1. 'Wanna'-rexic Behavior
This forum is not for people wanting to drop a few pounds to fit into those perfect pair of pants you bought. It's not for people who are looking for a quick fix, and it's not for people who are thinking an eating disorder is all the glitz and glamour the Hollywood media loves making it out to be. You're not a tragic character in your own little story. An eating disorder is a serious mental disease. If you're looking to lose weight, please visit a dieter's forum and leave this one to the people who actually need it.

2. Tips, Tricks, & Encouragement
It's one thing to wish someone well on a fast. It's another thing to encourage the fast. The people on here already suffer from severely negative eating habits and don't need outside stimulants like a person trying to manipulate them into starving, throwing up, or upping their exercise. Be mature and responsible in the way that you speak to someone. If you're unsure of your post content, please PM a member of the staff and ask them to review it. Also, there will be LITTLE tolerance to members either posting threads asking for tips on how to purge food or hide their disorder, or members RESPONDING to these threads. Again: Be mature and responsible. Realize that if you participate in these sorts of topics, it is entirely possible for you to cause the death of another member, and that is not what this forum is for.

3. Disrespect & Abuse
Members of all ages, races, religious backgrounds, and sexual orientations reside here. If you have a problem with skin color, culture, religion, or any of the above, keep it to yourself. No one else wants to hear about your personal prejudice views nor should they have to endure it. No insulting or disrespecting other members, and absolutely no rude, slanderous, or condescending behavior. If you get into a dispute with another member, take it to the PM system immediately. (Should the offender start harrassing you via PM, report them to the staff immediately.)

4. Language
The occasional 'fuck' isn't going to give anyone a heart attack. But if your posts become so cluttered with foul language on a daily basis, or if any member finds that your use of swearing is excessive, we have the right to both edit your posts and contact you on behalf of the forum. Please write all posts in English.

5. Double-Posting
Double-posts will be deleted on sight. There's an edit button available for you if and when you have something to add. The only exception to this rule is on the Daily Journals board where it's not required to await a member's response before you can make additional contributions toward your own thread. This same rule applies to posting double-threads. If we see two of the same exact topic, the thread with the least responses will be deleted.

6. Think First
Read the summaries below each board title, and think carefully which board you believe your topic will fit best in. If you're a bulimic but you're fasting, and you want to know what kind of liquid helped most people through their fasts, post on the Ana board; not the Mia. If you want to discuss your countering troubles with binging and fasting, post on the Ednos board. Been overeating lately? Having trouble regaining your control? Visit the C.O.E. board to discuss how other members have been able to pull themselves out of that rut. Don't go to the Ana board just because you "don't want to eat anymore." If any member of the staff finds a topic they think is out-of-place, they have the right to move it without notifying you. If you have any questions or concerns as to where your thread belongs, contact a staff member, and ask politely for their input.

7. Editing & Reviewing Your Post
We're not English professors. Most of us don't know every damn rule of grammar in the book, and some of us don't even have English as a first language, for god sakes! But it's not too much to ask to make your post as decent and as understandable as possible. Please, keep your netspeak to a minimum, use punctuation and capitilization in the right places, don't restrict your posts to soley smiley emoticons, don't manipulate your font to the point where it's distracting (no making entire posts in huge, flamboyant, bolded fonts), or post in any language other than English. Honestly, we can't help you if we don't understand what you're saying.

8. Graphics
An avatar can be up to 200x150 pixels. Signatures shouldn't be anymore than 300 pixels high and 600 pixels wide, and even that is excessive. Please think carefully before deciding on a signature graphic and whether or not it may pose as a distraction to other members. If you're going to post pictures, make sure they contain no full-frontal nudity and violate no known laws (this means underage members should be cautious in the way that they take their own photos). Please get your image hosted by a free site like Photobucket or Imageshack before posting to avoid stealing bandwidth.

9. Spamming
It's perfectly fine to trail off topic once in a while in a thread. But if not kept in moderation, and the off-topic posts turn into a full conversation that begins to distract from the thread's original meaning, then the posts are deemed 'spam'. If you start a thread that breaks rules 6 and 7, it can rightfully be deemed spam. All spam posts can and will be deleted by staff upon sight; so be forwarned. Also, if you're a member who came to this site with the sole intention of spamming up the boards, you'll be flagged for ban.

10. Team Spirit
We are all part of a small, comfortable community here that was created for males who had nowhere else to call 'home'. Most eating disordered forums are targetted at females and even though males are always welcome, most of us feel really out-of-place when the subject of 'missed menstrual cycles' comes up, or they start posting pictures of Nicole Richie or Mary-Kate Olsen. Men who had eating disorders but could never really connect with eating disordered women come here to speak to each other in caring, sympathetic atmosphere, where we can talk about sensitive subject matter unrelated to female ED behavior. Please respect this. If you're a member here, support the forum and its fellow occupants, feel free to contribute your thoughts and ideals, and treat this place as a second-home. Support and enjoy it.