The Outstanding Businesses Facebook Group
Posting Do's and Don'ts

The Outstanding Businesses Facebook Group
Posting Do's and Don'ts

The Outstanding Businesses Facebook Group
Posting Do's and Don'ts

The Outstanding Businesses Facebook Group
Posting Do's and Don'ts

Please take a moment to review the Thurston County Outstanding Businesses Group Rules of Conduct before you post. These Do's and Don'ts have been developed, over time, to make your involvement and interactions in this group productive, enjoyable, and enriching for you, the public, and other residents of Thurston County, WA. Do's and Don'ts evolve, over time, based on feedback from group members, so it's good to revisit them once in awhile.

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POSTING RULES

Do's
Don'ts
Do's

Things the Thurston County Outstanding Businesses Group
DOES WANT YOU TO DO!

Things the Thurston County Outstanding Businesses Group
DOES WANT YOU TO DO!

Universal Type Stuff

Make It Positive

Contributions, including comments on posts, should only be of a positive nature.
Listen With Respect

Listen to each other and show respect. Treat others as you would want to be treated.
Contribute Your Ideas

Share ideas you have that could improve the experience for members and visitors to the group.
Be Relevant

Make sure your post(s) are relevant to accomplished people in Thurston County, WA. If not, there very well may be another group within the Thurston County Facebook Groups which would be a better fit. The links to groups available include...

Group Specific DO'S

Spread the Word About the Group

Tell other residents of Thurston County, WA about the opportunity to share their knowledge and experiences with Outstanding Businesses in Thurston County.
Submit Outstanding Businesses to the Group

When you come across a small business in Thurston County that you feel is truly outstanding for one reason or another, post about it. The admin/moderators will take a look at your post and, if we agree, will contact the business for permission to post about it.

Universal Type Stuff

Make It Positive

Contributions, including comments on posts, should only be of a positive nature.
Listen With Respect

Listen to each other and show respect. Treat others as you would want to be treated.
Contribute Your Ideas

Share ideas you have that could improve the experience for members and visitors to the group.
Be Relevant

Make sure your posts are relevant to Accomplished People in Thurston County, WA. If not, there very well may be another group within the Thurston County Facebook Groups which would be a better fit. The links to groups available include...

Group Specific DO'S

Spread the Word About the Group

Tell other residents of Thurston County, WA about the opportunity to share their knowledge and experiences with Outstanding Businesses in Thurston County.
Submit Outstanding Businesses to the Group

When you come across a small business in Thurston County that you feel is truly outstanding for one reasons or another, post about it. The admin/moderators will take a look at your post and, if we agree, we will contact the business for permission to post about it.
Don'ts

Things the Thurston County Outstanding Businesses Group
DOES NOT WANT YOU TO DO!

Things the Thurston County Outstanding Businesses Group
DOES NOT WANT YOU TO DO!

NO-BRAINER Type Stuff

THREE STRIKES YOU'RE OUT!

The first rule breaking offense will be chalked up to not reading the rules. The post will simply be taken down. The next two offenses will result in warnings. After that, the offender will be banned from the group.
No Scamming/Fraudulent Postings (duh)

We all want to feel safe in our groups. Scamming and fraudulent postings will not be tolerated. These include, but are not limited to, duct cleaning, small business loan scams, bogus job scams, bogus moving and selling everything scams, chimney cleaning scams, vehicle detailing scams, fake medical fundraisers, shopping scams, giveaway scams, coupon code scams, lottery scams, romance scams, fake charity scams, Facebook quiz scams, Facebook friend requests, suspicious personal links, (someone) died recently in an accident... I think you may have known (this person), lost animal scam, alzheimer's patient scam, and phishing scams among others.
No Hate Speech or Bullying

Make sure everyone feels safe. Bullying of any kind isn't allowed, and degrading comments about things like race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender or identity will not be tolerated.
No Misbehaving

Misbehaviour of any kind will not be tolerated in the group. If a member is found misbehaving with admins or with members, they will be removed from the group without any warning.

Group Specific DON'TS

If You Own or Are An Employee of...

