Social Media Guidelines

Putting the Guidelines into Practice

Guidelines are easiest to follow when they translate into everyday habits. Here is how they tend to work on a typical day of posting, commenting and sharing about the campaign.

How comments are moderated

Moderation exists to keep threads useful, not to silence disagreement. Pointed questions about policy, budgets or priorities are welcome, and often lead to the best conversations. Comments may be hidden or removed when they contain threats, slurs, personal information about private individuals, spam or repeated off-topic posting. Accounts that keep crossing those lines may be blocked from campaign pages. If you think a comment was removed by mistake, reach out through the contact page rather than reposting it.

Speaking for yourself, not the campaign

Supporters and volunteers bring their own voices, and that is a strength. Still, a personal post is not an official campaign statement. When sharing opinions, it helps to make clear you are speaking as an individual. For positions on specific issues, point people to the platform so they can read the details firsthand instead of relying on a summary.

Sharing responsibly

• Check the source: before resharing a screenshot, quote or statistic, look for the original and confirm it says what the post claims.
• Watch for edited media: cropped videos and altered images spread quickly during election season. If something seems surprising, pause before passing it on.
• Correct mistakes openly: if you share something inaccurate, edit or delete it and say so. That builds more trust than quietly moving on.
• Respect privacy: ask before posting photos of other volunteers or attendees, especially children, from events.

Handling heated exchanges

Not every reply deserves a response. When a conversation turns hostile, it is usually better to state your point once, calmly, and step away. Reporting abusive content to the platform is often more effective than arguing with it. Supporters who want to channel their energy into something constructive can find shifts on the volunteer page, where offline conversations with neighbours often go further than any comment thread.