Should people clearly displaying signs of eating disorders be excluded from asking about weight loss on Y!A?

I love fitness, and I love Y!A, but I hate finding piles and piles of posts from anorexic, bulimic, and other eating disordered individuals seeking (unhealthy) weight loss advice on the Diet & Fitness board.

While it is not technically against Y!A guidelines (yet), do you believe that these posts should be removed by moderators to prevent people from engaging in potentially lethal behavior?

Or is it a free speech issue, and that people should be allowed to self-harm as they please, and that the Internet community should be allowed to aid and abet this kind of behavior?

~Christine~2007-02-13T16:29:14Z

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Hopefully people will point out that their behavior is dangerous instead of encouraging it.

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Anonymous2007-02-13T17:16:51Z

Well, technically their questions are breaching the terms of the yahoo service, so they can be reported and their posts removed. It's not healthy for them to continually post questions on here, often receiving not particularly helpful replies.

HTH.

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Laree2016-04-22T13:07:41Z

fast food is salty food if you cut back on the salt in a few weeks youll be able to better taste the natural salts in food and may not crave the junk as much as you used to

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Clarence2016-04-20T11:17:21Z

if food was your only source of pleasure make sure to reconnect with other things you enjoy music sports volunteer work or movies for example

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Stacy2015-12-16T05:13:43Z

Stop hunger pangs while dieting by eating foods that keep you full

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Should people clearly displaying signs of eating disorders be excluded from asking about weight loss on Y!A?

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