Facebook, Myspace, etc.

[lcalbdpzax]

Brothers in my chapter have a basic consensus. You do not drink or do anythign in letters which may be risque. Therefore it is never a big of a problem. We also make sure that no one uploads pictures of any of our parties to facebook. If we find pictures of someone from the outside that took pictures of our party we badger them to take it down, remove our letters or rename the pictures or albums.

It's not that hard. There was one case where an unnamed fraternity at our campus got busted for a picture of burning a sororities letters and someone from the fraternity was dumb enoguh to put it up on facebook.

[PhrozenGod01]

Originally Posted by lcalbdpzax

Brothers in my chapter have a basic consensus. You do not drink or do anythign in letters which may be risque. Therefore it is never a big of a problem. We also make sure that no one uploads pictures of any of our parties to facebook. If we find pictures of someone from the outside that took pictures of our party we badger them to take it down, remove our letters or rename the pictures or albums.

It's not that hard. There was one case where an unnamed fraternity at our campus got busted for a picture of burning a sororities letters and someone from the fraternity was dumb enoguh to put it up on facebook.

Burning sorority letters? Wow... that's some hate, or a twisted prank.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

Originally Posted by Dkk5685

Perhaps this has been discussed prior so I would like to apologize in advance...

Basically, a couple of the girls in my sorority are going to be 'stalking' our facebook profiles (couldn't imagine it be too long until our myspace profiles are under fire too) for anything they deem inappropriate. We have to comply with what they would like us to do or else face further punishment, etc. I'm just going to leave out my personal objections to this, but has anyone else encountered this too?

I've heard all about people not getting jobs, etc., because of their facebook profiles and so on can be used to 'research' you, and you do not want a potential employer to find something bad, so I try to keep mine rated G and I understand from that aspect.

Our VP Recruitment checked facebook profiles, and while I don't think anyone continues during the year, we kind of self-govern. If another sister has something embarassing on her profile, usually someone will bring it to her attention. I think it's totally fair; when you join a sorority you're joining another family and you have to abide by their rules or leave. You know that you'll have to give up some of your privacy from the get go for the greater good, and posting pictures that could harm your chapter, like of you drinking underage, doing or being around drugs, acting like a slut, or doing something else that isn't appropriate should be subject to your organization's code of standards. We ask that you either post according to our code of standards or remove "Alpha Gamma Delta" from the profile.

[DreamfulSpirit]

For us, since we're a dry sorority, we make sure each girl knows that if you're going to be out drinking or doing something embarrassing or otherwise illegal, whether or not you're taking pictures, don't wear your letters or an "Omega Phi Alpha" t-shirt (meaning the letters are spelled out). And most especially, don't put them online. I think its totally fair...like it was said above, when you join such an organization, you need to abide by these rules.

[hoozyerpapi]

... be prepared to have it looked at. This is pretty simple logic. If you're snorting coke off a hooker's tits and put that up on your myspace you deserve the repurcussions. It's a pretty simple formula.