These Community Guidelines are here to help you understand what behavior is appropriate - and not
appropriate - on this site. Remember, your use of BeenThereAteThat is subject to these Guidelines and our
Terms of Service.

The Basics

Violations of BeenThereAteThat's Community Guidelines or Terms of Service can result in
account termination without warning.

Dos and Don'ts

We're sure your kitten is reeeeally cute - but this isn't the place to post his photo. There are plenty of
perfectly fine sites that host miscellaneous photographs. Please limit posts on this site to food, meal
ingredients, meal situations, restaurants (and their surrounding environment), places where you can
buy food, food shows and things that will eventually become food (your prize tomato patch, for
example). Accounts that consist primarily of non-food related photos may be terminated at any time.

What makes BeenThereAteThat really different from general photo sites is your ability to share and
search for detailed information about food and restaurants. So please, provide information like a
restaurant's address, phone number and other details - even if it's optional. Write about the
experience, the people and the surroundings. Tell us a story, give us the recipe (if you came up with it
yourself) or provide the link to a recipe (if somebody else came up with it). The more you share, the
better this site will be!

Don't post other peoples' photos and pass them off as your own. Don't grab shots from the internet and
post them. Don't copy photos from this site and use them for any other purposes. In other words, don't
eat off of other people's plates! It's not just impolite - it's against the law. See our Copyright/IP Policy
for more information.

Be polite and show respect to other members. Flambé-ing may be OK for food, but flaming isn't nice
for people! If you disagree, do it kindly. Don't leave a bad taste! Harassment, abuse, hate speech, slurs,
malicious use of stereotypes, predatory behavior, impersonation and/or intimidation are not permitted
on this site. If we receive a valid complaint about your conduct, it will result in a warning or termination
of your account.

Don't post any photos that are deliberately creepy, gross or disgusting. There is some pretty unusual
food out there, so if you ate eyeballs on your travels in a country where that's a generally accepted
dish, well OK, post the photo. But don't go fabricating freaky things or post something intentionally
offensive.

Yes, food can be sexy. But pornography or sexually explicit content is not allowed on this site. And, if
find you doing anything illegal, your account will be deleted and we'll take appropriate action, which
may include reporting you to the authorities.

BeenThereAteThat is for personal use only. If a member is found to be selling products or services on
this site, we will terminate his or her account. If you're interested in advertising on BeenThereAteThat,
drop us a line at: advertise@BeenThereAteThat.com

Help us and your fellow users. If you see something that violates BeenThereAteThat's Community
Guidelines or Terms of Use, please file a report it by going to the Report Abuse page (there's a link at
the bottom of every BeenThereAteThat page). To report copyright infringement, see the instructions on
our Copyright/IP Policy page (there's a link at the bottom of every BeenThereAteThat page, too).

We know, all these rules and warnings are enough to kill anybody's appetite. But remember, the world
is full of decent, fun people who enjoying sharing a good meal. Now you can sit across the table from
all of them! So dig in - post your photos, express your opinions and picture what the world is eating!