Facebook Comment Guidelines:
Council’s page is a supportive online community platform that is built on respect. We welcome an open dialogue with our residents and visitors, we do not discriminate against any views and we encourage you to discuss and share opinions with others and Council via our page. In order to ensure our page is friendly and welcoming for all visitors, we do
moderate where needed. We ask that when contributing your views to Douglas Shire Council’s page, you DO NOT:
· Post anything that could be considered prejudicial, racist, off-topic, inflammatory, repetitive, vexatious, offensive or otherwise inappropriate. It is not acceptable to post comments that are likely to offend others, including references to an individual’s race, age, gender, sexuality, political leaning, religion or disability, and it is unnecessary to post repeat comments continuously.
· Swear, or use otherwise offensive language. We want everyone to be comfortable visiting this page to get the important information we try to provide.
· Harass or make personal attacks against other users, Council staff or elected officials. It is not acceptable to harass, abuse or threaten other visitors to this site.
· Speculate or comment on legal matters or legislation.
· Reveal any personal or sensitive information about others on this page. Please remember these sensitivities before you post, and remember never to post private information including email addresses, phone numbers or home addresses on our timeline or in public comment threads.
· Re-post other people's appeals, requests or offers, or anything else that could be considered spam or commercial in nature. It is not acceptable to promote anything that may constitute spam, including business and commercial interests, solicitations, advertisements or endorsements of any non-governmental agency, including links to any other pages we haven’t approved.
· Report any offensive material on Facebook to this page, or post a link to it. Complaints about offensive material should be made directly to Facebook. Moderating our page:
If you don’t adhere to our guidelines above, we will moderate and potentially remove your comment. Users found to be repeatedly engaging in any activity mentioned above may be banned from this page. Council reserves the right to remove comments and take any discussion 'offline' or into a private message if we believe that the content is personal in nature, or is affecting the enjoyment of the page for other visitors. By following these simple guidelines, you will help make our jobs easier and allow us to focus on keeping residents of, and visitors to, the Douglas Shire informed and up to date. Overall, we want everyone to feel safe and welcome on Douglas Shire Council’s page. We welcome your comments any time and hope you enjoy spending time here.
