The Pets Facebook Group
Posting Do's and Don'ts

The Pets Facebook Group
Posting Do's and Don'ts

The Pets Facebook Group
Posting Do's and Don'ts

The Pets Facebook Group
Posting Do's and Don'ts

Please take a moment to review the Thurston County Pets 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 Pets Group
DOES WANT YOU TO DO!

Things the Small 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

A Pet Success

If a pet you own learned something new, stopped an undesirable behavior, or anything else you feel the group would enjoy seeing or hearing about, post it.
Help Find Lost Pets

Whether it's physically helping to search, or simply spreading the word about a lost pet wherever it's appropriate, you're doing your part to reunite the pet with the owner.
Share Your Knowledge

Post things you feel might make life better for a pet and/or their caretaker(s). It could be something you heard about or experienced yourself.
Post Photos and Videos

We all love to see animal photos of a positive nature. Maybe a before and after grooming or a trick that was just learned.
Post Your Needs

Have to go somewhere, can't take your pet(s), and need someone to look after them? Someone in the group may have a solution.
Post Your Availability

If you have the time, and would like to help in some pet-related capacity, let the group know.
And More and More...

We've just listed some of the more obvious things you can do on this group. If you think of something that could enrich the life of a pet or their caretaker, even if it's something small that makes just one person smile, post it.

Universal Type Stuff

Group Specific DO'S

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 Pets 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...
A Pet Success

If a pet you own learned something new, stopped an undesirable behavior, or anything else you feel the group would enjoy seeing or hearing about, post it.
Help Find Lost Pets

Whether it's physically helping to search, or simply spreading the word about a lost pet wherever it's appropriate, you're doing your part to reunite the pet with the owner.
Share Your Knowledge

Post things you feel might make life better for a pet and/or their caretaker(s). It could be something you heard about or experienced yourself.
Post Photos and Videos

We all love to see animal photos of a positive nature. Maybe a before and after grooming or a trick that was just learned.
Post Your Needs

Have to go somewhere, can't take your pet(s), and need someone to look after them? Someone in the group may have a solution.
Post Your Availability

If you have the time, and would like to help in some pet-related capacity, let the group know.
And More and More...

These are just some of the more obvious things you can do on this group. If you think of something that could enrich the life of a pet or their caretaker, even if it's something small that makes just one person smile, post it.
Don'ts

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

Things the Thurston County Accomplished People 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

Don't Post if You Don't Live Here

As the group name is Thurston County Pets, if you and your pet(s) don't reside in Thursotn County, WA, don't post in this group.
No Spamming Your Pets Related Business

While we do want to here about your pets related business, your promotions, events, etc., we don't want to hear about them daily. Limit pets business postings to no more than once per week.
Don't Post Disturbing Dialogues and/or Photos

We all love our pets and animals in general, and while cruelty to animals sadly does exist, none of us want it in our face.
Violations of the Washington Animal Trafficing Act (WATA)

Don't post anything that could be considered a violation of the WATA. (click for more information)
Selling Illegal Animals

Don't attempt to sell animals, listed under the Washington State Rabies Law, Wild Animal Law, Deleterious Animal Law, and/or Dangerous Animal Law.
No Irrelevant Posts and/or Links

Posts and/or links unrelated to Thurston County Pets are not allowed. The Thurston County, WA Facebook Groups provides groups for most every non-controversial 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 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 Nominate Out of County People

As the group name is Thurston County Accomplished People, if the person you are nominating does not reside in Thurston County, don't submit them for consideration.
No Spamming Accomplished People

Submitting someone once for publication as a Thurston County Accomplished Person(s) is all that's necessary. The group admin/moderators review submittals for validity and merit. Ones that are deemed to be interesting and/or impressive to readers will be published.
No Accomplished People in the Real Estate Industry

The group admin/moderators are in the real estate industry. It would be a conflict of interest for them or any other real estate professional to be nominated as accomplished people.
No Self-Promotion

We're looking for someone other than yourself to tell us how great you are about whatever it is you're accomplished at.
No Irrelevant Posts and/or Links

Posts and/or links unrelated to Thurston County Accomplished People are not allowed. The Thurston County, WA Facebook Groups provides groups for most every non-controversial 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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