Pacer is a place to get healthier together—share progress, join challenges, and encourage each other. To keep the community welcoming and safe, everyone must follow the rules below. We may remove content or restrict accounts that violate these guidelines. (These principles align with widely used community safety standards emphasizing respect, privacy, and anti-harassment.)

Our community principles

Be respectful

Treat others with kindness. Debate is fine; personal attacks are not.

Be safe and protect privacy

Don’t share private or identifying information—yours or anyone else’s—without consent. “Doxxing” is not allowed.

Be authentic

Use your real identity (or a consistent identity) and don’t impersonate other people or brands.

What to do ✅

• Encourage others: celebrate progress, offer supportive tips, and be welcoming to beginners. 
• Share responsibly: your workouts, step totals, streaks, photos, and motivation—only if you’re comfortable. 
• Disagree respectfully: challenge ideas, not people. 
• Report issues: help keep Pacer safe by reporting harassment, scams, or unsafe content.

What not to do ❌ (Prohibited content & behavior)

1) Bullying, harassment, or hate

Not allowed:

• Insults, shaming, ridiculing, or targeted harassment 
• Sexual harassment, unwanted sexual content, or repeated unwanted contact 
• Hate speech, hate symbols, or degrading people based on protected characteristics

Examples

• “You’re disgusting / worthless / should quit.” 
• Targeting someone’s race, gender identity, religion, body type, disability, etc.

2) Threats or incitement to harm

Not allowed:

• Threats of violence (direct, indirect, or “joking”) 
• Encouraging others to harm someone

3) Doxxing and privacy violations

Not allowed:

• Sharing someone’s phone number, address, workplace, private photos, or other identifying details 
• Posting screenshots that reveal private info (even if “public elsewhere”)

4) Self-harm encouragement or eating-disorder promotion

We support people seeking help—but content that promotes, glorifies, or normalizes self-harm or eating disorders is not allowed.

If you or someone you know may be in immediate danger, contact local emergency services right away.

5) Spam, scams, and unwanted solicitation

Not allowed:

• Spammy comments, repetitive promotions, bot-like activity 
• Fraud, phishing, or “too good to be true” offers 
• Unwanted solicitation (e.g., pushing services or referral links in replies)

6) Sexual content involving minors, exploitation, or illegal content

Not allowed:

• Any sexual content involving minors 
• Exploitative content, trafficking, or instructions to commit wrongdoing 
• Buying/selling illegal goods or services

7) Impersonation and deception

Not allowed:

• Pretending to be another user, a coach, a moderator, or an official Pacer representative 
• Creating accounts primarily to harass, brigade, or evade enforcement

8) Misuse of reporting or moderation tools

Not allowed:

• False reporting to harass someone 
• Coordinated reporting/brigading to silence others

Content we may restrict (even if not strictly “prohibited”)

To protect the community, we may limit visibility or remove content that:

• Encourages unsafe “fitness challenges” (dangerous overexertion, dehydration, etc.) 
• Includes graphic injury imagery 
• Is intentionally inflammatory or repeatedly disruptive

How to report something

If you see content that violates these guidelines:

1. Report in-app: use the Report option on a post/comment/profile (often found under a ⋯ menu). 
2. Block the user to stop seeing their content. 
3. If you can’t report in-app, contact Pacer Support and include: 
   • Username(s) 
   • Screenshot(s) 
   • Link to the post (if available) 
   • What happened and when 

(Reporting and flagging mechanisms are standard practice in fitness communities.)

What happens after a report

We may take actions like:

• Remove content 
• Warn the account 
• Temporarily restrict posting/messaging 
• Suspend or permanently ban accounts for severe or repeated violations

We may escalate credible threats or imminent-harm situations when necessary.

Tips for a healthier community

• Assume good intent, but set boundaries. 
• Keep feedback constructive: “Try X” instead of “You’re wrong.” 
• Celebrate effort, not just results.