You can keep the community a supportive place by following these guidelines:
- Keep things friendly - it’s okay to disagree, but it’s not okay to be rude. If you don’t have anything to say which is productive or supportive, don’t say it.
- Stay open minded - we don’t discriminate here and neither should you, regardless of race, ethnicity, age, sexuality, religion or gender identity.
- Keep it SFW - we want everyone to feel safe and respected. Don’t send inappropriate messages, and be aware people might not want to take your conversation to another platform or share personal details.
- Be yourself - yes your profile picture can be a cat, no you can’t pretend to be someone you’re not, especially if it’s for a dodgy reason.
- Leave medical claims to the professionals - everyone has different opinions, whether it’s on their favourite TV show or their treatment decisions. By all means, share your experiences and give advice, but don’t make any definitive claims of ‘cures’ or try to make people’s decisions for them.
- No sales or promotions - any posts promoting products or services for profit will be removed.
- Talk to us about your own research - we get lots of requests to share people’s research. We can’t possibly share them all. Email hello@shift.ms and we can chat more about how we can help. If you post it on the feed, it will be removed.
Very occasionally, members can go against these guidelines. If you spot anything, use the three dots on a post, comment, profile or direct message to ‘Report’ and we’ll handle the problem ASAP. We’ll remove any member who is harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening or aggressive. There’s no place for that here. Persistent rule breakers will be banned. We reserve the right to use our discretion on who is banned.
Please read the Terms of Use for more detailed information.
