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Originally Posted by EliBean
My daughter got followed by a lot of girls (and possibly houses?) from different sororities after she joined some social media things for incoming students. She had no idea what to do, but she did add them back. They don't really talk or anything, but they have apparently liked things she posed on Instagram.
Was she not supposed to do that? She didn't follow anyone who didn't send her a request first.
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No one had responded to this yet, and I know it's a big topic among PNMs so I thought I'd throw my 2 cents here.
Actives and chapters will also follow PNMs as part of the overall recruiting of your DD. Sometimes these follows and comments mean she is a PNM the chapter is really interested in, and sometimes it's part of their general PR campaign prior to recruitment. There's no way to know without having inside chapter knowledge, but no matter what they want her to associate the good vibes of a insta follow or comment with their sorority so she will rank them higher.
Chapters, especially at big schools, also use social media as a way to further differentiate PNMs. If a PNM doesn't know anyone in the house well, but has good grades, got in recs, was involved in stuff in HS, then the chapter will look at your social media and say "is there anything questionable here? does she seem like I'd want to hang out with her? are there things she may have in common with some sisters?" At big schools, especially since RFM, the first round cuts can be sizable and social media is another way to winnow down the list of PNMs you only talked to for 20 minutes.
On the follow back side, it's fine with individual actives to follow those that follow you. For chapters, I agree that you either follow all or none.