Camp Confessions

Anonymous asked: My camp does have a social media policy as well. The campers and staff both have to sign social media contracts. As a counsellor, we are not allowed to post anything offensive/inappropriate at ANY time of the year, and we can be asked to remove things from our personal sites. We are also not allowed to post any pictures of campers without their consent. We are allowed to add campers to Facebook, but there are warnings about stalking etc because it has happened before.

In response to the social networking question- At the camp I work at, I am not allowed to friend campers on any kind of social networking site, nor am I allowed to post pictures on social networking sites that have campers in them. I can keep in touch with campers through private e-mails, but in that case I just can’t let my bosses know (It’s basically like the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell of keeping in touch with campers)- person b

My old camp just asked we use judgment. If we were to list camp as our employer and have camper friends our profiles had to be 100% camp appropriate (church run camp) As far as being friends w/ campers they allowed it. Almost all of the staff were former campers, so most of us were already friends with campers prior to each summer/ friends outside of camp as well. My new camp has us set up profiles our name with the camps name just for camper friendships- person c

At my camp we are told that if we do accept the request, it is almost like becoming a counselor year round. You are trying to set a good example to these kids. So I personally watch what I post and make use the privacy settings to exclude them from seeing parts of my profile- person d