https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/Information on Community use, behavior, announcements, questions, and rulesen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/f/community-announcements/33212/swimmer-contactWed, 01 Apr 2026 15:41:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:1d4b4a30-7afc-4ec2-a806-feb8b76f9d51Tami61Is there anyway to send a hello to one of the members? People I swam with some 50 years ago that I don’t find on social media.https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/f/community-announcements/32600/national-qualifying-times-2025Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:25:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:13e04908-f221-482e-b630-9e1f97f3ead5RJ FisherDoes anyone know if those have been posted yet? I can't seem to find them. Thank you.https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/f/community-announcements/32493/kt-tape-for-meetsThu, 01 Aug 2024 02:12:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:a7cecb06-0733-4798-ab94-3d8a411022b9TOROHello, Reason I am posting this is because I asked the director of a meet i wanted to attend out of state back in December 2023 if I could use KT tape since I had an injury on my scapula, it was going to be 1 strip. Around that same time I also asked a few directors that have hosted meets in my state if i could use KT tape for an injury while racing. They all said no that it was not allowed. So today i saw a swimmer in the Olympics that swam in the semis and is now in the finals of the 200 breast with KT tape on her knees. Name is Ye shiwen attaching pic and they were not disqualified. Has there been a change to the use of KT tape? Does anyone know Thanks appreciate it.https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/f/community-announcements/32463/how-do-i-enter-my-recent-us-masters-swimming-resultsThu, 11 Jul 2024 11:56:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:3de0acd4-e9f9-4b99-9c60-04b60e6189f4Jerry Burd (Burdie)Like to enter my results. The Baystate times seem to quality.https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/f/community-announcements/32451/how-do-i-post-my-profile-picture/296380Mon, 08 Jul 2024 20:35:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:b575484d-b1e2-4105-89fe-fa17d04b5444Jerry Burd (Burdie)Ok, took me some time but got it posted.https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/f/community-announcements/32451/how-do-i-post-my-profile-pictureMon, 01 Jul 2024 10:03:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:eee3ab41-da9c-4faa-a35a-f88f220e630dJerry Burd (Burdie)Hello, my name is Jerry, I’m a recent new member to US S. I can’t seem to figure out how to post my photo to my profile.https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/w/faqThu, 01 Dec 2022 16:59:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:e8aae322-a9b0-40e6-a073-204f970f988dhttps://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/w/faq/7/how-to-manage-community-digests-subscriptions-and-notifications-and-standard-usms-emailsThu, 01 Dec 2022 16:59:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:0f9ab562-3802-4631-b19e-c361e34e5783Kyle DeeryHow to Manage Community Digests, Subscriptions, and Notifications and Standard USMS Emails? What is the difference between Community settings and USMS email preferences? How to manage email digests and notifications How to manage subscriptions How to manage notifications What is the difference between Community settings and USMS email preferences? Community settings is how the USMS Community platform will notify you of certain events. You can adjust those preferences here . If you’re looking to adjust your USMS email preferences (all non-Community emails), you can do so here. How to manage email notifications and digests You can adjust your email digest preferences within your Community settings page and the "Email Digest" tab. You can adjust your email notifications preferences within your Community settings page and the Notifications tab. Selecting "Email" notifications will trigger emails to the email address within your Communication Settings. How to manage subscriptions You can adjust your subscription preferences within your Community settings page and the Subscriptions tab How to manage notifications (both within the Community platform and email notifications) You can adjust your notifications preferences within your Community settings page and the Notifications tab. "Live Alert" are internal communications within Community that will show up on your menu bar. Selecting "Email" notifications will trigger emails to the email address within your Communication Settings.https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/w/faq/5/how-to-contribute-and-participateThu, 01 Dec 2022 16:58:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:bb53b817-f479-4962-bace-388954c60115Kyle DeeryHow to Contribute and Participate How to navigate Community How to search Community for my swim friends How to search Community for a topic How to start a thread How to reply to a thread How to upvote or downvote replies How to edit or delete your reply How to quote someone else’s text in your reply How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread How to subscribe to a volunteer group for a USMS Committee that I belong to How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply How to mark a post as spam or abusive What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership? How to navigate Community When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header. How to search Community for my swim friends USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID. More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in " How to manage my friends and private messages " How to search Community for a topic Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users. Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar. How to start a thread If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread. If you want to delete the thread you started, contact an admin and they can delete it for you. How to reply to a thread When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread. How to upvote or downvote replies When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a reply. How to edit or delete your reply Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete” How to quote someone else’s text in your reply Highlight an existing text and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window. How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On” For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ” How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails ?” How to subscribe to a group (region, national volunteer committee) that I belong to Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options” How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply When you’re within a thread post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.” Images, videos, and files have size limitations. How to mark a post as spam or abusive If you find a thread or reply that violates the USMS Community Rules , you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive” What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership? The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/w/faqThu, 30 Sep 2021 14:57:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:48eb1b73-c116-4977-a349-329a09e0c0aaN1HWDHow to Contribute and Participate How to Manage My Profile How to Manage My Friends and Private Messages How to Manage Community digests, Subscriptions, Notifications and Standard USMS Emails? how do I change my current club?https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/w/faq/4/how-to-manage-my-profileTue, 30 Mar 2021 20:22:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:c4a7bc58-7c80-44d2-abaf-eb97b1f2b6a8Steve HallHow to Manage my Profile Managing my profile and settings Are my Community login credentials the same as my My USMS login? How to view my Community Profile How to edit my Community Profile How to change my Community display name How to edit my profile information (both public and private) How to edit my USMS membership information How to adjust my club affiliation How to edit my My USMS email address How to reset my My USMS password How do achievements work? When will my achievements appear on my profile? Community shows that I am online. Can I adjust that? My activity shows on the main feed of USMS Community. How can I adjust that? Managing my profile and settings Within your profile, you will be able to edit both public and private information. The private information is also where you manage your USMS membership information. If you need to change your address, update your name, or change your phone number, you can do it here. Within your settings page , you can edit your My USMS login credentials (email address and password), Community presence (what information you want publicly displayed), and communication preferences from the USMS Community. Are my Community login credentials the same as my My USMS login? You log in to Community using your My USMS credentials. If you need to reset your username and password, contact membership@usmastersswimming.org How to view my Community profile Visit your profile will be able to be found by clicking the circle in your notification bar. This will be a preview of your profile photo that you upload to Community. How to edit my Community profile Once within your profile, you can edit your profile by selecting "Edit Profile". You must hit "Save Profile" for your changes to apply. How to change my Community display name You may adjust your display name while viewing your profile in ”Edit Profile” mode. Your display name is pre-populated with your permanent ID. Note: Display names enable users to choose a name other than their username to be displayed with their posts and other content. These names do not need to be unique . It can take a while before display names are viewable. In some cases, values attached to older posts will not be updated unless a new post is made or the older post is updated. How to edit my profile information (both public and private) While viewing your profile in ”Edit Profile” mode, you can adjust both your public and private membership information. How to edit my USMS membership information While logged into Community, you can edit your name, address, gender identity, race, phone number, and indicate if you have coaching or other specific swimming interests. ( How to edit my My USMS email address is below ) How to adjust my club affiliation You cannot adjust your LMSC and club affiliation as there are rules surrounding club transfers. contact membership@usmastersswimming.org or your LMSC Membership Coordinator if you’d like to facilitate a club transfer. How to edit my My USMS email address You can change your email address through your profile, which will bring you to your Community settings page . This email address is what