Facebook Advice

[Kitemom]

Here is some good advice about facebook and guidelines you should follow is you are going through rush in the Fall. I know you are getting ready to graduate and there will be parties but don't let people who are now in a soroity see these things about you

Things that you should not have on your facebook profiles/walls/names:
No inappropriate words or phrases on your facebook wall/names/picture descriptions, including but not limited to:
Slut, whore, ass, wasted, drunk, trashed, , shit, damn, bitch, etc. (or any other words that could be used to denote these words…biatch, fing, etc

No Private parts exposed No inappropriate gestures, No bras or thongs showing

Kissing:
No kissing girls on: lips, boobs, butts Boys – No inappropriate touching or grabbing


No ALCOHOL on you Don't be holding:
Party cups (red solo cups), beer cans/bottles, champagne, liquor, wine glasses, margarita glasses, martini glasses, etc.

If you look drunk or people around you do, even if you aren’t, detag or delete the picture Hope this helps you. People and furture employeer do look at these.

Holy BB tags, Batman!

[texas*princess]

ummmm how about you just make your profile unviewable to people who are not your friends?

What site did you copy and paste that from?

Originally Posted by Kitemom

Here is some good advice about facebook and guidelines you should follow is you are going through rush in the Fall. I know you are getting ready to graduate and there will be parties but don't let people who are now in a soroity see these things about you

Things that you should not have on your facebook profiles/walls/names:
No inappropriate words or phrases on your facebook wall/names/picture descriptions, including but not limited to:
Slut, whore, ass, wasted, drunk, trashed, , shit, damn, bitch, etc. (or any other words that could be used to denote these words…biatch, fing, etc

No Private parts exposed No inappropriate gestures, No bras or thongs showing

Kissing:
No kissing girls on: lips, boobs, butts Boys – No inappropriate touching or grabbing


No ALCOHOL on you Don't be holding:
Party cups (red solo cups), beer cans/bottles, champagne, liquor, wine glasses, margarita glasses, martini glasses, etc.

If you look drunk or people around you do, even if you aren’t, detag or delete the picture Hope this helps you. People and furture employeer do look at these.

[KSUViolet06]

I would prefer that PNMs avoid the whole Facebook/MySpace issue altogether and just make their profiles private/friends-only. Problem solved.

[Zillini]

My advice is don't ever put anything out there you wouldn't want your parents, grandparents, pastor/minister/priest/clergyperson, future employer, future spouse or future kids to see.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Zillini

My advice is don't ever put anything out there you wouldn't want your parents, grandparents, pastor/minister/priest/clergyperson, future employer, future spouse or future kids to see.

I can remember hearing that back from when I was a teenager - the advice is still timely.

[jwsteele]

On the other hand, couldn't a PNM make facebook into a proactive tool during rush? I'm in a fraternity but my sorority friends often mention "facebook stalking" PNMs during rush. I could see it being a beneficial thing if a PNM did the following:
1. Blocked anybody from seeing her tagged pictures
2. Had a pretty and natural picture of herself for her default picture
3. Deleted her wall
4. Filled her interests with conversation starters...ie, travel, volleyball, etc so the actives could get a better sense of what she was like and match her up with sisters who are into the same things
5. Joined "classy" groups relating to her favorite activities, major, etc.
6. Deleted things like "political views"

I could see a PNM doing this strategically...if she knows that somebody in the chapter will be stalking her, why not make put the ball in her court by giving them the things they want to see?

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by jwsteele

6. Deleted things like "political views"

A PNM shouldn't have to hide her political views on her facebook profile. The actives know not to talk about politics and can steer around the topic if the PNM brings it up, so why would it matter if her profile said "Very Liberal" or "Very Conservative" or anything in between?

[kathykd2005]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

A PNM shouldn't have to hide her political views on her facebook profile. The actives know not to talk about politics and can steer around the topic if the PNM brings it up, so why would it matter if her profile said "Very Liberal" or "Very Conservative" or anything in between?

I agree with that. If someone doesn't want some one in their sisterhood because of their political beliefs, that's just plain sad, anyway. I would hope that by now we've moved beyond that, but one never knows...

[Stef the Pef]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

A PNM shouldn't have to hide her political views on her facebook profile. The actives know not to talk about politics and can steer around the topic if the PNM brings it up, so why would it matter if her profile said "Very Liberal" or "Very Conservative" or anything in between?

Honestly, I'd be kinda leery of any political sceince major who has no views. Not leery enough to make a difference in anything, but still...it's your major and you have no opinion? LOL.

Granted, you probably don't want to join any groups that deal with legalization of various controlled substances. Even if that's truly something you believe in, those ones (depending on your campus culture--I'm speaking for the really, really conservative set of colleges here, so take it as that) can sometimes give off the wrong message, IMHO.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by jwsteele

On the other hand, couldn't a PNM make facebook into a proactive tool during rush? I'm in a fraternity but my sorority friends often mention "facebook stalking" PNMs during rush. I could see it being a beneficial thing if a PNM did the following:
1. Blocked anybody from seeing her tagged pictures
2. Had a pretty and natural picture of herself for her default picture
3. Deleted her wall
4. Filled her interests with conversation starters...ie, travel, volleyball, etc so the actives could get a better sense of what she was like and match her up with sisters who are into the same things
5. Joined "classy" groups relating to her favorite activities, major, etc.
6. Deleted things like "political views"

I could see a PNM doing this strategically...if she knows that somebody in the chapter will be stalking her, why not make put the ball in her court by giving them the things they want to see?

I can't get over deleting political views. Seriously? Even at the big SEC schools, all the sororities seem to brag that their members are active in CReps and CDems. I think founders of most of our groups wanted women to be politically active.

I was president of College Dems when I went through rush and you would have had to be a moron on my campus to not realize that (it was a highly visible position) so to not have my political affiliation would have just seemed odd to me.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

It seems like common sense not to put pictures of yourself doing anything illegal on the internet. If you're too dumb to know better than that...you deserve what's coming to you.

But speaking for myself, I'm not going to consider dropping a PNM because she has the word "whore" on her profile...it's how people talk.

A PNM with 5409565786589384594380 pictures tagged of her doing shots with side-boob showing and a boy in her lap in everyone...I'm all for having fun, but some people make partying a job, not a hobby. Blech.

I brought this up in NLH's rush thread, but I figured it might be a good idea to bring it up again.

When Rho Gammas advise PNMs to use caution with Facebook and MySpace, why should it be limited to those sites? They should add GreekChat and CollegeConfidential to the list as well, IMO.

Rush threads are okay, but it's definitely not worth risking your chances of a bid.

[Kitemom]

Copy and pasted several different sites from school sites