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Originally Posted by Alumiyum (Post 2057411)

I think the problem is that kids just do not understand how their internet life impacts their real life, so they don't see the need to censor their profiles. Judging them for this is counter-productive, IMO, because a lot of good PNMs likely have inappropriate content on their profiles that doesn't reflect who they are 90% of the time...not to mention many actives would have the exact same crap on their profiles if their chapters didn't forbid it.

It's really more of a social problem and a "kids today" problem than anything else. I think schools and parents need to do a better job of hammering home exactly how damaging a bad Facebook page can be.

And bottom line, if a girl is out of control enough to be a risk management issue it's unlikely actives need facebook to see that. She'll give herself away before getting a bid.

All of this!

I was having this conversation with a sister who now is in the PR business the other day. We both said that our facebooks don't represent us. Many of my pictures are at bars/parties because that is where people take pictures (there are other photographic moments, but for this thread's purpose). If it represented me I would have ten times the amount of pictures showing me sitting in sweats watching tv, but few people take pictures like that.

I didn't mean to post and disappear! I'm finding the discussion really interesting! :)

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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 2057322)

Well, if they know this, then they were there too, weren't they? So what's the problem/point?

You apparently have not been in the corporate world long and are way underestimating the numbers of gainfully employed, higher-up drunken smutbags.

^ It's because of comments like this that make me aware...had 33girl and I gone to school together-we would have def. been friends and most likely hung out on a regular basis (this includes a few other GCers on here too-you should know who you are). So true...

While we're on the subject of Facebook, I'd like to add that (especially during recruitment/ rush season) it would be wise to be careful about the "tests" you take through Facebook applications. What sex position you are, what evil ruler of the world you are (yes, there is an application for that-which consists of answers like Hitler and the like), whatever....don't do "trashy" tests like that because it can be a big turn-off.

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Originally Posted by als463 (Post 2057525)

While we're on the subject of Facebook, I'd like to add that (especially during recruitment/ rush season) it would be wise to be careful about the "tests" you take through Facebook applications. What sex position you are, what evil ruler of the world you are (yes, there is an application for that-which consists of answers like Hitler and the like), whatever....don't do "trashy" tests like that because it can be a big turn-off.

LOL. One of my friends has been semi-humourously grousing about "remember back in 2009 when FB used to just be fun?" I think I need to remind her that we were all still enthralled with taking those dumb ass tests back then, too. hahahahaha

I think we suggest they clean up their facebooks for the same reason we try to give them a chance to correct themselves when they initially do something dumb on gc. I don't think anyone should be penalized for one random act that doesn't really reflect who they are. But if she doesn't take that opportunity to fix the things that can cause recruitment problems, then she's probably that girl after all and deserves the results she gets.