you will log in to your My USMS and USMS Community with and will be the primary source of contact with USMS. Once you update your email address, your old and new email will receive email notifications alerting you of this change. If you get email alerting you of a change but you didn’t make a change, contact membership@usmastersswimming.org. To manage your contact preferences, see “ How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails? ” How to reset my My USMS password You can reset your My USMS and USMS Community password here. You will need access to your My USMS email inbox to successfully reset your password. How do achievements work? Community-based achievements (comment and thread achievements) are awarded instantaneously. Non-Community-based achievements (membership tenure, event participation, Swim.com workouts, coach/instructor achievements) will be awarded the next time you log into the USMS Community. When will my achievements appear on my profile? If you earned an achievement during your most recent visit, the achievement will be loaded on your profile the next time you log in to the USMS Community. Community shows that I am online. Can I adjust that? You can disable presence tracking within your Community settings. My activity shows on the main feed of USMS Community. How can I adjust that? You can adjust the visibility of your activity within your Community settings page .https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/w/faq/6/how-to-manage-my-friends-and-private-messagesTue, 30 Mar 2021 17:01:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:efc3b1b2-d7bc-47b8-8143-68ea1a2006fdSteve HallHow to Manage My Friends and Private Messages What does “Connect” mean? How to search Community for another USMS member How to send a friend request How to accept a friend request How to cancel a friend request How to remove a friend How to enable and disable private messages How to create and send a private message How to view all private messages Why do I see display name Former Member in Community? What does “Connect” mean? While viewing someone’s profile, you’ll see an option to “Connect” with your fellow USMS member. Using this button, you can either send a private message , ‘follow’, or ‘ request friendship ’ . How to search Community for another USMS member USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their permanent ID. How to send a friend request After you’ve searched and located the USMS member you’d like to send a friend request, you’ll do so by first clicking the " Connect " button and then clicking " Request friendship " . How to accept a friend request When someone requests your friendship, the request will be in the notification section of the page. From there, you can either accept the friendship request, view the request without action, or decline the request. Friend requests will remain in your notifications until you accept or decline the request. How to cancel a friend request If you’d like to remove your connection to another member, visit his or her profile page. Once there, click the “Connect” button and then click ‘”Cancel friend request”’ How to remove a friend If you’d like remove your connection to another member, visit his or her profile. . Once there, click the “Connect” button and then click ”Unfriend” How to enable and disable private messages Within your Community setting s under the Options tab, you can set your preferences on private messages. How to create and send a private message After you’ve searched and located the USMS member to whom you’d like to send a private message, click the “Connect” button and then click"Send a private message" How to view all private messages Your private messages are stored in the message tab in the top right corner of the page. Click ”View All” to display all of your messages. Why do I see display name Former Member in Community? When we migrated the old Discussion Forums to the new format, there were many users who didn’t connect their Forums account to their My USMS account, so we were unable to identify those users as most were not members. To preserve the Forums threads, we needed to assign a single user as the poster of all the threads we couldn’t connect an account to. That single user is display name Former Member.https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/w/faq/8/usms-community-rulesFri, 26 Mar 2021 12:49:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:9a7b5906-1d22-47ec-b5cd-724c85d966f3Steve HallWelcome to the USMS Community This community of adult swimmers is designed to provide a productiv e and safe environment for all USMS members to discuss swimming and related topics. Whether you’re using swimming simply as a form of exercise , attempting to set a national record , or training to swim long distance in open water , this community is a place to exchange ideas and thoughts, comment on the sport you love , and connect with other Masters swimmers. You’ll find a range of swimming experience, topics, and opinions here. To ensure that discussions here remain productive and safe , we require that you show respect for others. Therefore: No O ffensive Posts, Links, or Images  Do not post anything you wouldn’t want to be seen by your boss, your parents,  your kids o r anyone else whose opinion you respect . Do not post hate speech , express or promote intolerance , or use any slurs based on race, ethnicity, nationality, gender or gender-identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Do not use profanity or circumvent