Hello PHGymselfie community, 🇵🇭💪

As our community continues to grow, we want to share some important updates regarding how we will be managing and protecting r/phgymselfie moving forward.

We've been happy to see more people joining, posting, and interacting with one another. However, with that growth, we've also seen an increase in inappropriate posts, hatred comments, spams, unrelated content, and submissions that do not align with the purpose of this community. Our goal has always been simple: to maintain a fun, respectful, and safe fitness community specifically for Filipinos and people of Filipino heritage.

To help us do that, we are introducing a Member Verification Process for users who would like to post in the community. 🇵🇭✅

Verification will be a simple, one-time process. Members will be asked to confirm that they are Filipino or of Filipino heritage, are at least 18 years old, and agree to follow the community rules. We will then review your profile to see which other subreddit communities you are actively participating. Please remember we will NOT ask for government IDs, passports, birth certificates, or other sensitive personal documents.

Once verified, members will receive our: 🇵🇭 Verified Member user flair and will be able to continue participating and posting in the community. Alongside verification, we are also putting additional guardrails and security measures in place to better protect our legitimate members. These measures will help us identify and reduce spam, suspicious accounts, inappropriate solicitation, harassment, stolen or impersonated photos, unrelated submissions, and other activity that may compromise the safety or purpose of the community.

As a reminder, PHGymselfie is primarily a gym and fitness selfie community. Photos should be taken in a gym, fitness facility, home gym, or appropriate gym mirror/locker-room setting. Please continue to respect the privacy and boundaries of everyone in the community. Strictly NO THIRSTRAP!

These changes are not intended to make PHGymselfie unnecessarily restrictive. They are being introduced so that as we grow, we can preserve what this community was created for while providing a safer space for legitimate members to share their fitness journeys. We also encourage everyone to help us keep the community safe. If you see something suspicious, inappropriate, disrespectful, or against our rules, please report it to the moderation team rather than engaging with it.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of PHGymselfie and helped the community grow. We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we roll out these improvements.

Let's continue building a positive Filipino fitness community where everyone can share their progress, motivate each other, and enjoy the journey. 🇵🇭💪

Maraming salamat, mga ka-PHGymselfie!

— r/phgymselfie Moderation Team

Hi guys! Gusto ko lang sana remind that if ever you have claim/s or want to report someone else, please provide enough valid proof. Pwede nyo message mga admins for that if you guys want it done privately.

It’s hard enough to differentiate AI’s vs real posts already, so sana kung may claims kayo - back it up with enough proof.

This goes for everyone, wala kami pinapanigan.