Sororitylive ?
 

I ran across sororitylive as an app on facebook, so I did some investigating. It looks interesting, I did a search and saw two threads in specific GLO forums but didn't want to go and pry. Anyway, just wondering if anyone has/ or does use this and what benefits you see from it.

havent been on FB in a few days, almost a week actually! so what is this sororitylive? does it involve webcams? do i need to buy new pajamas? will people with names like bIgTKEmIkE058 be messaging me to ask for pics?


am i on the right track with these assumptions?

Actually, it's not part of facebook. It's LIKE facebook, but only Greeks can join [when you register, you pick your org and then your chapter]. It's okay, I don't use it so much but when school starts it might be fun. I think they made it so that people can have facebook but not have to disaffiliate during recruitment.

ahahahaha that's great, but I HOPE it's not like that:p

i just ran across it because it was in an application, and started looking into it, from what I can see, it is similar to facebook in terms of networking, etc, but apparently you can also set up budgets/ chapter finance stuff, calendar's for events, and a bunch of other stuff. I emailed the support email about being a local, and they approved me to register, they are just "verifying" my membership now, which i'm not sure how that works, because I don't know if any of my active members are on there. In any event, I'm still curious about what other's experiences were.

hmm, is there a link to get to it without going on FB?

and how would they stop perps/trolls? are there GLO-specific questions that only members of that GLO would be able to answer? how are they weeding out the TROLLS!?!!!!

(sorry to grill you, i guess i should jus czech it out for myself huh?)

I think it's just sororitylive.com

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

I joined to see what it was about. It named me a chapter Officer, because I'm the first there from my chapter, but says that my chapter is locked because an Officer has to approve me. So I have to approve myself, but I can't get in to approve myself because it's locked until I approve myself.

:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused: :confused:

AlphaFrog, that sounds like my life . . .

The admin of the site will approve you soon. That's what happened to me, and now i'm in charge of approving everyone until i change it lol

I'm having the same problem, I have to approve myself.

WHAT THE HELL! :mad:
 

here's a response i got from Justin, the guy who runs the site:


To which i responded:

At first glance Fraternity/SororityLive seems somewhat redundant. The social features are already implemented well enough in Facebook that it isn't worth using for that aspect. The chapter management stuff looks interesting, but I'm not sure if they are worth the trouble of getting everyone to start using them.

Just for kicks, I registered. Said I was an alumna of the chapter, but it didn't hold my initiation or graduation years. We'll see.

My chapter's being verified to see if it exists. LOL

ETA: I was just approved (4:30ish). tld, the issue may be that your chapter not tied to a particular school. *shrug*

This is what I got back from trying to get Beta Sigma Phi listed. :( Oh well, guess I'll have to just stay on Greekchat then! :D

"Thank you for your e-mail. Currently, our site is set up for collegiate fraternities and sororities only. We would love to have your organization on our site, but we have not yet worked out the logistics for non campus-based sororities and fraternities. We will definitely be keeping Beta Sigma Phi in mind for when we expand to non-academic organizations.

I apologize for the inconvenience, but rest assured that we are certainly interested in accomodating your 1200+ chapters and sometime in the future we will be incorporating your sorority into SororityLive.
Please feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,
Justin Stein"

hmm - good point. it asked me for a school and chapter. i guess i'll put my graduate chapter.

I was not asked to verify anything. Eventhough they can not verify with only a picture as they asked tld for, but still.

I suggest everyone use this with caution, I am no perp, but I signed up and was approved with out a second guess.

I didn't have any trouble joining it, but honestly after surfing the site a view times it seemed almost the same as facebook, and slightly boring.

I agree.

I think someone came on here not too long ago spamming the site with SororityLive links. I took a look at it and realized that it was just one of those FaceBook-like/MySpace-like sites that people will register for and then forget about.

Those FaceBook/MySpace-like "but for Greeks!" sites are a dime a dozen and no one really pays attention to the copycats.

Yeah, I kind of agree, I'm still checking things out, but without other people from my sorority on there... it is very boring. The chapter operations seem interesting, but again, without participation from my girls, it's pretty useless

well, it was worth a shot i guess

There are a few people from my sorority, but I agree....it is boring.

I must be really irking this boy's nerves!
 

