Web Site Policies / Social Media Policy

The City of Winston-Salem provides this web site as a means to communicate with citizens and the world at large about our services and present matters of public interest. Read more about the city web site.

In addition to this web site, we make use of social media sites as additional means of communication. The City of Winston-Salem has pages on facebook, YouTube, and twitter.

These sites are moderated; we welcome participation of our citizens on facebook, YouTube and twitter, and ask that you recognize these guidelines:

Once posted, the city reserves the right to delete comments that

contain vulgar language
are personal attacks of any kind
are offensive comments
are prejudiced or hurtful remarks made toward any ethnic, racial, or religious group
are spam
include sales/promotion of goods or services or links to other sites
include promotion of events or activies that are not city-sponsored
are clearly off-topic
advocate illegal activity
promote particular services, products, or political organizations/ideas
infringe on copyrights or trademarks

The social media sites are not forums for submitting public comment. If you would like to comment on city-proposed projects, plans, policies, and programs, please visit the city web site home page and look for the "Send suggestion/comment" link to submit your comments online, or attend any of the public hearings or open comment meetings that are held. There is also contact information on this web site for city departments and employees. If you have a concern, we want to help.

Please note that the comments expressed on social networking sites (facebook, twitter, YouTube, etc.) do not reflect the opinions and position of the City of Winston-Salem or its employees.

Any non-city links you may see here do not constitute endorsement by the City of Winston-Salem.

Thank you for joining us in the social media world!

If you have questions about this policy, please contact thewebmaster@cityofws.org.

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updated 3/25/2010