Online standards police?
I know that, for the most part, we try to be mindful of our actions online especially when representing our respective Greek orgs...on GC, especially..since we all have our own members constantly monitoring what we say.
But what about our own personal sites? I know that I am not the model AGD and the most perfect sister. First and foremost, I am a 24 year old recent college grad just starting my life. Once in a while I'll party and do "questionable" things that might be frowned upon by friends and sisters. I love AGD with all my heart and I would never do anything to intentionally ruin her good name.
I have a LiveJournal and a MySpace page, and on there I like to use that space to show the world who I really am, without having to be afraid that a sister might chew my head out because I choose to live my life a certain way.
...and I'm not stupid. I won't attach, in bold letters, ALPHA GAMMA DELTA! underneath a picture of me and the friends at a bar.
Today I received a message on my MySpace account from a 19 year old sister in Canada lecturing me on "questionable" party pix that I posted. Basically she accused me of tarnishing the Alpha Gam reputation. I replied back as politely as I could (though I was soooo very tempted to say some not so nice things), telling her that my personal business is my personal business, and because I choose to list 'ALPHA GAMMA DELTA' in my General Interests section, my actions do not reflect my organization.
I freaking can't stand judgemental people, and I hate how some of these people are my own sisters.
Has this happened to any of you? I know that in GC history, some users have been instructed by their own GLOs to refrain from posting on GC completely. What would you do if a brother/sister accused you of ruining your org's reputation online? Would you give in and edit your site so it conforms to "ideal" standards or would you maintain your right to say and post whatever you want?
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