On this page you'll find information about business news, events, and community activities in Vinton County, Ohio that have been shared or posted. Social media submissions that will not be posted/shared and may be removed/reported may include, but are not limited to:
- Harassing, intimidating, or threatening comments to another person or group.
- Comments that incite violence or other action in v
iolation of any federal or state anti-discrimination laws.
- Sexually explicit and sexually vulgar language and profanity.
- Content that includes defamation, nudity, partial nudity, obscenity, or offensive comments that target or disparage an individual or group of individuals, personal attacks, profanity, sexual or violent imagery, or vulgarity.
- Infringement on copyrights or trademarks.
- Links to inappropriate sites, phishing scams, etc.
- Comments that promote illegal activity.
- Content that promotes non-local products or services or contains advertising.
- Content that promotes multi-level marketing (MLM)/pyramid schemes, such as Scentsy, LulaRoe, Mary Kay, etc.
- Comments that include false or defamatory information.
- Posts that misrepresent or hide the poster’s identity.
- Comments that violate privacy or confidentiality.
- Comments unrelated to the topic or to the Vinton County community.
- Violate a state or federal law, organizational policy, or social media channels’ community terms of service.
- Repetitive comments and spam posts.
- Content promoting churches or religions, except when promoting a specific community service event or fundraiser.
- Content promoting a political agenda, party, or candidate, excluding press releases and statements made by elected officials. This page's volunteer administrators/editors and the organizations they represent reserve the right to share/post content at their own discretion and may remove/report/not share any content for any reason. Criteria used for such decisions may include:
- Businesses or their owners publicly advocating/endorsing/selling hate speech, discrimination, terrorism, violence, illegal/unethical/immoral acts.
- Spreading misinformation/fake news/conspiracy theories.
- Making false claims/accusations.
- Whose business services/products/views are deemed to portray Vinton County in a negative light to residents and/or visitors.
- Whose facilities/products/services have received higher than average negative public reviews, health department violations, or sanitary/nuisance complaints.
