We want to ensure the conversation remains in good taste and a positive experience for everyone involved. The purpose of comments is to facilitate a relevant, on-topic dialogue between the Town of Drayton Valley and residents. Authorized employees will adhere to the Town’s Social Media Policy when posting and responding to comments or questions. To promote in the interest of fair play, no personal attacks will be permitted. Trolls and trolling comments will also not be permitted. The comments you leave should be constructive, helpful, or insightful. Violation of these terms of engagement may result in comments being removed or the users access to this Facebook fan page being blocked. Any comments of the following nature will be removed:
a) Slanderous or derogatory remarks, obscenities, profane language or sexual content
b) Content that endorses discrimination as identified the Alberta Human Rights Act: race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religious beliefs, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, physical disability, mental disability, marital status, family status, source of income, and sexual orientation
c) Promotion or endorsement, including advertisements or solicitation of commercial services or individual businesses or products other than sponsors, affiliations, or business partnerships of the Town
d) Promotion of political candidates
e) Promotion of illegal activity
f) Spam or irrelevant external links
g) Information that may compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems
h) Personal information about an identifiable individual other than the person posting the comment
i) Personal attacks on individuals, groups, events or ideas
j) Content that infringes on another’s intellectual property rights (i.e. copyright, trademarks, design and patents)
k) Content with the intent to inflict harm
l) Content of a confidential nature pertaining to the Town
m) Any content that is determined to be inappropriate in the opinion of a member of the Communications team and/or CAO
n) The Town of Drayton Valley is not responsible for any use of material posted by users. We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time
