GreekChat Survival Guide: A Thread For ALL GC "Newbies" to READ, LOOK & DO NOT POST!

[33girl]

If your post gets deleted once, don't repost it. Contact the moderator of the forum where your deleted post was and ask what you did wrong.

If you are a "long time lurker, first time poster" and your first post is VERY VERY DRAMATIC, we will question whether you're authentic. It's unfortunate, but you're paying for the sins of the trolls and antigreeks who have visited this site over the years.

If all you ever post in are entertainment threads - even if you have a GLO related name - we're going to know you're a stealth marketer. We don't like stealth marketers here. Just don't do it.

[RedefinedDiva]

Folks are NOT here to stroke your ego. Don't expect to get answers wrapped in lollipops, rainbows, and glitter.

Don't CLAIM that you have done a search, read ALL the threads, and have been lurking for the past 10 years, only to ask a question that has been brought up and/or resolved 1,908 times before. You lose credibility and make yourself look ridiculous.

The Pearls of Wisdom, A Torch to Guide You, and other forum rules, are posted for a reason and they are VERY specific in terms of what will and will not be discussed. Regardless of how cleverly you feel that your question is disguised or how "different" you may THINK your question is, as long is it is pertaining to membership, or a derivative thereof, IT WILL NOT BE ANSWERED. Period.

If you don't like to be referred to the official, national webite for answers to your membership questions, don't ask. That's all we have for you here.

No, we cannot give you advice on how to become a member.
No, we don't know why you got rejected.
No, we cannot offer a shoulder to cry on because you got rejected.
No, we cannot point you in the "right direction."
No, we cannot and will not write you a letter of recommendation.
No, we don't know when your school will have rush.
This list can go on and on. You should get the hint....

If you have to sign on to a messageboard to ask a question about an org., the answer is 99.8% likely to be NO.

If the answer cannot be found on the national website, then the answer is NO.

Making little comments that attempt to tie you to an org. will not win you any brownie points.


I'm sure I'll be adding on to this list

[mccoyred]

Originally Posted by RedefinedDiva

Making little comments that attempt to tie you to an org. will not win you any brownie points.

AND making comments about one org will not win you brownie points with a 'rival' org

Let's see, what else.....


RIF = READING IS FUNDAMENTAL

Step away from the keyboard before responding, esp. in a thread that has 563 posts in less than a week

Find your lane and stay in it

PM (private messaging) is your friend

[Still BLUTANG]

Just because you READ a topic, there is no rule saying you must REPLY to it. Sometimes its o.k. to read and keep it moving

Be nice to people. You can disagree or question or whatever without resorting to rudeness.

If all else fails, you can also place people on ignore.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally Posted by Still BLUTANG

Just because you READ a topic, there is no rule saying you must REPLY to it. Sometimes its o.k. to read and keep it moving

Amen!

[blueGBI]

Please don't think that everyone has to be nice and friendly to you and agree with you. Everyone isn't your friend and everyone isn't going to agree with everything you say. If you can't take criticism, you may be in the wrong place.

This has already been touched on but I want to say it again: No one owes you anything. Thinking that people do and having that attitude will only irritate others on the board.

[AKA_Monet]

Refrain from CROSS POSTINATION. That sucks. You suck if you do it. Just because you did not get the answer you were looking for on MIP for AKA when you posted it on AKA Ave. or your thread on the Ave got locked down, does not constitute that you post it in another less frequented area of GC, like Social or Event... THAT IS LAME and you are lame if you do it. In my book, that constitutes you as lacking in morals and ethical standards.

There are items we will NEVER discuss. There are reasons we do not. Your reasons as to why we do not discuss it do not constitute a problem on my entire Sorority's reasons why we do not discuss it... We have lawyers, judges and liability insurance that covers us. What do you have, really? What do we owe you, really? My dues will not pay for stupidity and laziness on your part.

Another issue:

If you want references for your diatribe justifying why your are right and I am wrong because I think that the Earth goes around the Sun in 365 days, then Google and Wiki is your friend also...

Just because you failed to do a SEARCH and understand the people you are talking to here on GC, does not constitute we can actually have a logical discussion with you that is rooted in facts. It is not my OPINION that why I think 1 + 1 = 2. Unless you have a doctorate, medical degree in formal logic, philosophy and physics, I seriously doubt you can prove to me beyond a shadow of a doubt in that in Euclidian math that 1 + 1 = 2. Maybe in nonlinear imaginary numbers... But in that case, we are not in the Real Variable world...

[RedefinedDiva]

Originally Posted by mccoyred

RIF = READING IS FUNDAMENTAL

This is worth reiterating....

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by mccoyred

AND making comments about one org will not win you brownie points with a 'rival' org

Let's see, what else.....


RIF = READING IS FUNDAMENTAL

Step away from the keyboard before responding, esp. in a thread that has 563 posts in less than a week

Find your lane and stay in it

PM (private messaging) is your friend

And be careful when entering a Specific Groups forum. Sometimes, like now, the topic is a very open one (sort of Chit Chat/Greek Chat related).
However there are times when the topic is just for members of that group and anyone else should stay out of it.

As a GC old-timer, I agree with the advice my fellow old school GCers have provided so far.

Thank you, AKA2D'91 for starting this thread. I really hope the newbies learn something from it!

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by OTW

As a GC old-timer, I agree with the advice my fellow old school GCers have provided so far.

Don't piss off OTW. If you do, she will powerdrill you a brand new a**hole and we will all watch and laugh at you. (I will anyway)

[KAPital PHINUst]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

Don't piss off OTW. If you do, she will powerdrill you a brand new a**hole and we will all watch and laugh at you. (I will anyway)

^^^Newbies: You don't believe her? Ask Tom Earp!

Speaking of him: Learn "Earp-speak". It is a language all its own!

[BlueReign]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

Don't piss off OTW. If you do, she will powerdrill you a brand new a**hole and we will all watch and laugh at you. (I will anyway)

Soror, too funny! OTW is someone I don't EVEN want to meet.

[AKA2D '91]

Although we live in a time where ALL of one's personal business is made public, just know that IT'S OKAY to NOT post ALL of your business, SORORITY OR FRATERNITY based on MBs, in emails, and such.

We don't need NOR want to know everything. Discretion begins BEFORE you become a member of an organization and continues after you become a member. Hopefully, your mother, father, or guardian taught you about keeping your mouth shut (sometimes) wayyyyy back when.

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[delph998]

Have fun with it. I find pleasure in catching up with my GC peeps.