Ok here's the response I got:

So the bolded really prompted me to respond with this:
i'm gonna go with my GCers and chalk SororityLive up to being one of those random Greek sites (wasn't there one called Greek Yearbook?) that tries to get everyone Greek linked up but for no real reason. Especially when the creators/ppl who run the site question my legitimacy and have no good way to verify me.

Also, someone may not buy letters and send a picture, they may copy and pas te a pic from the net to use for the crappy verification process, they won't be able to prove it is not you. I suggest using this with lots of caution.

I decided to check it out and registered when this thread was started. It said that I had to verify something in my email before I could use it. Still waiting for that verification email...

I had to ask them to re-send the email...there's a link to do that on their page.

I did that and registered and am just very not impressed. I already asked them about getting rid of my account.

YOu guys this is what I wrote to my Sorority on the site:

Between GC, Facebook, Myspace, SisterCircle, and AlphaNet, I just don't think there's a need for anything like that. I mean, sure if they had a secure verification process like SisterCircle, it might have merit. But, right now, it's just another thing to split attention on to.

Does this guy seriously think he'll be able to get member lists from the HQs? If so, he is completely deluded. It's hard enough to get that stuff if you're a MEMBER, sometimes.

I still don't have access to AlphaNet, but facebook and Sister Circle are all I really need.

this justin guy sounds pretty awesome. i wonder if he belongs to a GLO?

Sarcasm....right?:)

im guessing a big fat NO. he doesnt sound awesome at all. he sounds like a moron.

Cheers:D

Fraternity Live/Sorority Live
 

Fraternity Live/Sorority Live was one of the vendors a couple of weeks ago at the FEA Conference/Trade Show in Orlando. I had the opportunity to sit down with the four of them working for the company including Aaron.

Of the four people represented at the trade show, a couple of them are members of Greek Organizations.

My advice is to sign up and/or speak with Aaron to see if this might be something your group is interested in.

Another Vendor that was there and doing presentations and has chapters already as clients and recently was at the ZTA Conference was GIN System.

I'll be happy to answer any other questions anyone may have.

[quote=RG-SAM;1491274I'll be happy to answer any other questions anyone may have.[/quote]
TLD221 and I want to know how are people verified. Especially if they are the first one from thier chapter. You may or may not know the answer, but facebook pictures do not mean squat. I asked how I was verified and Justin told me that they were certain that I am a member (which I am), but how is he certain? Oh well as stated before I'm sure we will forget about that site shortly.

and conversely, I wasn't verified automatically because my chapter isn't a traditional collegiate chapter (see above). Actually, I wasn't verified at all, as I was told to re-register and "post a pic in letters" as verification, and to just list myself as an Alum.

i agree with my sistergreek - pictures dont mean squat. the amount of copy and pasting I do under honest intentions on a daily basis is indicative of what ONE person, as a potential poser, could do to gain access.

I like to give most sites a try but the people behind this one just seem a little uninformed. Come back at me with v. 2.0.

You know good and well they don't have the means to verify anyone. The only thing they could be verifying is the existence of a chapter at a school. I mean, yeah they can call HQ, but without a membership number, or at the very least an initiation date (not just the year) they're not going to get far.

The part I'm not comfortable with is the potential availability of chapter financial information. Chapter business is for current chapter members, especially financial information. Neos have a hard enough time with old heads telling them how to run the chapter, the financial proof of a good or bad job is extra.

yeah that was my point in my original email to them. i mean, cant no one verify me and my SGRho are my prophytes and my HQ / Grand Chapter. Everyone/thing else is secondary and, at this point, extraneous.

I'm just calling them out on a real concern I had. I acknowledged that their set-up seems to lean more to the NPC audience, so really I could fall back. But hey, I'll try anything once, and if it's a bust (and it seems like it is) well, i'll KIM.

I LOVED their FAQ page!! It really made me trust that whomever is running this site is professional and all of my chapter's financial/personal information will be secure because "we spend $50,000 a week on security" and "your privacy is very important to us". Wow. That's reassuring.

And the customer comment page was very original. The comments from customers looked VERY AUTHENTIC. Not like the site's founder or "Justin" made them up at all.

And whoever started the site was a Pike. (because someone asked if he/she was in a GLO)

Did anyone read the FAQ that said basically "Your HQ doesn't want to know what you're doing with this website." under the question "Does my HQ support this website?"

Sign me up!:rolleyes: