All of these recruitment threads...

[ComradesTrue]

While I agree that PMNs must use discretion, Peppy does have a point that the titles of recruitment threads have gotten very confusing of late... and it is not just the live ones. Very recently we had three retro threads going at the same time with almost identical titles.

Perhaps instead of using the actual school name, there could be a vague name given to that as well, which may or may not be factual: "Blondies Live Recruitment at Midwest U," "Blondies Live Recruitment at East Coast College." I think NutBrnHair even called her school "U Topia." In other words, there can be a unique identifier without giving away too much.

However, while many on GC may not be able to figure out a school on a live thread, I assure you that in many, if not all, cases those directly involved with the recruitment can. When you have already given out the number of chapters, as well as the party/round schedules, things narrow down quite quickly. On the recent thread where a PMN was outed, it was crystal clear which school she was referring to based on those two factors alone.... and I am only in the same state, not even directly participating in that recruitment. This along with the *personal* identification that she gave, it would have been easy for those on her campus to know who she was.

Moral of story: discretion continues to be key, especially with your personal (hair color, major, hometown, classification) identifiers, but please at least put your user name in the title. Consider a school name as well, though it can be a vague description or even a clever pseudonym. This makes it easy to follow while it is live, but also makes searching for it later on much easier. Some threads are so good that they are worth bumping each recruitment season for the new PMNs (and their worried mamas!).