The Swiss Armed Forces Nettiquette
Netiquette rules for the social media channels of the Swiss Armed Forces
Dear social media user
Thank you for visiting one of the Swiss Armed Forces’ official social media channels. We invite you to learn more about the Swiss Armed Forces and are happy to communicate with you. It is our aim to answer any questions you may have as clearly and directly as possible. We appreciate you taking the time to contribute to our channel and prefer not to have to delete any of the content you post.
We promote:
- respectful, open and friendly comments;
- tolerance – even when you don’t agree with someone else’s opinion;
- useful and inspiring content.
We do not tolerate texts, images, videos or actions that:
- are offensive, obscene, pornographic or threatening, that incite violence or are discriminatory, racist, sexist, insulting, degrading, misleading or illegal;
- violate the rights of others (including copyright laws and privacy rights);
- advertise products, whether directly or indirectly;
- make implicit accusations or that express (personal) suspicions that cannot be confirmed.
Please note that:
- all quotes require sources;
- copyright and privacy rights must be respected when posting images/screenshots;
- for privacy reasons, no personal information should be posted;
- social media channels cannot be used to conduct official business relating to your military service. Requests for leave, complaints and the like must be dealt with through official channels.
Our editorial team regularly reviews content Monday through Friday, 8am to 6pm, in order to respond to enquiries as quickly as possible, but also to make sure that the rules stated above are being observed. We reserve the right to delete any content that violates these rules and, if it happens repeatedly, to ban the author from the community.
We enjoy interacting with the community and are doing our best to respond to your posts as quickly as we can. Thank you for your patience.