Posting in chat is a privilege, not a right. If you choose to not follow the rules you may find yourself banned from commenting or even blocked from seeing the tours. Here are a few common sense guidelines to make everyone’s experience more enjoyable. Please remember - everything that is posted on the chat can be viewed in the rescue center, by the volunteers and visitors. The chat screen is very visible for all to see. If you see something that is inappropriate or you view something that is inappropriate by a visitor, send a Private Message to a moderator. Do not post any negative comments on the chat. If the moderator feels a phone call to the rescue center is needed, the moderator will make the phone call. Do not post any flashing GIF’s. A gif is a picture that moves and flashes. These can make people have seizures. You absolutely will be banned if you post these. Be respectful and polite. During Tours PLEASE do not type each cat’s name or have private conversations. You have your own personal chats on your page for that. The person doing the tour can only see approx 2 sentences going by at a time. They will not be able to answer valid questions because of you doing this. Also Please understand some one has to go through all the comments to try to answer questions. Hundreds of comments that are just cats names makes that very difficult. No profanity, Personal insults or other inappropriate comments. Please do not register multiple user names that are different of each other. This will be considered as masquerading and your multiple names will be removed. Moderators are allowed to have a mod name and a different name just to chat. This is a fully moderated chat that is strictly G rated for the benefit of children and adult members. We want you to feel welcome, we will not tolerate behavior that makes other members uncomfortable. Any use of language that is deemed inappropriate, including inappropriate words with characters replacing letters will be removed. Repeat occurrences will warrant further action. Allow mods to deal with chat abusers, do not engage them yourself. Keep comments regarding alcohol or drugs to a minimum or avoid them entirely. No comments on politics, religion, animal abuse or declawing allowed. Also comments about cats sucking breath from babies and other old wives tales are not allowed. Comments about vegetarian verse meat eater is a very sensitive subject and should not be discussed. Please know that inappropriate chat about a topic that others may find distasteful may be removed. Please do not post in all CAPS, it is like yelling. As in all Internet activities be conscious of what personal information you post. Absolutely NO solicitation of donations to private parties or to other organizations. No discussing other shelters or rescues on our chat. This chat is for Blind Cat Rescue! No solicitation for business or votes from you to the other people in chat is allowed. You will be removed. Postings trying to rehome your cats or shelter cats on our chats is not appropirate and will be removed. Any links or images deemed by BCR to be offensive by nature, will be promptly removed. Repeat occurrences will warrant further action. Continuously posting the same word, phrase, icon, etc in rapid succession is not permitted. This is a safe site so let’s protect its environment. Be aware that posting your email address or your facebook name in chat can be viewed by the general public and non-members of BCR. This could result in unwanted e-mails or contact. Please do not share any personal information such as your address and phone number on chat. Please remember personal safety first. Negative comments made about BCR or their employees will be removed and you will be banned. If you see something inappropriate on the chat or by visitors, Let a MODERATOR handle it - do not handle this yourself. Let the moderators do their job. Respect the mods who are volunteering here. They are here to make sure all viewers have a good experience. Mods can and will delete inappropriate comments and people. If a person is saying things to you privately by PM please let a moderator know. If a person is saying things that are inappropriate on the chat, please let a moderator handle it. If you have a negative experience on our chat we would like to know about it. Please screen shot the conversation and email it to alana@blindcatrescue.com If you do not want to follow simple rules that will make it nice for everyone, please do not participate. Thank you for watching!