Participation Guidelines
These are the standards which Elite 4x4 Darwin upholds and expects all participants in our community to abide by when interacting with any of our platforms including social media accounts, blogs, channels and when dealing with Customer Services.
Our aim is to ensure that our platforms remain safe and inclusive to all. We encourage our followers to join in the conversation, discuss the content that we publish and share what's going on in the world around us, however, please remember that the views expressed by the community on our interactive platforms do not necessarily represent the views of Elite 4x4 Darwin, its staff or its contributors.
COMMUNITY STANDARDS
We expect all participants engaging with Elite 4x4 Darwin's platforms to abide by the following standards, all of which directly inform our approach to community moderation.
1. We encourage debate, but personal attacks against authors, featured talent or other users, persistent to trolling and abuse will not be tolerated.
2. We accept criticism of the points expressed by us, our writers and channels, but we reserve the right to judge between considered arguments and defamatory comments.
3. Offensive or intimidating comments or posts will be removed at our discretion and without notice. Moderation decisions will also be informed by the context in which the comments are made.
4. We ask all followers to consider the effect of their words and ensure discussions are conducted in a considerate and tolerant manner. Threatening or divisive content will not be tolerated.
5. We take a zero-tolerance stance on hate speech of any kind, including but not limited to, homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism. We encourage you to report any of the above to the platform on which it is posted, for example, Facebook.
6. Spam or external advertising in any form will be removed.
7. We reserve the right to remove comments which derail the conversation, at our discretion.
8. Any content deemed to be in breach of the law will be removed and reported to the relevant platform and/or government authority.
MODERATION APPROACH
Participants who seriously or persistently contradict Elite 4x4 Darwin’s Community Standards will be removed from any or all of Elite 4x4 Darwin's interactive platforms. Elite 4x4 Darwin reserves the right to moderate its platforms in line with our company’s inclusive values to ensure all users are provided with an engaging and participative experience that is secure, safe and unthreatening.
Comments or posts deemed unacceptable or in breach of Elite 4x4 Darwin’s Community Standards will be removed at any time and without notice. Elite 4x4 Darwin will never otherwise edit or alter user posts.
We reserve the right to take steps or implement measures which we hope will benefit the whole community of Elite 4x4 Darwin's participants.
This document has been developed by Elite 4x4 Darwin's management team, editors and content contributors and based upon interations across all our platforms.
Last updated 11 June 2023