Social Soldiers Guidelines

The goal of the Social Soldiers team is to combat mental health stigma by going out and finding those who need us the most and bringing them to our safe haven. We are excited to continue to grow the Social Soldiers Team and provide these updated guidelines and best practices for how to best represent yourself and 7 Cups.

Updated Guidelines for Social Soldiers

• The social soldiers' social media accounts should not be used for personal use.
○ Please have separate personal social media accounts for your own private use.
○ Please do not share your personal social media accounts or link to/like content from your personal accounts to your social soldiers' accounts.

• The account is created for spreading 7cups which means we are using them to spread support and awareness, on these accounts you should only follow lighthearted accounts, 7 Cups approved social soldier accounts and other mental health-related accounts.
○ It is your duty to represent 7 Cups listeners and to follow all 7 Cups Guidelines when posting on your social soldiers' accounts.

• Please turn off the public DMing feature on your social soldiers' account.

• Please ensure your account is set to public.

• Please do not follow/interact with Listeners/Members on their personal social media accounts or unapproved social soldier accounts.
○ Do not follow back even if they follow you.

• You are to represent yourself as a ‘trained active listener and not a mental health professional, crisis counsellor or paid employee of 7 Cups.

• If you chose to leave the Social Soldiers Team, it is your responsibility to deactivate your account entirely.
○ Similarly, if you are found to be misrepresenting yourself or posting inappropriate content that is not consistent with 7 Cups Guidelines, you will be asked to leave the Social Soldiers Team and possibly face further behaviour consequences as a listener on the site.

• Please do not put your social soldiers' accounts in your 7cups bios. This makes it easier for people to find you offsite and try to contact you.

@Kate @Erato @Yendi
(Updated 28/02 @ArwaS)