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A page is much like Facebook's version of a personal website. You can post on other peoples' Facebook pages under your own account name or that of the page. It can get information to people in ways that a website doesn't because once people have Liked your page, you can use the sharing tool to post things directly onto their personal Facebook news feeds. People can interact with you and one another directly on the page by replying to your posts. You can Like other feminist groups' pages and stay in passive contact with them that way. You can also help people find your real web page more easily by posting links to anything new that's going on there. You can create events on the page when something is going on, and invite the people who have Liked your page to them very easily. For example, this would be a good way to spread the word about the next protest. What you will need: A Facebook account Profile pictures, preferably one horizontal and one small portrait Words to describe what the page is about List of people you would like to be admins Abusive posts are more or less inevitable on the internet. How often will you monitor the page, and how will you respond to verbal abuse? Some things you might want to think about: Profanity blocklist: This is a tool which blocks commonly-reported offensive words. Do you want to use it? Moderation blocklist: Similar to profanity blocklist, this lets you make sure posts containing certain words will be processed as spam and not posted on your page. What are some words you won't accept? What is your organisational policy on threats? Will you include a mention of this in the About category? Do you want to include a section in the About category on what you expect people to post and not post? Some standard posting guidelines from other internet communities, for inspiration: Wellington Young Feminists: We feel confident that people drawn to a group which has Feminist Collective in the title, will not easily lend themselves to overt, deliberate offensiveness. As mentioned above, we moderate for hatespeech as well as unconstructive in-fighting, bigotry and prejudice. We advocate members being open to learning that may challenge their views, and we promote lived experience of other members as a way to discuss issues. Organisers reserve the right to block members who are deemed (by more than 2 organisers) of inappropriate behaviour after a warning. If it is clearly hatespeech, the member will be blocked

immediately. If members are felt to be bullying others they may also be warned and blocked. Feministing: There is enough hate and oppression out there in the real world we dont need any extra of it here! While we cant guarantee a completely safe space on Feministing, we can strive for an accountable space. And though we love differences of opinion, theres a way to disagree respectfully and thoughtfully. We expect civility, respect, and patience for your fellow readers and for this space please remember that we are all here to grow and learn from each other. What isnt tolerated (and if youre unsure, err on the side of caution): - Blaming the victim - Fat-shaming - Racist, sexist, ageist, transphobic, sizeist, ableist, homophobic commentary - Plain malice (i.e.: comments that dont further the dialogue, but instead just harshly imply to writer that they need to educate themselves or that they are stupid) and personal attacks. Even if most of your comment is constructive, if the last line is so thanks for that, asshole we will probably not post it. - Dismissal, silencing (ie: anything along lines of Ehh, i dont think that matters too much or This isnt an issue) - Questioning the feminist validity of a topic or post (ie: Why do you care about this? You should really care about x, y, z because its more important) - Derailing: Anything way off topic or leads the discussion in a completely different and unproductive from the original post Keep in mind this is not an exhaustive list, and that any of these issues can manifest in different and sometimes, subtle ways. Ultimately, it is up to the Feministing team whether a comment gets posted or not. Bitch Media: We rely on you, as commenters, to help make this a progressive and safe space for smart, wideranging discussion... - Read the thread. - Stay on topic. - Think before you type. - Disagree respectfully. - Check your privilege. Explanations of those headings and the rest of their house rules policy is herehttp://bitchmagazine.org/comments-policy . It is extremely thorough and has lots of links for further reading.

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Twitter has often been described as as microblogging. Essentially, each tweet is a tiny blog post that is sent out to all the people who have decided to follow your account. Following works the same way as Likes on Facebook, and you don't have to follow anybody if you're not going to use Twitter much. It's a very low-effort way to get information out because you don't have to pay it any attention at all unless you want to send a message. It's not like a Facebook community where people can go and post content on there, and it will send you an email when somebody tries to communicate with you through it. I think it meshes quite well with website ownership because you can tweet links to your site whenever something new has happened. Twitter can be very powerful if something important happens because people can re-tweet and send your messages out to their own followers very quickly. Some people have thousands or tens of thousands of followers. News organisations pay a lot of attention to Twitter because it is the fastest way to gather local news without going to a lot of individual websites. What you will need: A horizontal picture and a small portrait picture, more or less the same as Facebook A short sentence describing what the organisation is about Some things to think about: How casual a tone will the Nelson Women's Centre take, here? Different organisations have been engaging with their audiences in very different ways, here. This is the ideal platform for running a teen Question and answer session, if that's something you've been considering lately. Re-tweet the appropriate questions to make them public, answer them publicly, and ignore the inappropriate ones.