Sororitylive ?

[1908Revelations]

I was not asked to verify anything. Eventhough they can not verify with only a picture as they asked tld for, but still.

I suggest everyone use this with caution, I am no perp, but I signed up and was approved with out a second guess.

[Thetagirl218]

I didn't have any trouble joining it, but honestly after surfing the site a view times it seemed almost the same as facebook, and slightly boring.

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

I didn't have any trouble joining it, but honestly after surfing the site a view times it seemed almost the same as facebook, and slightly boring.

I agree.

I think someone came on here not too long ago spamming the site with SororityLive links. I took a look at it and realized that it was just one of those FaceBook-like/MySpace-like sites that people will register for and then forget about.

Those FaceBook/MySpace-like "but for Greeks!" sites are a dime a dozen and no one really pays attention to the copycats.

[AlethiaSi]

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

I didn't have any trouble joining it, but honestly after surfing the site a view times it seemed almost the same as facebook, and slightly boring.

Yeah, I kind of agree, I'm still checking things out, but without other people from my sorority on there... it is very boring. The chapter operations seem interesting, but again, without participation from my girls, it's pretty useless

well, it was worth a shot i guess

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by AlethiaSi

Yeah, I kind of agree, I'm still checking things out, but without other people from my sorority on there... it is very boring. The chapter operations seem interesting, but again, without participation from my girls, it's pretty useless

well, it was worth a shot i guess

There are a few people from my sorority, but I agree....it is boring.

[tld221]

Ok here's the response I got:

Hi tld221,

Thanks for responding. I requested more information because the NYU Greek Life site did not list Sigma Gamma Rho as a campus sorority. Since your chapter covers the New York Metropolitan area, you will have to sign up again and select "New York Metropolitan" as the campus. However, since the Alpha Pi website has not been updated since 2001, your name is not on the site's member list.

FraternityLive and SororityLive are currently working with headquarters to develop a plan for accurate member verification. Until we have member lists from HQs, we must verify members using alternate means, and the best way for you to get verified right now is to send us a picture of yourself with letters on. This is generally good proof since nobody would go to the trouble of buying someone else's letters simply to gain access to a website.

Please re-register under the 'New York Metropolitan' campus, and as soon as we receive a picture from you (or post one on your profile when your sign up) we can verify your membership.

Thanks, Justin

So the bolded really prompted me to respond with this:

Justin,

I can register under my graduate chapter if it is a problem. i was using my undergraduate chapter because the site prompted me to give a school. I think you may have the wrong URL - the Alpha Pi website has definitely been updated since then - late 2006. but that will not be of much help to you as we haven't listed chapter members in a while and some chapters just don't do that.

A suggestion to verify members - maybe you have site members verify their own sisters/brothers? Using some GLO-specifc passcode or quiz, something relevant to those members but elusive enough that you and the SL/FL people wouldn't know the meaning behind it? I dunno, i'm just one person, but i really disagree with using a picture of me in letters as verification, especially when (as you've mentioned) your idea of verification equals looking up various greek websites... which anyone can do in both scenarios.


Good luck with getting membership lists from various HQs - you do realize that a. those lists are confidential and the average HQ isnt gonna give it to you? and b. those lists can run into millions of members, which means you are really cutting your work out for yourselves.

Lastly, i understand that you feel that an Internet perp wouldn't buy letters, take a picture and all that just to join a website, but you would be surprised at other similar lengths greek perps would take to prove that they are members of GLOs they are not.

All the best,
tld221

i'm gonna go with my GCers and chalk SororityLive up to being one of those random Greek sites (wasn't there one called Greek Yearbook?) that tries to get everyone Greek linked up but for no real reason. Especially when the creators/ppl who run the site question my legitimacy and have no good way to verify me.

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by tld221

i'm gonna go with my GCers and chalk SororityLive up to being one of those random Greek sites (wasn't there one called Greek Yearbook?) that tries to get everyone Greek linked up but for no real reason. Especially when the creators/ppl who run the site question my legitimacy and have no good way to verify me.

Also, someone may not buy letters and send a picture, they may copy and pas te a pic from the net to use for the crappy verification process, they won't be able to prove it is not you. I suggest using this with lots of caution.

[cuteASAbug]

I decided to check it out and registered when this thread was started. It said that I had to verify something in my email before I could use it. Still waiting for that verification email...

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

I decided to check it out and registered when this thread was started. It said that I had to verify something in my email before I could use it. Still waiting for that verification email...

I had to ask them to re-send the email...there's a link to do that on their page.