Community Guidelines
Effective date: July 30, 2026
Welcome to the SleepWiser Community. Our forum is a place to discuss sleep health, share personal experiences, ask general questions, and support healthier sleep habits.
Participation in the forum requires compliance with these Community Guidelines and the SleepWiser Terms of Use.
Be Respectful
Treat other members with patience, dignity, and respect.
Do not post content that includes:
- Personal attacks or harassment
- Threats or intimidation
- Hate speech or discriminatory language
- Bullying or deliberate humiliation
- Sexually explicit or obscene material
- Encouragement of violence, self-harm, or illegal activity
Disagreement is allowed, but personal abuse is not.
Share Experiences Without Diagnosing Others
You may share your personal experiences with sleep concerns, treatments, healthcare providers, and products.
Do not:
- Diagnose another member
- Claim that someone definitely has or does not have a medical condition
- Tell another member to begin, stop, or change prescribed treatment
- Present personal opinions as professional medical advice
- Guarantee that a treatment, supplement, or product will work
- Encourage someone to disregard qualified medical advice
SleepWiser forum content is educational and does not replace professional care.
Protect Your Privacy
Forum posts may be publicly visible and may appear in search-engine results.
Do not post:
- Medical records
- Full birth dates
- Home addresses
- Phone numbers
- Financial or payment information
- Account passwords
- Government identification numbers
- Private information belonging to another person
- Photographs or identifying information posted without permission
Use caution when discussing children, family members, patients, or other individuals.
No Emergency Requests
The forum is not monitored as an emergency service.
If you or another person may be experiencing a medical or mental-health emergency, call 911 or your local emergency service. Do not wait for a forum response.
Keep Discussions Relevant
Post topics in the most appropriate forum and use clear, accurate titles.
Avoid:
- Posting the same topic repeatedly
- Deliberately disrupting discussions
- Posting unrelated content
- Excessive capitalization or misleading titles
- Reviving old discussions without adding relevant information
No Spam or Unauthorized Promotion
Do not use the forum for:
- Repetitive advertising
- Affiliate links
- Referral codes
- Unsolicited product promotion
- Recruitment schemes
- Fraudulent offers
- Automated or mass-generated posts
- Requests for money or personal financial assistance
Businesses, sellers, healthcare providers, and researchers must receive written permission from SleepWiser before promoting services, products, studies, or surveys.
Accurate Representation
Do not impersonate another person, organization, healthcare professional, moderator, or SleepWiser representative.
If you mention professional credentials, licenses, or affiliations, they must be accurate and current. Credentials do not authorize individualized medical treatment through the forum.
Copyright and Ownership
Only post content you created or have permission to share.
Do not upload or reproduce copyrighted articles, books, photographs, graphics, videos, questionnaires, or other protected materials without authorization. You may provide a link and a brief summary when appropriate.
Product Discussions
Members may share honest experiences with sleep products, but reviews must reflect genuine experiences.
Disclose any financial, employment, affiliate, free-product, or other material relationship connected to a recommendation. Deceptive reviews and undisclosed promotions may be removed.
Moderation
SleepWiser may, at its discretion:
- Edit or remove content
- Move, close, or merge discussions
- Issue warnings
- Restrict posting privileges
- Suspend or terminate accounts
- Preserve records needed for security or legal purposes
Moderation decisions may be made to enforce these Guidelines, protect members, prevent misinformation, or maintain useful discussions.
SleepWiser is not obligated to publish or retain every submission.
Reporting Problems
If you see content that violates these Guidelines, use the forum’s reporting feature when available or email support@sleepwiser.org.
Include the discussion title, relevant username, and a link to the content. Do not publicly confront or retaliate against another member.
Age Requirement
Users must be at least 13 years old to create an account or participate independently. A parent or legal guardian is responsible for supervising a minor’s use of the website.
Agreement
By creating an account or participating in the SleepWiser forum, you agree to follow these Community Guidelines.
Contact
Questions about these Guidelines may be sent to:
SleepWiser
Email: support@sleepwiser.org
Website: https://sleepwiser.org