Social Forum & Community Guidelines
Purpose
What is Women Social Online / EmpowerHer community?
This community exists to bring together amazing women and moms.
This is the place for you to relax, explore, ask, share, vent and MORE.
Code of Conduct
We strive to keep our community a positive space that can be enjoyed by all. We want to achieve a lively place of purposeful thought-sharing and inspiration, and we highly encourage asking (and answering) questions. We also ask that every member of the community be always respectful of this space and each other.
What We Are Fans Of
Being Curious and Engaging with the Community — Jump right in and get to know other members of the community! We highly encourage you to:
- Ask questions. Be sure to ask for help or advice.
- Help others. Answer questions posted by other members.
- Search first. Your question may already have been posted. Search to see if it exists and has been answered previously before posting.
- Say thank you. Thank those who take the time to reply to your posts.
- Say hello! Welcome new members into the community.
- Share feedback. You can contact us HERE.
- Having Respectful Conversations — We believe that everyone should feel supported and welcomed.
Respectful behavior includes:
- Being considerate and kind. We’re all in this together to create a welcoming environment. Healthy debates are natural, but kindness is required.
- Helping others. Your voice matters and is your contribution to the community, so jump in and provide feedback, support, or advice – but make sure it’s constructive!
- Respecting everyone’s privacy. Being part of this group requires mutual trust.
- Allowing each other time to share. Excited, expressive conversations are great and likely to happen here, but ensure that you’re giving someone space to provide their input or perspective into the conversation.
- Understanding that there are different approaches to solving problems. If you’re uncertain about someone else’s approach, ask a question to explore areas of uncertainty. Read carefully and reflect on how and why the approach could work.
- Using inclusive language. Our community is inclusive and welcoming. Everyone is invited to participate! We encourage the use of mindfully choosing language that represents this.
What We’re Not Fans Of
Hate Speech — Hate speech of any form is strictly prohibited. We do not condone any content in any form, such as comments, imagery, use of Emoji, Direct Messages (DMs) and more, that promotes, advocates, or condones racism, sexism, bigotry, hatred, or violence towards individuals or groups based on factors such as but not limited to race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The Administrators have the authority to immediately remove offenders from the community.
Fraud — We do not tolerate fraudulent behaviors. Any attempt to make a profit illegally by tricking other members of our community will not be accepted.
Disrespectful manners — As mentioned in the guidelines, we are a respectful community. We do not accept or welcome impolite or offensive behaviors, including the use of explicit/vulgar language, images, and/or messages.
Selling products or services — this community is dedicated to sharing knowledge and learning from each other. You can promote your products and services if they could solve other members’ problems. However, we do not allow direct selling or excessive advertising.
No direct message solicitations — We do not allow any member to solicit direct messages in any form. Any reported attempt will be reviewed by the Administrators.
What to Expect When Rules of Violated
Our Community Administrators will be actively monitoring for any violations of the rules and will act accordingly.
However, if you are the subject of, or witness to any violations of these Community Guidelines, take care of yourself and your peers by asking an Administrator to address the situation.
If the Administrators determine that someone is behaving disrespectfully, the Administrators may take any action they deem appropriate within the community, up to and including removal from the community.
Any post violating the guidelines will be deleted and the member writing it will be removed from the group.
As Administrators, we will seek to resolve conflicts in a manner that is positive for the community.
Acknowledgement and Terms of Use
By participating in this community, you are agreeing to abide by these Community Guidelines.
All members of our community are expected to always abide by Community Guidelines.
The definitions of various subjective terms such as “inappropriate” will be decided at the sole discretion of the Community Administrators.
Privacy — No one has signed an NDA to participate in this community, and you should not presume anything you say here will remain private, so act accordingly. Protect your intellectual property and legally protected information.