Forum rules
Five of them, with the reasoning attached. A moderator removing something will point at the one it broke.
1.Say which kind of thing you are describing
There is a real difference between “a randomised trial found this”, “a rat study found this”, and “this happened to me”. All three are worth posting. Confusing them is what turns a forum into a place where people learn things that are not true.
You do not need to cite a paper to post. You do need to be clear about whether you are reporting one.
2.Do not tell anybody what to take
Report, do not instruct. You can say what a trial used, what you did, and what happened. You cannot tell another member what they should take, at what dose, or for how long — and you should not ask somebody else to.
This is the same rule the blog holds itself to, and it exists for a plain reason: most of what is discussed here is not approved for human use, nobody posting is your clinician, and a stranger who follows a dosing instruction from a forum has been let down by everyone who saw it and said nothing.
3.No sourcing, no vendors, no prices
No links to shops, no vendor names, no “DM me”, no discount codes, no photographs of packaging that identify a seller. This is not squeamishness, and it is not a legal hedge.
It is that every forum on this subject that allowed sourcing became a marketplace with a discussion section attached. Vendors arrive, then vendors posing as members, then threads whose real purpose is to move product. The evidence discussion dies because it is no longer what the busiest people in the room are here for. Keeping it out is the only reason the rest of this site is worth reading.
4.Argue with the post, not the person
Disagreement is most of the value here. Somebody being wrong about a mechanism is an opportunity, not an offence.
Contempt is not disagreement, and neither is following somebody between threads. Report it rather than answering it — replying to it puts it in front of more people, which is what it was for.
5.One account, and it is yours
One account per person. Do not impersonate a doctor, a researcher, a manufacturer or another member, and do not imply a qualification you do not hold. The bylines on the blog carry no credentials for the same reason.
If you are here on behalf of a company, say so in your first post in a thread, every time.
What happens when a post is removed
It is hidden, not deleted. The thread still shows that a post was there, so a conversation does not become unreadable around the gap, and a moderator can put it back. Reports go to a queue that a human reads.
Educational content only. Nothing here is medical advice, and most compounds discussed are not approved for human use. Talk to a clinician before acting on anything you read. Full disclaimer.
The evidence write-ups on the blog are edited and sourced. Posts here are not — they are written by members of the public and appear without review.