Facebook Advice

violetpretty · #1 02-10-2008, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ktbug10474

can we sticky this to the top of the forum instead of having 50M threads about this?

Seriously, if people would just read the thread that is already stickied, labeled "General Advice"...

Thetagirl218 · #2 02-10-2008, 09:56 PM

I would advise everyone having their facebook and myspace private except for friends. Its just safer that way in this crazy stalker world.

ktbug10474 · #3 02-10-2008, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by violetpretty

Seriously, if people would just read the thread that is already stickied, labeled "General Advice"...

lol i forgot all about that ... you make a great point .... the advice threads keep coming up all over the place and i agree the general advice is a great thread.. i haven't read it since i got an account on GC but definitely this fall i'm going to re read it.

dukedg · #4 02-10-2008, 10:28 PM

I just want to give a perspective (which I believe we discussed before) from the collegians that I advised: they definitely thought it was odd or suspicious if you
a. did not have a facebook account (i.e., you didn't come up in searches)
b. had a private account (what were you trying to hide?)

I would be interested to hear from other chapter advisors if this was the case at their chapters also. I would suggest for anyone going through Recruitment at Cal that you follow the advice at the top of the thread regarding "maintaining" your page rather than make it private, deactivated etc.

violetpretty · #5 02-10-2008, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by dukedg

I just want to give a perspective (which I believe we discussed before) from the collegians that I advised: they definitely thought it was odd or suspicious if you
a. did not have a facebook account (i.e., you didn't come up in searches)
b. had a private account (what were you trying to hide?)

At my alma mater, most chapters require their members to have a friends only profile and the Rho Gammas advise PNMs to set their profiles to friends only. It's not necessarily that you're trying to hide your drunken fun times, it is also a safety issue, (i.e. to prevent someone from stalking you).

KSUViolet06 · #6 02-10-2008, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by dukedg

I just want to give a perspective (which I believe we discussed before) from the collegians that I advised: they definitely thought it was odd or suspicious if you
a. did not have a facebook account (i.e., you didn't come up in searches)
b. had a private account (what were you trying to hide?)

I don't think this is the case at most schools. Alot of girls have private profiles (or don't even HAVE Facebook) just for the sake of personal safety (they don't feel comfortable with having personal info out there). It's not always because they are suspicious.

texas*princess · #7 02-10-2008, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I don't think this is the case at most schools. Alot of girls have private profiles (or don't even HAVE Facebook) just for the sake of personal safety (they don't feel comfortable with having personal info out there). It's not always because they are suspicious.

I agree... my facebook & myspace accounts have always been friends only. I'm not trying to hide anything, I just consider it a safety issue. It can be easy to extrapilate (sp?) personal info from random profile info/blogs/etc.

I don't really see why that is "suspect". I'm not trying to hide anything, I just don't want any stalkers

dukedg · #8 02-10-2008, 11:28 PM

I see what you all are saying about your opinions and safety, but I am giving you the view of the 18-22 year-olds that I worked with. Just to be clear, the members at Cal must make their accounts private during recruitment.

I just want to put this out their to PNMs and I'm only speaking from one campus, so I would be interested to hear from the collegians (or their advisors, parents, etc) of other campuses too.