on BimStrength.

⚠️1. Violence and Dangerous Activities

Prohibited

  • Threats of violence against individuals or groups
  • Glorification or incitement to violence
  • Content showing serious injuries or torture
  • Instructions for making weapons
  • Dangerous challenges that may cause injuries

Allowed

  • Combat sports are allowed in an appropriate sporting context
  • Sports injuries can be shown for educational purposes with a warning

🚫2. Hateful Content and Discrimination

Prohibited

  • Hate speech based on: race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, illness
  • Degrading stereotypes
  • Calls for exclusion or violence against groups
  • Denial of documented historical tragedies

🛑3. Harassment and Intimidation

Prohibited

  • Repeated threats, insults or personal attacks
  • Disclosure of personal information (doxxing)
  • Encouraging harassment of other users
  • Creating accounts to circumvent a block
  • Degrading comments about physical appearance

🔞4. Nudity and Sexual Content

Prohibited

  • Explicit nudity (genitals, uncovered nipples)
  • Sexual acts or sexually explicit content
  • Sexual solicitation
  • Inappropriate fetish content

Allowed

  • Revealing sportswear in an appropriate sporting context
  • Educational content on anatomy in a fitness context

👶5. Minor Safety

Zero Tolerance Policy

Prohibited

  • Any content sexualizing minors
  • Solicitation of minors
  • Sharing images of minors in inappropriate contexts

🛡Protections

  • Interaction restrictions for minor accounts
  • Limitations on who can contact them

6. Illegal Products and Activities

Prohibited

  • Sale or promotion of illegal drugs
  • Promotion of illegal anabolic steroids
  • Firearms and explosives
  • Content promoting criminal activities
  • Fraud and scams

7. Misinformation and False Content

Prohibited

  • False medical information that may cause harm
  • Dangerous conspiracy theories
  • Impersonation of real people
  • Fake testimonials or manipulated transformation results

Requirements

  • Physical transformations must indicate the duration
  • Medical/nutritional advice must include a "consult a professional" disclaimer

💚8. Eating Disorders and Mental Health

Prohibited

  • Promotion of extreme or dangerous diets
  • Glorification of extremely low weight
  • Content promoting self-harm
  • Instructions on dangerous behaviors
We display help resources for sensitive content. You can report concerning content.

💊9. Doping and Banned Substances

Prohibited

  • Promotion of doping products
  • Sale of steroids or SARMs
  • Minimization of dangers of banned substances

Allowed

  • Educational discussion on the dangers of doping
  • Recovery testimonials

10. Authenticity and Integrity

Authentic Accounts

  • One account per person
  • Your account must represent a real person
  • Brand accounts must be clearly identified
  • No impersonation

Authentic Engagement

  • Buying followers, likes or views
  • Using bots for engagement
  • Artificial engagement pods
  • Automated comment spam

Intellectual Property

  • Only post content you own the rights to
  • Credit original creators
  • Do not use unlicensed music
  • Respect trademarks

📢11. Advertising and Sponsored Content

Prohibited

  • Unapproved supplements
  • Miracle weight loss products
  • Doping substances

Requirements

  • All sponsored content must be clearly identified (#ad, #sponsored)
  • Brand partnerships must be disclosed
  • Affiliate links must be mentioned

Rule Enforcement

How We Detect Violations

  • User reports
  • Automated detection (AI)
  • Human moderation
  • Partnerships with specialized organizations

Actions We Take

SeverityAction
MinorWarning + content removal
ModerateTemporary feature restriction
SeriousTemporary account suspension
Very SeriousPermanent ban
IllegalReport to authorities

Warning System

1st warningNotification and education
2nd warningPosting restriction (24h)
3rd warningPosting restriction (7 days)
4th warningAccount suspension (30 days)
5th warningPermanent ban

Serious violations may result in immediate ban.

Appealing Decisions

You can appeal a decision within 30 days via the app (sanction notification) or by email at appeals@bimstrength.com. We will review your appeal within 7 business days.

Reporting

How to Report

  • "..." button on each content
  • Detailed report form
  • Email: report@bimstrength.com

What Happens After a Report

  1. 1.Receipt confirmation
  2. 2.Review by our team (24-48h)
  3. 3.Appropriate action if violation confirmed
  4. 4.Result notification (if desired)

Priority Reports

  • !Immediate danger to a person
  • !Content involving minors
  • !Threats of violence

Contact

To report content or for questions:

report@bimstrength.com