[FuzzieAlum]

Here's why I think Lambda should spend more time verifying members than Greekchat does -

But first, yes, you are absolutely right, there is no reason on here to believe anyone is who they say they are. That's one reason secrets and chapter business should be kept off this board.

But - do you know my name? Do you know who I am? No. If you were to read all my posts, you could figure out what chapter and group I claim to belong to, where I went to school, when I graduated, and where I live now. There are maybe one or two gals on here with connections to FHQ who know my first name, and with that information could *perhaps* find out if I'm a poser or not. Most people on here, except maybe Tom Earp, are similarly "hidden."

The point is, if I'm posing, and not a real Greek, I'm not using someone else's name to do it. I'm not claiming to be Beth Petrowski, Mu Mu chapter of Nu Nu, class of '92 at Nebraska State, where in reality my name is Duaine and I never went to college and have never been east of Idaho. I may not be a sister but I am not appropriately someone else's identity.

However, the Lambda site does allow for that. I could pretend to be that one snotty girl in Pi Pi I couldn't stand, put in her name and chapter with my contact info, and SHE would be listed. Whether she is gay or not, that's not fair to her. Listing should be HER decision.

Also, at least one person on here said not just that the chapter at that school didn't currently exist, but that it never existed. Many of the folks on here are pretty dedicated to their sorority and just because that info isn't on their national website doesn't mean they don't know it. I can go home, look in my 100-year AXD history, and see all the chapters ever chartered up until a few years ago (and the newer ones I can remember).

My point is that revealing ANY facts about a person, especially something that is still considered sensitive (whether fairly or not) should require some serious proof or fact-checking, and I don't believe the Lambda site is living up to that. You're right, maybe a national won't confirm if X is a member - but I don't know of any national sorority that wouldn't share a list of former and current chapters, and Lambda isn't even bothering to make sure the person's existance is a possibility, let alone a likelihood or a certainty.