In this thread we mourn GC'ers long gone away

[ilovemyglo]

I remember back when there were about twenty regular posters and people posted a lot of crazy stuff.
This place is so tame, and so PC now-
We used to do recruitment threads and post the names of schools, chapters, etc. people didn't get their panties in a wad over it- it was all very honest. Now you have people posting on the internet as anonymously as possibly and yet crazies on GC will contact chapters at taht school when they figure out who is who or what school it is.
What ever happened to minding your own business?

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by ilovemyglo

I remember back when there were about twenty regular posters and people posted a lot of crazy stuff.
This place is so tame, and so PC now-
We used to do recruitment threads and post the names of schools, chapters, etc. people didn't get their panties in a wad over it- it was all very honest. Now you have people posting on the internet as anonymously as possibly and yet crazies on GC will contact chapters at taht school when they figure out who is who or what school it is.
What ever happened to minding your own business?

I hear ya, although I'd guess that's the way message boards in general have gone. When I first started posting in 2001, I wasn't as careful about what I posted, and people did seem to be a lot more honest and open. Maybe it's because most of us were just starting out in college then, and have now gone on to adult lives, where we're more careful about our privacy.

I will say, disagree, though, that people didn't get their "panties in a wad." I got some negative reaction for a couple of posts I made when I first started from people in real life, and I had to delete/edit the posts.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

I hear ya, although I'd guess that's the way message boards in general have gone.

I definitely agree. I cringe thinking about some of the stuff I posted other places.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I definitely agree. I cringe thinking about some of the stuff I posted other places.

I was looking through some of my really early posts on this site, and I sounded like a 10 year old. I apparently was really new to this interweb thingee.

[SWTXBelle]

Haven't seen Drolefille lately - hope she's okay.

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by ilovemyglo

I remember back when there were about twenty regular posters and people posted a lot of crazy stuff.
This place is so tame, and so PC now-
?

Yeah GC has gotten super serious lately. There are virtually no more fun threads on the Chit Chat and Dating & Relationship forums anymore. Maybe because most of the non-serious people left GC?

Originally Posted by ilovemyglo

I remember back when there were about twenty regular posters and people posted a lot of crazy stuff.
This place is so tame, and so PC now-
We used to do recruitment threads and post the names of schools, chapters, etc. people didn't get their panties in a wad over it- it was all very honest. Now you have people posting on the internet as anonymously as possibly and yet crazies on GC will contact chapters at taht school when they figure out who is who or what school it is.
What ever happened to minding your own business?

Hey sis or should I say, HEY MRS.!! Glad to see you back here!

Tame? GC is the least bit tame these days!

I know back in the day, PNMs were pretty cool about posting their school and their opinions because they didn't act the fool like some of these new kids do. I think that's why GCers are so quick to want to find out their info -- they don't want them in their organizations.

In a perfect GC world, we'd get recruitment stories like curlygirly's. If only...

[AOIIalum]

Originally Posted by OTW

In a perfect GC world, we'd get recruitment stories like curlygirly's. If only...

Wouldn't that be heaven...

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

The topics have probably changed as the regular posters are getting older. Also, what one poster considers a fun thread or non-serious won't necessarily be what others consider a fun and non-serious thread.

I don't think it's that. I post on three other message boards, where the age range is the same as GC, and there's all kinds of off the wall topics.

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Even one of those other message boards has changed DRASTICALLY over the years because people have grown up. If you saw that board 5, 7, or 10 years ago.....

So it's relative to where you started and where you are now.

Umm...that's pretty scary, I can't imagine that place being anymore wild. lol

[Tinia2]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Even one of those other message boards has changed DRASTICALLY over the years because people have grown up. If you saw that board 5, 7, or 10 years ago.....

So it's relative to where you started and where you are now.

i agree with you to a point. i have been on boards that make this one today look wild, crazy and way out of control. the reason is in part due to very strong moderation and control. while topics can and do wind, bend and vier around, posters are not allowed to derail or take them over. you get a personal warning, a suspension and then an expulsion. very tough love on terms of service. not saying either way which is right or wrong. different boards.

[pbear19]

I don't think the site has changed much, although we are in a phase where there are quite a few self appointed GC police types about. That's both good and bad. Bad because it's not so much fun, and hard on the newbies. Good because it helps keep people who don't know any better from posting things they ought not post and then falling victim to some of the people who take the site way too seriously.

But, overall, it's still very similar to what it's always been, in my long-time observer opinion.

[Tinia2]

Originally Posted by pbear19

I don't think the site has changed much, although we are in a phase where there are quite a few self appointed GC police types about. That's both good and bad. Bad because it's not so much fun, and hard on the newbies. Good because it helps keep people who don't know any better from posting things they ought not post and then falling victim to some of the people who take the site way too seriously.

But, overall, it's still very similar to what it's always been, in my long-time observer opinion.

good observations and thoughts.

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by pbear19

I don't think the site has changed much, although we are in a phase where there are quite a few self appointed GC police types about. That's both good and bad. Bad because it's not so much fun, and hard on the newbies. Good because it helps keep people who don't know any better from posting things they ought not post and then falling victim to some of the people who take the site way too seriously.

But, overall, it's still very similar to what it's always been, in my long-time observer opinion.

I kind of agree with this.

I also sometimes wonder if some of the "craziness" was just my relatively lower threshold for drama/amusement back then.

[KSUViolet06]

Random, but anyone remember AChiOhSnap? She was pretty cool.