Community Social Media Posting Policy
The City of Seaford is participating in the social media format – Facebook - to reach a broader audience, quickly disseminate information and interact with residents. Comments on the City of Seaford official page are monitored and will be responded to during normal business hours (M-F 7am-4pm), during City events and during emergencies effecting our citizens. Although online conversations on social media sites are often casual, they must remain respectful. We welcome this diversity, and ask that all of our participants adhere to these simple guidelines:
The following content is prohibited and subject to removal:
a. Comments unrelated to the particular post being commented upon;
b. Comments that promote, foster, or perpetuate discrimination on the basis of creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation;
c. Comments containing vulgar, offensive, threatening, or harassing language, personal attacks, or unsupported accusations;
d. Obscene or sexually suggestive or explicit content or links to obscene or sexual content;
e. Illegal activity or encouragement of Illegal activity;
f. Information that may compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems;
g. Content that violates a legal ownership interest of any other party;
h. Comments with website, email or Internet links of any kind. Content that incites violence. Photographs or videos. Personal information. l. Spamming or repetitive content. Persons posting prohibited content are subject to being barred from posting comments on the City's page. Questions or Comments
When posting questions or comments, we ask that you do not give out personal information such as home or email addresses, telephone numbers, credit card numbers, social security numbers, passwords, etc. You may contact us directly by email at [email protected] or phone 302.629.9173, at which time you may be asked for personal contact information. Formal requests for information must still be submitted through the City of Seaford FOIA portal on our website. The City of Seaford page is not intended to replace traditional forms of communication or the City’s website. Some links on our site may link to third-party sites. The City of Seaford will make every effort to ensure the link is relevant to the City of Seaford online community, but it is not responsible for the content on those sites. Terms
We appreciate your compliance with these policies. The City of Seaford reserves the right to remove any comments that violate the above posting policies. Failure to comply with any of these guidelines may also result in the offender being blocked from the profile.
