Announcement 2020 Update: Political and Politically Charged Content Not Allowed

[LaFleche]

This place should be be like facebook...LOL

I am glad is is not, otherwise I would not be here.

 

[BleuSaphir]

It kinda is ... but without the spying! And we can sell stuff here ... BYC is much better than FB, IMO!

I’m saying when you share your political thoughts, People literally attack you and make fun of you. It drama filled in group post of any community page.

 

[aart]

It drama filled in group post of any community page.

Then don't participate on those kind of pages....pretty simple.

 

[casportpony]

Signatures can be hidden, too.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/account/preferences

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

We're at the end of the election, but politics continues to be a VERY divisive topic, so we're going to keep this policy in place for a while.

If you have questions or concerns about this policy, please contact a member of our moderation team.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Hey everyone, a quick "bump" to this important thread.

... and a point of clarification:

While it's relatively easy to determine if most of the items reported to our moderators are considered "political or not", there are some that our members may argue are, in their opinions, not political.

We understand there is a LOT of bias and subjectivity around many topics, so we ask that our community respect that our team does our best to discuss the reports, and (as a committee) determine if we view a reported item as being "political" or against our rules.

We can't force (or even ask) that you agree with our final verdict, but we do require people who have joined our free and privately-owned community to respect whichever decision we make.

A huge THANK YOU to all the peeps that avoid posting divisive topics, signatures, etc., on BYC, and who support our incredible moderators and all the phenomenal work they do!