The goal One of the goals of yunity is to create a mapping platform which will enable the services already offered on a lot of facebook sharing groups to function with a better software, making it much more practical for its users. Of course, we encourage the development of any of these unconditional sharing groups that we do not see as competition, but rather as a common effort for a similar change with different tools, and hopefully the communities that have built on these groups will happily welcome a shift to using a new, well-designed and very functional platform - aka yunity!
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As a last piece of advice, two things should always be kept in mind:
Shitstorms are poison for the group spirit! If you encounter insults and personal attacks do not shy away from immediate expulsion. In some cases, a permanent block is recommended as well.
Don’t feed the trolls! Occasionally, there might be members who purposely provoke irrational arguments. Do not engage them in conversation but simply expel them from the group.
Internal rules for special cases
This is an example of how Share & Care Bamberg decided to settle its internal rules. Your admin board should decide together on which posts they would consider positive, tolerable or simply unacceptable.
Allowed | Tolerated | Prohibited |
Looking for witnesses | Looking for members for fee-based activities (e.g. in clubs and associations) | Reporting crimes (Gipsies, Jehovahs Witnesses, beware of the bad foreigners,…) |
Surveys from local researchers/students | Petitions | Sales via private message (pm) |
Gift coupon codes | Addendum: “Please offer anything” only to be tolerated in individual cases | Raffles, lottery tickets, trial lessons and other kinds of alleged giving |
Requesting things for other people | Giving away small animals (hamsters, fish, etc.) | Giving away animals |
Dating ads |
| Fee-based events (e.g. concerts, sporting games) |
Lost and Found |
| Finder’s reward |
Giving away items that don't belong to you (found in the street, shared with the address) |
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| Posts like: “Where can I get this or that cheap?” |
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