Facebook Group Rules

This FREE Facebook community is a place for (aspiring) digital nomad girls to connect, share tips, questions, answers, advice, make friends, and most importantly, support each other on our location independent journeys.

This is a large and growing community, which means we have to have some pretty solid group guidelines to make sure it remains a safe, supportive and fun space.

 

To clarify, we haven’t had many issues in the DNG Facebook group with spamming or people being unfriendly. And that’s how we’d love to keep it as we grow ?

 

We are very dedicated to this group and that’s why we hope you take the time to read the rules and stick to them.

 

The key admins of this Group are:

Jennifer Lachs (founder of Digital Nomad Girls and creator of this group).

Deya Aliaga Kuhnle (our power admin and volunteer DNG superstar)

Jane Lachs (Admin extraordinaire, and Jenny’s mum)

Fara O’Neal Grim (Assistant Community Manager) 

Georgia Hutchinson (member of Team DNG who helps out behind the scenes)

 

By being a part of the FREE FACEBOOK community you are agreeing to the rules listed below.

One rule of thumb is this: think about whether your post will benefit the majority of the group or at least more than one person. If it is only relevant to you, then don’t share it. If you’re sharing personal experience and would like support, that can benefit others too, so that’s ok.

 

1. Before posting, ask yourself this question!

Before posting in the group, ask yourself this question?
 
‘Does this post benefit more people than just me?’
 
If yes, please post it. If you’re sharing a personal experience and would like support, that can benefit others too, so that’s ok.
 
If it’s only relevant to you, then don’t post it as we won’t approve it.

 

2. Be nice, respectful, and give value

This is a safe, fun & friendly space for people identifying as women. We thrive on providing and receiving help and support.
 
Be respectful & provide helpful feedback. Ask questions, give answers & share your experience. Give more than you take.

 

3. NO self promotion or spam EVER

No self-promotion is allowed, except for in our ‘Tuesday Pitches’ thread, or where otherwise explicitly stated (such as in one-off Freebie posts, some Social Saturday threads etc)

Be sure to check out each other’s work in the ‘Tuesday Pitches’ thread and support one another.

As there’s been some confusion about what qualifies as self-promotion, we’ve come up with this definition:

 

Definition of self-promotion:

– selling anything – that means products, services, courses, events, programs,

– promoting your webinar or event, even if they are offered for free

– posting a link to your OWN website or Facebook Group

– posting affiliate links…ever

– posting your own content in the group and not in a specific (and relevant) thread. This includes posting links to surveys or creating surveys in the group, posting photos with your social handles, URLs or business name on them AND posting “free” offers

– contacting girls in the group by private message to sell or promote anything. If you notice this kind of behaviour, please report it to hello@digitalnomadgirls.com immediately (ideally with a screenshot of the message)

You can, however, post your link to your website, group, FB page, webinar, survey, offer and social profiles in the ‘Tuesday Pitches’ thread if it fits that week’s theme.

 

But that’s the only time.

 

We may break our own rule and promote something if we feel it is of service to the group. We reserve that right as it is our group and community.

 

JOB POSTINGS (UPDATED):

We have updated the rules for job postings and we allow you to share any jobs that you (or your direct clients) are hiring for.

We DO NOT approve any posts about MLMs, network marketing etc. And please let people know exactly how they should get in touch. We also share the jobs that are posted in our weekly newsletter, DNG News.

 

What is considered Spam?

– sharing links, images or any content without writing a caption in the post. We’ll have to delete those type of post

– posting full blog post content, or a post that is a length of a blog post, even without a link. Come on, now. If we have to scroll, scroll, scroll to read your post- please put that on your blog, not in the group.

– any posts that are just a sugar-coated promotional post. We’ve seen them a million times.

 

4. Use the Search Bar (PLEASE!)

We get the same questions over and over. Please save yourself time and our moderators work by searching the group first.
 
And also consider if a quick Google Search would give you the answer you’re looking for too. Repeat questions will be deleted.
 
 

5. NO affliliate links

 
We don’t allow sharing of any affiliate links unless you clearly get permission from an admin.
 
Posts or comments with affiliate links will be removed and we reserve the right to remove the member sharing them too.
 
 

6. Please don’t PM admins

Do not PM Admins. We simply don’t have the time to respond to everyone.
 
Remember, this is a FREE group and we’re all volunteers. For questions or suggestion email hello@digitalnomadgirls.com and we try to get back to everyone.
 
 

7. No hate speech or bullying

This is a safe space for everyone identifying as a woman.
 
Bullying of any kind isn’t allowed, and degrading comments about things such as race, religion, culture, sexual orientation, gender or identity will not be tolerated. No victim-blaming EVER.
 

8. We trust facts and science

This group believes in science and facts, not speculation or misleading information. There’s a lot of woo woo misinformation on the internet and we don’t want to contribute to that.
 

9. Stick to the topic

Posts that are totally unrelated or way too specific (i.e. how to fix a plugin in WordPress) should not be posted here. There are dedicated groups for that.
 

10. No Surveys or Survey Style Posts

Please don’t share your surveys or survey style posts (aka I’m curious what your biggest struggle as a XYZ is).
 
We get too many of these and they’re not useful to the majority of the group.
 

11. No MLMS

 
Please don’t post anything to do with MLMs or try to get people to sign up to your MLMs.
 
We will remove the posts (and you!)

 

12. Use the Housing Thread for Accomodation Posts

 
Accommodation posts are only allowed in our housing thread here. If you’re renting out your room/flat/house you can add it in the thread (with a few words about it). No hotels, hostels or any professional accommodation services, please.

 

HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS GROUP

1. Don’t come in with a motive.

Instead, show up with the intention to connect, serve and help, not to sell.

 

2. When creating a post, make it fun, original and helpful.

Please, don’t write a 500-word post with a thinly veiled sales pitch, they won’t be interesting to anyone.

 

3. Use the search function

Facebook groups have a search function in the left sidebar. Before posting a question, search the group if anyone has asked this in the past. Often times your question has already been answered and you’ll find exactly what you were looking for.

 

4. Don’t share the same content across 10 different Facebook groups.

Many people belong to those same groups and see your same posts repeated and that says more about you and your business than you realise.

 

5. If you show up just to post your content and not help out your fellow community members, they notice. And the admins notice.

We know it’s a big group, but people notice these things and it won’t reflect well on you.

 

6. Share your thoughts and experiences because they are valuable to others.

If you’re unsure whether you should share a post or not, think about whether it would be helpful to others, too. Or just for you.

 

To quickly summarise what this group is about:

It is not a group about:

 

If you don’t agree with ALL of these rules, please feel free to remove yourself from the group.

If we all stick to these rules I’m sure we will have fun in the group for many years to come!

 

Wow, that was a loooong one! I’m impressed and happy you’re still with me all the way down here 🙂

Now let’s get connecting over in the group. Happy posting, mingling and nomading!

 

 

 

**Note: These rules are subject to change without notice. It’s on you to keep up.