Please don't stalk the PNMs

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

While saying something like, "I hope the outcome makes you happy." is okay, gushing things like, "Go Strawberry Shortcake or go Ravenclaw!" or whatever made up names they're using in the thread is not. It just gets people's hopes up for nothing.

I don't see anything wrong with choosing to cheer for one of the code names at the beginning of a thread. I don't think the PNM thinks "Wow, the GCers told me I should go Ravenclaw..." The PNM knows you don't know which code is which chapter, at least at the beginning of the thread, so you really are cheering for whichever dessert/sport/character/whatever and not the chapter that corresponds. Besides, the PNMs probably have their own "hopes" in terms of chapters they like before recruitment, and "cheering" for Ravenclaw isn't going to change that.

However, once the PNM has stated Ravenclaw is her fave, you should back off because, not only is SHE hoping for a Ravenclaw invite/bid, but all these GCers are doing the same.

Originally Posted by CutiePie2000

Don't blow sunshine or get their hopes up unnecessarily.

Blowing sunshine to me, means saying, "You'll get a bid" or "You'll do great" or "You'll be an amazing addition to any house" etc. Instead, say things like "good luck", because you don't know the poster IRL and you don't actually know if these things are true.