When in a group on social media, provide some detail

There are so many times when I am looking up something on social media and people will say there’s an accident on X Street, but they don’t give any more information than that. Of course, there are going to be times when X Street is extremely long, so you aren’t providing any details that are good for people in the area.  It’s like saying to someone in Ontario that there is an accident or fire on Yonge Street. Yonge Street is a very long street, so no additional information isn’t going to help anyone. 

When you are posting about a store, accident, or any other information about something in a community, please make sure that you are providing some information. A store, that could be in many locations and even many cities, so details are needed to the one you are talking about. Even if you can only post the major intersection that is better than just saying a street and nothing else.  I have even had times when a person has posted “Major Event” and they didn’t give any details of where it was, it was just a major event to them, and they figured everyone would know where it was.

I have been trying my best to ensure that in groups that I am either a moderator or administrator that we try and provide as much information as possible, so that any post can be helpful to lots of people in the group. There have been challenges for people to continue to provide the information and there have been even people that have hated me for wanting the information posted.

It is hard to manage a group when the information isn’t provided and when you ask for that information people can get rather rude which makes it difficult to support a group in so many ways. There have been times when I have wanted to walk away from my role as a moderator/administrator in a few groups, but I always say that I am there for most of the people and if a few people don’t like the rules they can leave.

Please remember the more information you can provide in your post on social media the more people will see it and understand it. If a group asks for more information please understand that the group can cover a large area and not everyone knows the same spot or has access even to the same store/information.