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Originally Posted by texas*princess
While GC is not official advertisement (i.e. you don't see a banner on the site that says "Interested in AI? Come here for all your AI needs!") it puts something out there that shouldn't be and it inadvertenly becomes the hub of AI information.
And I think that is the point that many people have tried to make here on several occasions.
GC is NOT an official source of information regarding AI or AI policies of any sorority. LIke you mentioned, it is one of the first things that comes up when you google AI. So naturally many average people will think that it is.
I'm not sure if you've read EE-BO's post just a few posts above yours, but I recommend reading it, or re-reading it if you haven't done so. She clearly states what so many of us have been trying to say.
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Yes, I read it. But I disagree that the forum is equivalent to subverting GLO HQs wishes or a violation of the policy.
There is no reason that the IHQs of our GLOs need to find the AI forum inappropriate. The actions of the sorority members may be inappropriate but I think THAT is what should be modded, not questions asked. GC is not held to HQ standards, members are.
We should not as a message board be trying to appeal to HQs. To do so would be impossible. Imagine trying to hold everyone to the rules of every HQ. Impossible.
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Those looking for a scientific and precise definition of AI and GLO policies on AI will never find it here- and for the exact same reasons I would never come on this board and post about my chapter's last rush and who we took or did not take, and why.
Anyone who posts here purporting to offer tips and secrets to make AI successful is offering false information. That person is not necessarily being intentionally misleading- they may just be sharing what worked for them- but the fact remains that it is information that lacks the value that it is implied to provide.
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This is NOT the purpose of the AI forum. I agree that the tips and secrets as well as an exact definition is not what this forum is for. Though I've never seen anyone posting "quick tips to AI" or "the secrets of getting into the GLO of your choice." Advice such as "go dressier" or "contact people you know in the GLO, they'll know more" is none of the above.
I don't care whether the AI forum stays or goes but I do not believe that NPC AI is the equivalent to the D9's graduate intake and I don't think threads regarding it should be treated as such. I fail to see the problem with pointing people in a direction, even if they're going to get a big fat NO, or with wishing them good luck or sympathizing with long down times in the process. THAT is simply being nice. No matter what I may think of even the crazy PNAIs on this board, I hope they will all be happy because everyone should be happy. Things may not work out with regards to AI (and if they're crazy, they shouldn't) but hopefully they'll find something fulfilling to do. Even pointing people in the directions of other organizations (for example: PNAI wants to join a sorority, only familiar with the NPC ones, wants to join. User2582 recommends the list of non-collegiate sororities which may fit better with her needs.)
What I expect out of the AI forum (or AI threads outside of an AI forum if there isn't one): Information/Direction (non-MS), General Support, Discouragement. And yeah, the occasional crazy person (member or not) who starts a fight. That's where the mod should come in.
What I don't consider appropriate: Taking this particular discussion to those threads, Ritual information being provided, and sponsoring a woman via the internet. I'm sure there's more, but you get the point.
This isn't a "everyone has to be happy and yay" thing. It's an expectation of civility whether positive or negative.
/Not that my opinion matters much.