Social Media Comment Policy

Facebook

Facebook is a social networking website where users can connect and interact with other people.

We encourage fans to write on the NOS Wall; however, any content posted to the Wall that meets the following criteria will be deleted:

• Contains vulgar language, personal attacks of any kind, or offensive terms that target specific ethnic or racial groups
• Promotes products or services (non-commercial links that are relevant to the National Ocean Service are acceptable)
• Is far off topic (i.e., not within the scope of the National Ocean Service)
• Makes unsupported accusations.

Comments will not be edited to remove unacceptable content; the comments will just be deleted.

Facebook is a third party Web service used by the National Ocean Service (part of the Department of Commerce) for outreach. Use of Facebook requires a free membership; the Department of Commerce does not endorse membership on Facebook, nor does the Department of Commerce have any control or responsibility for privacy on Facebook.

YouTube

YouTube is a video sharing service.

We encourage viewers to comment on videos posted on the NOS YouTube channel; however, comments will be moderated and any comment submitted that meets the following criteria will not be approved:

• Contains vulgar language, personal attacks of any kind, or offensive terms that target specific ethnic or racial groups
• Promotes products or services (non-commercial links that are relevant to the National Ocean Service are acceptable)
• Is far off topic (i.e., not within the scope of the National Ocean Service)
• Makes unsupported accusations.

Comments will not be edited to remove unacceptable content; the comments will just not be approved for posting.

YouTube is a third party Web service used by the National Ocean Service (part of the Department of Commerce) for outreach. Use of YouTube for commenting  requires a free membership; the Department of Commerce does not endorse membership on YouTube, nor does the Department of Commerce have any control or responsibility for privacy on YouTube.

Flickr

Flickr is a photo sharing service.

We encourage visitors to comment on NOS photos; however, comments will be moderated and any comment submitted that meets the following criteria will not be approved:

• Contains vulgar language, personal attacks of any kind, or offensive terms that target specific ethnic or racial groups
• Promotes products or services (non-commercial links that are relevant to the National Ocean Service are acceptable)
• Is far off topic (i.e., not within the scope of the National Ocean Service)
• Makes unsupported accusations.

Comments will not be edited to remove unacceptable content; the comments will just not be approved for posting.

Flickr is a third party Web service used by the National Ocean Service (part of the Department of Commerce) for outreach. Use of Flickr  for commenting  requires a free membership; the Department of Commerce does not endorse membership on Flickr, nor does the Department of Commerce have any control or responsibility for privacy on Flickr.

Twitter

Twitter is a microblogging service to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of short, frequent posts.

We encourage you to 'Retweet' and reply to our Twitter posts.

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