Making sure your message gets posted…

If your messages or nickname contain any of the information below and do not follow these rules, they will be automatically rejected by moderation and will not go live.

Keeping your identity private

DON’T

• Include any personal information about yourself or somebody you know e.g. surnames, school names, numbers, email addresses, BlackBerry pins or links to social networking profiles.
• Specific locations – You can share a general location like a large city or county, but specific locations like a small town or the name of your local park could put you at risk.
• Details of an event you are attending like a university open day, music festival or court case or anything specific you attend regularly.
• Include text that you have already posted on another website or blog.
• Discuss meeting up or getting in contact outside of the ChildLine message boards.

Respecting each other

AVOID

• Posting rude or offensive comments
• Using crude or sexually explicit language and descriptions of sexual acts. It is ok to ask for advice about a sexual issue but please do not ask for tips on how to carry out sexual acts
• Racially offensive remarks
• Homophobic remarks
• Threatening or aggressive comments
• Swearing

 

Topics that could be distressing or triggering for others

AVOID

• Discussing suicidal intentions
• Detailed descriptions of self-harm or practical methods and suggestions on how to hide it. While it is ok to talk about how to deal with scars it is not ok to talk about hiding on-going self-harm injuries.
• Messages that support or encourage harmful behaviours as a way of coping.
• Information containing weight, BMI, or physical measurements other than height.
• Details on calorie/food intake or weight loss targets
• Graphic descriptions of sexual and physical abuse or violence
• Messages that may cause harm or damage to the reputation of another person will be removed by the moderation team.
• Any message that encourages or condones illegal activity or criminal behaviour will be removed.

Other things that wouldn’t get posted:

• Messages from posters over the age of 19 will also be removed by the moderation team. The counselling team will then contact you to make sure that you know about other services that can support you.
• Messages that contain information that is copied from another website including links, big chunks of text or song lyrics.
• Surveys or questionnaires of any kind. If you want to know what lots of the community think about a certain issue then post an idea for a survey in ChildLine Information. It’s ok to ask questions but not in survey or questionnaire format.