Posts about the outstanding nature of any particular business will not be published, and/or will be taken down, if it's determined that the author of the post either has an ownership interest, is an employee at the business, or is related to someone with ownership interest or to someone who works at the business.
Don't Disparage Any Business

This group focuses on the positive nature of outstanding businesses in Thurston County. This is not the place for negativity.
No Out of Area Businesses

As part of the Thurston County, WA Facebook Groups, this group is focused solely on small, locally owned businesses who have been deemed by their customers to be outstanding in what they do.
Real Estate Business Postings Not Allowed

As the group moderator is also an owner of a local real estate company, it would be a conflict of interest for members to post about the moderators or any other real estate business operating in Thurston County, WA.
No Irrelevant Posts and/or Links

Posts and/or links unrelated to Thurston County Outstanding Businesses are not allowed. The Thurston County, WA Facebook Groups provides groups for most every non-controversial purpose. There may very well be another group which would be a good fit for your purpose. The links to groups available include...

Access to the Thurston County, WA Facebook Groups

ACCOMPLISHED PEOPLE
COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE
EVENTS
FOR SALE OR WANTED
JOBS
OUTSTANDING BUSINESSES
PETS
RESIDENTS TALK
SMALL BUSINESSES

NO-BRAINER Type Stuff

THREE STRIKES YOU'RE OUT!

The first rule breaking offense will be chalked up to not reading the rules. The post will simply be taken down. The next two offenses will result in warnings. After that, the offender will be banned from the group.
No Scamming/Fraudulent Postings (duh)

We all want to feel safe in our groups. Scamming and fraudulent postings will not be tolerated. These include, but are not limited to, duct cleaning, small business loan scams, bogus job scams, bogus moving and selling everything scams, chimney cleaning scams, vehicle detailing scams, fake medical fundraisers, shopping scams, giveaway scams, coupon code scams, lottery scams, romance scams, fake charity scams, Facebook quiz scams, Facebook friend requests, suspicious personal links, (someone) died recently in an accident... I think you may have known (this person), lost animal scam, alzheimer's patient scam, and phishing scams among others.
No Hate Speech or Bullying

Make sure everyone feels safe. Bullying of any kind isn't allowed, and degrading comments about things like race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender or identity will not be tolerated.
No Irrelevant Posts and/or Links

Posts and/or links unrelated to Thurston County Outstanding Businesses are not allowed. The Thurston County, WA Facebook Groups provides groups for most every non-controversial purpose.
No Misbehaving

Misbehaviour of any kind will not be tolerated in the group. If a member is found misbehaving with admins or with members, they will be removed from the group without any warning.

Group Specific DON'TS

Don't Try to Post to This Group if You Don't Live Here

As the name of the group is Thurston County Outstanding Businesses, if you don't live in Thurston County, don't try to post to the group.
If You Own or Are An Employee of...

Posts about the outstanding nature of any particular business will not be published, and/or will be taken down, if it's determined that the author of the post either has an ownership interest, is an employee at the business, or is related to someone with ownership interest or to someone who works at the business.
Don't Disparage Any Business

This group focuses on the positive nature of outstanding businesses in Thurston County. This is not the place for negativity.
No Out of Area Businesses

As part of the Thurston County, WA Facebook Groups, this group is focused solely on small, locally owned businesses who have been deemed by their customers to be outstanding in what they do.
Real Estate Business Postings Not Allowed

As the group moderator is also an owner of a local real estate company, it would be a conflict of interest for members to post about the moderators or any other real estate business operating in Thurston County, WA.
No Irrelevant Posts and/or Links

Posts and/or links unrelated to Thurston County Outstanding Businesses are not allowed. The Thurston County, WA Facebook Groups provides groups for most every non-controversial purpose. There may very well be another group which would be a good fit for your purpose. The links to groups available include...

Access to the Thurston County, WA Facebook Groups

ACCOMPLISHED PEOPLE
COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE
EVENTS
FOR SALE OR WANTED
JOBS
OUTSTANDING BUSINESSES
PETS
RESIDENTS TALK
SMALL BUSINESSES
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