Is roll call a good idea?

[tunatartare]

I see nothing wrong with a roll call because when you post in your sorority's (or fraternity's) roll call thread, you assume that your sisters/brothers aren't going to dig up information on you and use it to stalk you or put it out there on a public site for everyone to access it. Personally, I can think of at least one instance where I pm'd a new member to GC to tell her to edit her post in a roll call thread because it had too much revealing information about her (chapter, year in school, hometown, and university email address in the firstname.lastname@university.edu format).

[UGAalum94]

Oh yeah, totally, you don't think anyone will turn out to be crazy; you assume that people in your GLO group will be respectfull, but apparently some people are nuts and some are disrespectful of the lines you want to draw for your own privacy.

We can see a disrespect for privacy here; and there's some suggestion that it's a pattern that existed on GreekChat before this most recent event with Blueangel.


Under those circumstances, maybe we should encourage people to be more cautious, even in roll call. Or point out that they need to make choices: if you post your first name in roll call then you need to be super careful about any other info you give out.

Once again, Alphagamuga decides to start a thread because she wants to cry foul at the fact that I thought she was a perp before greeklawgirl verified her membership. She got pissy at the fact that I called perp on her because she refused to post in the Roll Call thread.

Admit it.

For the record, I figured out your identity without the help of the Roll Call thread. YOU mentioned your first name in a PM. YOU mentioned the time in which you were in school. And oh yeah, your chapter is in your username!

Did I dig up your info in Sister Search to use it against you? Of course not. I'm respectful enough not to do that even thought I think you're a piece of shit. I was merely making sure we didn't have another case of IowaHawkeye/mullet81/kdlady00 on our hands.

But hey, if you want to start this shit up with me again...be my guest. It's only 7:15 PM here.

I'm all for the Roll Call thread. If you don't want to post in it, fine. But just be sure to verify membership if a sister asks for it. If you don't want to reveal that info, be prepared to get shit until you do.

[UGAalum94]

This wasn't really about you. It was an observation based on what seemed to be going on here.

I think sometimes people make decisions based on assuming good behavior on the part of other people. If we know that some folks aren't going to follow the good behavior, maybe we shouldn't suggest that new people disclose additional information.

At the time, I registered, I had no idea that I needed to be concerned about guarding my privacy so carefully. I've since learned that I probably should have been more careful.

It might be a good idea to spread the word so people could maybe learn based on the experience of others.

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

This wasn't really about you.

Really? Considering the shit you pulled in the AGD forum the other week, I don't believe you. At all.

You might as well say, "See? That's why I didn't want to post in the AGD Roll Call thread because psychos like OTW's gonna find my info in Sister Search and then post it on GC for everybody to know who I am!"

I know that's what you REALLY meant.

[UGAalum94]

It's not what I meant, and I sent you a pm to explain.
Do you ever accept an apology because I think I've expressed my regret about that post?

Please refrain from sending me PMs in the future.

Your last two were promptly deleted before even being read.

Thank you and have a nice evening.

[AXO Alum]

Originally Posted by OTW

Really? Considering the shit you pulled in the AGD forum the other week, I don't believe you. At all.

You might as well say, "See? That's why I didn't want to post in the AGD Roll Call thread because psychos like OTW's gonna find my info in Sister Search and then post it on GC for everybody to know who I am!"

I know that's what you REALLY meant.

OTW (aka GAE) speaketh the truth... I <3 OTW

[33girl]

There's not a damn thing wrong with roll call threads on GC. If there was I don't think ONE OF MY NATIONAL OFFICERS would have posted in one.

Roll call threads are not mandatory. If you don't want others to know your info, don't post in them.

Oh, and someone on here was able to figure out my first and last name BEFORE my first name was common knowledge (I've never used my last name on here) and BEFORE I posted it in roll call. But since I know they only meant it for good and not evil, I could care less. The knee jerk reaction of "OMG roll call is bad because Blueangel is a crazy evil spawn of Satan" is on the same level as never using a public toilet because you heard when you were 5 that an alligator came out of it and bit someone's butt.