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Originally Posted by centaur532
No, you didn't say that AI is an open event. But you did say that the recruitment forum shouldn't exist for the same reason the AI forum shouldn't exist.
You basically said (I'm not saying you did say, don't get me wrong, this is my interpretation) that this forum is a great resource for information. If we close it we need to close the undergrad recruitment forum. The difference, though, is that you can get recruitment information from a thousand different places all over the internet, because it is so open. If this forum is closed, where does the info come from? Nowhere, unless the correct channels are used.
This forum gave recent posters false hope that they too could be in a sorority. Even if they knew the hurdles, they were still contacting five different groups at the same time.
This forum should stay if we establish the following:
1. AI exists.
2. It's difficult and no one here is going to help you get started, you need to figure that out on your own.
3. These ladies are already midway through their journeys, this is where they post.
Any thread that even hints of 'help me do this plz!' quandry should be squashed immediately.
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Actually, (and I say this very kindly...in all seriousness) you did misinterpret why I said the college recruitment forums should be disbanded if the AI forums were.
One of the major arguments against the AI is that someone could "possibly" get inaccurate information, because they don't know who they are getting it from. They also said that it wasn't an "official" forum.
The sorority recruitment forum has the exact same issues. How does a college women know she is getting accurate information on the board? If she posts in a GLO she is interested in, how does she even know that the posts she is reading are from actual members, or imposters?
The sorority recruitment forum isn't official either, so why are these women so readily helped (and if they are interested in a specific sorority, they are often assisted in finding their way home with recs solicited on the internet, etc).
Why aren't they told that they need to have these discussions with their recruitment counselor? Isn't that what she is there for? To explain how recruitment works, give wardrobe advice, etc?
I don't see how the two are different. Both are not official.