the obscenity filter by using special characters. Do not post violent or graphic content. Do not post sexually explicit material. Images including full or partial nudity are forbidden in the Community . This includes your avatar. S wimming-related images of people in swimsuits are permitted . Determination of what constitutes an offensive post is solely at the discretion of U.S. Masters Swimming and the Community administrators. Posted content may be altered or removed by administrators and users may be suspended or banned without explanation . Respect Others Personal attacks are not allowed under any circumstances. Do not post any messages that harass, insult, belittle, or threaten a nyone . Debates are fine, but argue the point, not the person . Do not post topics with the sole purpose of starting a dispute (AKA trolling) . Do not respond to another’s post for the purpose of trolling them. Note that just because a person disagree s  with your opinion doesn’t necessarily mean they’re trolling you. K eep it civil, even if you're sure the other person is wrong. Protect Others Do not disclose any other member's email, address, phone number, IP address, or other personal information (AKA doxxing ). This includes the posting of contents of emails, private messages, warnings, infractions, and bans. Do not bring personal disputes into the Community.   Do not post content that libels another member, public figure, or any person living or dead. Do not c laim to be , either explicitly or by implication, someone you ’ re not , such as  a public figure or another USMS member .   This includes all posts, images, and avatars. If you're not a moderator, don't correct or try to manage other posters. If you have a problem with a post, use the "Report This Post ” link and we’ll take it from there . Do not post copyrighted articles or images. A ssume that anything you find online is copyrighted. You may post a synopsis in your own words and the n link to the article or image. You may also, using quotation marks, provide brief quotes of copyrighted material along with your own commentary. Do not post entire articles. Post w ith Integrity Do not make off-topic posts. Keep your posts relevant to the discussion at hand and inside the proper thread . Off -t opic posts may be moved or deleted at the moderators’ discretion. D o not double post or cross-post the same message in multiple forums. This includes "bump threads" and posts intended to increase one's post count. Do not mass-PM or mass-email the same message to multiple members of the Community . To avoid duplication, before posting a new topic, make an attempt to search the Community for posts similar to yours. Duplicate or similar threads are subject to being merged, closed, or deleted at the discretion of Community administrators and moderators.  This is a swimming community. As such, threads posted to here should be related to swimming. There is one area where  nonswimming -related discussions may be held. All the same Community rules apply to the NSR forum. Some topics, such as politics and religion, can be easily become divisive. We recommend finding other communities for these discussions. If any topic becomes divisive or is no longer a productive discussion, it will be removed from the Community. No Unsolicited Advertising Do not post to sell, buy, or trade products or services; links to auctions or affiliates; or links to promote personal or commercial websites, blogs, or other forums. If you have a website or business, you may include a text link to your site in your signature ONLY. On-topic promotional posts are permitted in the Event Announcement & Reviews Forum and in the Coaches Seeking Positions/Coaching Positions Available forums. Replying to requests for information about certain products or services in existing threads is acceptable. If someone asks about a product, it’s fine to reply with information about the product or a link to the product’s website. Do not advertising for goods or services via private message within the USMS Community . If you wish to advertise with U.S. Masters Swimming, please contact our corporate partners liaison at partners@usmastersswimming.org . Requirements for Posting  We require a valid email address for all active users of the Community. If at any time your email address bounces mail back to us, we may suspend or terminate your account. Please keep your email address current.  All active users must also be USMS members. If your USMS membership lapses, you won’t be able to access your Community account. USMS reserves the right to remove any posts or suspend or remove accounts at any time for any reason. If it appears that you're trying to manipulate the system, your posts and/or account will be removed. If an administrator feels that your pattern of posts is a detriment to the U.S. Masters Swimming mission and our Community discussion forums, your posts and/or account will be removed.https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/f/community-announcementsTue, 23 Mar 2021 05:04:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:e4957296-04bf-45fd-900c-ee54c12eea89Post general questions about swimming our your membership in the General Swimming group. This forum is only for announcements related to Community functionality.https://community.usms.org/usms-community-faqs/Wed, 26 Jun 2019 18:21:00 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:12e2e6ab-2709-4e44-b8a4-88414b9f85a6Information on Community use, behavior, announcements, questions, and rules