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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
I think people are taking Alphagamunga too literally.
Sure, there's nothing "wrong" with roll call threads. We don't need national officers to post in them to know that. And roll call threads obviously are not mandatory--although some GCers are aggressive enough to make newbies think that if they don't post in a roll call thread they will be terrorized or something silly. But the general point that Alpha is making is for people to be cautious either way. Obviously people can find out info whether or not you post in roll call threads.
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I agree completely.
People who I converse with and deal with offline (like, say, chapter brothers, friends, etc) have relatively high access to 'personal' information - by necessity, because I'd like those people to be able to contact me if needed, etc. I personally would prefer not to be contacted by others - and not just for 'crazy' purposes, but because I don't need spam, junkmail, or Idi the Nigerian knocking on my door with SPECIAL OFFER MY FRIEND MAGIC MONEY MY FRIEND.
I think a large part of the divide here shows the strong differences between people, in terms of public face, career needs, and all those interrelated things that really make us different. I don't blame a single person for not posting in a roll call thread - the whole argument seems somewhat petty, and really seems like we're "fishing" for "perps" . . . I especially don't blame people who work in a well-connected industry, or rely on clientele or reputation. My company, we personally search for myspaces and livejournals for every analyst we hire . . . most people don't even consider that. They probably should - it's insane.
Giving people the tools to capitalize on their insane insane insane-ness might not be the best Internet strategy, and hostility against those who are trying to prevent that seems somewhat near-sighted.
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