Social Media Guidelines
These guidelines are aimed at community members to ensure the Mates4Mates page remains enjoyable for all visitors. The guidelines provide clear expectations about appropriate behaviour, and include Mates4Mates’ policy on image sharing and moderation. Facebook is an important tool that enables Mates4Mates to engage with you and the wider community. We encourage you to discuss and share opinions with others in a friendly and respectful manner. Whilst engaging on our page, please:
• be polite and sensitive to others
• behave with respect, courtesy, and without harassment
• protect your privacy and confidentiality by not including personal contact details such as email addresses, phone numbers or home addresses
• do not post repeat comments continuously
• do not promote commercial interests or advertisements. Please be advised that photographs, images or videos of Mates, families, supporters or staff cannot be used on Mates4Mates hosted social media or internet sites without prior approval and appropriate consent. Mates4Mates supports the Facebook Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and related Facebook policies, and we request that visitors to our page do the same. If content is personal or confidential in nature, offensive or impacting negatively on other visitors, we may remove comments and take the discussion 'offline', or continue the conversation via private message. We will moderate where comments are deemed to be:
• offensive with the potential to cause harm to others, particularly in reference to an individual’s race, age, gender, sexuality, political leaning, religion or disability
• abusive or threatening towards others
• obscene (offensive language)
• promotional (for personal, corporate or organisational gain)
• confidential or of a private nature (includes personal details).
