Netiquette

Welcome to THE LÄND and to the social media channels for Landesmarketing Baden-Württemberg, the Department of State Marketing and Events for Baden-Württemberg. Here, you will find everything you need to know about one of world’s most beautiful regions – with its successful mix of high-technology and haute cuisine, poets and thinkers, family-run businesses and family units.

Thank you for taking an interest in our website and the information we share. We’re looking forward to hearing what you think about it all and to receiving your comments and feedback. Because everyone, and this includes all FÄNS of THE LÄND, should have the opportunity to express themselves freely.

And for this reason, we ask you to keep the following in mind:

Remain professional and constructive in the event that differences arise. Please adhere to our netiquette rules and to the following advice when posting your comments:

  • Stay on point: keep the discussion to the topic of the post.

  • Feel free to share your views but remember that not everyone will feel the same way. Treat others with respect, even when opinions differ. Be accepting of others. A lack of acceptance will not be tolerated and any racist, xenophobic, sexist or offensive content will lead to the suspension of your account. We will not hesitate to report illegal content to the authorities.

  • Posting the same thing over and over again is boring. Which is why any repetitive comments or contributions, along with promotional content and links, will be deleted.

  • We fully support your right to express opinions freely. We just ask that you back them up – especially if you wish to respond constructively.

  • Don’t act differently online: be polite and avoid stirring things up.

  • Respect the privacy of others and do not publish any sensitive content, such as your address or personal health information. We reserve the right to file a complaint at any time if a criminal offence has been committed.

  • The land of poets and thinkers is no place for conspiracy theorists: all content or external links that lead to conspiracy theories or the like will be removed by us immediately.

  • Take a neutral stance: as part of this promotional campaign for Baden-Württemberg, we are obliged to remain impartial. We will remove any calls for elections, the promotion or disparagement of political parties or groups, calls for demonstrations, rallies, vigils, protests or similar events, or references to petitions.

  • We appreciate the importance of artificial intelligence, however don’t always think it is right: automatically generated comments will be deleted and the sender blocked from the site.

  • Users who do not adhere to the netiquette rules and are repeatedly disruptive will be blocked from the site.

The Internet never forgets. You are responsible for the content you post online. Remember that your comments are publicly accessible and may be quoted or reposted elsewhere. THE LÄND social media channels are managed by Landesmarketing Baden-Württemberg, the Department of State Marketing and Events for Baden-Württemberg. We look forward to receiving your comments, questions and suggestions and will make every effort to respond as quickly as possible. Sometimes we need more time though, as the more complicated or particularly tricky questions will be passed on to our colleagues in their specialist departments. We appreciate your understanding here. Please make every effort to follow our netiquette rules to ensure we all benefit from a platform of mutual respect and understanding. And that’s it! Just one thing left to say: we hope you enjoy exploring THE LÄND!