Social Media Netiquette

• Please treat other users like you would like to be treated.
• Remember that you are communicating with real people and not virtual personalities
• You may use hard arguments to support your views, but do not personally attack anyone or engage in ad hominem arguments.
• Insults, sexual innuendos and sexist or racist comments of any type are forbidden.
• Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. You should therefore never try to impose your opinion on others.

• Wrongful use as advertising space for websites or web services
• Machine-generated posts
• Offering goods or services (commercial or private)
• Insulting and derogatory comments
• Violations of third party rights, in particular of copyrights
• Announcements of politically oriented demonstrations
• Comments in a language which is not specified
• Inciting violence against persons, institutions or companies
• Pornography
• Racism and hate propaganda
• Comments which are irrelevant to the entry in question

These rules also apply to the use of names. We shall not tolerate any violations of these guidelines and reserve the right to delete, edit, move or close such comments and entries. Each user is responsible for the entries he/she publishes.