Our House Rules must be followed by all members so Share continues to be a safe and supportive place.
Every time you use our site, you're agreeing to our House Rules, Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions , so if you don't agree to them, you may not use our site.
If you find any comments in discussions offensive, please contact us immediately using the 'Report this post' button, or Feedback form and we will take appropriate action as soon as we reasonably can.
New members are welcome to join in any discussion, but we ask that you please read through previous posts to avoid replying out of context.
Our Website team are empowered to help create and maintain a healthy and positive environment. We moderate discussions reactively because we believe it allows more people to contribute. This means that as a registered member of Share, your comment is published directly to the site without moderation. We reserve the right to take steps or implement measures that we think will benefit the whole community of Share participants.
House Rules to follow when using Share:
Your display name
Display names cannot contain an email or website address, a telephone or fax number, an existing display name, swear words or other language others may find offensive.
Supportive discussion
To make Share an inviting place for people affected by cancer, please focus on supportive, intelligent and sensitive discussions about experiences of cancer. People come to Share to talk about their experiences of cancer and to get support, but they may not be looking for advice, so don't offer it unless you're asked.
Respect others
Respect others' views and beliefs when making your contribution. We understand people often feel strongly about things, but we remove any comments others may find offensive or threatening.
Don't insult or personally attack another member
We actively discourage personal attacks on other members. You don't have the right to attack someone for having an opinion other than your own; if someone disagrees with you, they're entitled to provided they do it respectfully.
No swearing or abusive language
We don't tolerate racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism or other forms of hate-speech or content that could be interpreted as such. Don't post messages that are unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented or racially offensive. Please don't use language people may find offensive.
Don't advertise or promote
We delete posts that appear to be promoting or advertising products or services. Action will be taken on commercial entities passing themselves off as individuals. Website addresses used to advertise products or services will be removed.
Bringing problems to our attention
If someone posts something you feel violates our House Rules or Terms and Conditions , please let us know immediately, then ignore it. Contact us using the 'Report this post' button, or Feedback form.
Don't try to deal with it yourself. However well-intentioned, trying to deal with it yourself could only end up causing more disruption. We will evaluate the post and surrounding context before deciding what action to take.
No personal information
Be conscious of your, and others', security and confidentiality. You could be sent unwanted emails if you post your email address, or receive unwanted telephone calls if you post your telephone number. You also put your email account at risk of computer viruses once it is publicly available online. Email addresses are deleted automatically for the benefit of members.
We have a Privacy Policy explaining how we handle personal information.
Think before you press the ‘Submit post' button
Remember this is a public forum and your words are archived on this site and available for anyone to read for a long time.
Be aware you may be misunderstood, so try to be clear about what you're saying, and expect that people may understand your contribution differently than you intended. To avoid misunderstandings, please don't use all capital letters or 'txt spk', and try to ensure your post is relatively typo-free.
Please only give advice if it is asked for and do so with sensitivity. Anyone who gives advice that offends others will be asked to remove their post.
Keep it relevant
The majority of conversations on Share relate to a specific cancer related or Macmillan fundraising topic. We know some conversations can be wide-ranging, but if you post something that is completely unrelated to the original topic then it may be removed to keep the discussion on track.
We talk about Macmillan fundraising
The forums including, ‘We talk about fundraising', give our supporters the opportunity to discuss Macmillan fundraising events. Promotional activities for other charities will be removed, unless Macmillan are working in a fundraising partnership with the other charity.
Tagging topics
Tagging is used to catagorise topics and should only include words that are relevant and abide to house rules.
Potentially defamatory postings
We remove any content that may put us in legal jeopardy, such as potentially defamatory posts, or posts in potential breach of copyright.
No impersonating
Impersonating someone is unacceptable and will result in being banned as a registered user of this site.
We don't ban people without cause
First offences, particularly if they aren't severe, result in an email warning. If a post breaks our House Rules we may delete it immediately. If people fail to take heed of warnings, they will be temporarily banned for periods of anything up to one week. However, if it becomes clear someone is unwilling to follow our House rules, they will be banned permanently. We issue permanent bans only as a last resort to protect our community.
Please remember
Views expressed on this board are purely the views of the member and as such don't form a professional recommendation or piece of advice.
We have the right to update and change our House Rules and Terms and Conditions at any time.
In order to use the discussion forums you need to register first. Also see How to use Share to get started.
Updated August 2007