[Shelacious]

This is an interesting question. All of you are right in the sense that there is no "ownership" here--all the forums, in fact the very site itself is provided, FREE OF CHARGE, by John Hammell. As such, it would be very presumptuous for me to put the "hate" on anyone who called, strolled, yelled or commented in the forum, either positively or negatively. You are also right in that if I desire to post something of relevance for or to ZETAS only, I have another avenue for that--FW. Therefore, my baseline assumption, both as a poster and as a moderator, is that ANYONE who wants to post or respond to a post in the ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY forum on Greek Chat should feel invited and encouraged to do so. As moderators (thanks L ), Zeta_Ace and I try to limit the modification of posts to deleting sensitive information and minimizing the impact of extremely damaging posts, if necessary.

I do think people take it WAYYY TOOO seriously, primarily because people are hypocritical. They usually have a difficult time applying and internalizing what they say to or about other folks to themselves or to their own organizations or interests. As such, I DO find myself trying to limit my posts in other organization-specific forums, not because of a personal sense of respect for "ownership", but an understanding that all do not feel as I do.

I cannot control what other folks do though--I can only say that there is no Zeta Phi Beta ownership on anything attached to Greek Chat. Therefore people should not feel obligated, or disinclined as the case may be, to post or not post in any Zeta Phi Beta related Greek Chat board.

Dove Love,
Shel