97.9 The Hill, Chapelboro.com and Chapel Hill Media Group take commitment to community seriously. We actively work to foster a space for insightful, inclusive and civil discussions around the news and our journalism.

We believe in transparency, and we will never remove comments solely for expressions of criticism or dissenting opinions. Comment moderation actions are taken at the discretion of our team in pursuit of maintaining the integrity of our commenting sections.

We welcome your insight and perspective, and by joining the conversation, you acknowledge agreement to our community guidelines. Explicit violations resulting in comment deletion and possible privilege revocation include:

    • Personal attacks
    • Discriminatory language
    • Inflammatory language
    • Spam posts 
    • Posts inciting or encouraging violence

Our comment moderation depends on the hard work of a small team, and the following will not necessarily result in immediate action. These behaviors will, however, put contributions/comments up for additional review. 

    • Profanity in comments and usernames that’s being used to attack or intimidate.
    • Posting for the purposes of promotion, selling or advertising. Links to external websites will be reviewed.
    • High-volume commenting.
    • Posts that include falsehoods or purposely spread inaccurate information. 
    • Posts that misrepresent your affiliation or identity, like using an anonymous name or invalid email address.

If you think your comments have been removed in error, or unfairly moderated, please reach out to us at info@chapelboro.com