Since the early days of our Yahoo group in 2006, we have sought to treat everyone in our community with respect and consideration, even when their viewpoints don’t align.
Below are our WeChat group guidelines to help ensure our space maintains the warm, welcoming, and supportive tone we want for ourselves and our fellow group members.
Dos
DO read and follow group notice/rules for every group you belong to.
What is acceptable in one group may not carry over for others. Please read and respect the group rules for each individual community. When the moderator makes changes, make sure you review them to not miss anything.
DO share the group rules with any users you are inviting to a group.
In the ShMamas WeChat groups, the inviting group member is responsible for the new members they invite into our WeChat groups. You risk removal from our groups if the new member joins with malicious intent.
DO a search before asking a common question in a group.
For common questions, do a quick search before putting a question onto the hundreds of group members to answer. Smart Shanghai, or a simple query in WeChat can often pull up the answer you’re looking for.
If you are new to a group, it’s not possible to search the chat history before you joined. We understand you’ll have to ask questions that may have been discussed prior to your arrival. It’s ok, go ahead and ask.
If you have been in the group for some time, search before asking. The search box is in the Group menu (look for the three dots in the top right corner). You can search via keyword, group member, date, or file/media and it really makes the WeChat organization much more effective when you can find the info you need.
Help yourself by favoriting items and/or tagging contacts you add so it’s easy to find them in the future!
DO switch to private messages if your exchange with another group member is dominating the group conversation.
When to switch? 6-8 direct interactions is a good cut-off before taking it to PM.
Don'ts
Don’t post pics of other people’s children unless you have permission.
This includes strangers, friends, classmates, teammates, and anyone under 18. This is not only courtesy, but also the law (Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Minors).
Don’t add another member of the group without seeking their permission in the group first, or without clearly stating a reason in the friend intro.
Randomly adding other users to boost your contacts for marketing purposes isn’t tolerated. This behavior will quickly get you removed from ShMamas groups. If someone adds you for those reasons, please report to a moderator.
Don’t post unsolicited promotions in the groups.
Contact us at ShMamas@gmail.com if you’d like to explore sponsorship/partnership opportunities with Shanghai Mamas.
Don’t post porn.
This really goes without saying, but sometimes it still needs to be said. Those stickers that are kinda edgy to one user can be very offensive to other users. If it could be questionable, do not post in WeChat since it puts the group owner at risk.
Don’t talk about sensitive subjects in groups.
V** conversations are not for WeChat. If you need to know, best to ask your friends face to face.
Something To Remember
We’ve had many complaints about other users who send many short single word messages to the group instead of composing sentences. “Form an entire thought and think it through before sharing fragments” was the feedback from a ShMamas group member.
Be careful with emojis since they can mean different things to different people. Signals can be mis-read, especially in cross-cultural situations.
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