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07-28-2010, 02:07 PM
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Is it a good idea to set your entire profile to private before recruitment?
I don't have anything to hide. All of my albums are good and I have no questionable tagged photos, likes, or wall posts.
One of my friends is completely deactivating hers during recruitment because she doesn't want it to hurt her. However, I thought that if you had a good profile, it could help you.
Your thoughts?
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07-28-2010, 02:20 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: State of Imagination
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Originally Posted by abbeydae
Is it a good idea to set your entire profile to private before recruitment?
I don't have anything to hide. All of my albums are good and I have no questionable tagged photos, likes, or wall posts.
One of my friends is completely deactivating hers during recruitment because she doesn't want it to hurt her. However, I thought that if you had a good profile, it could help you.
Your thoughts?
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It's up to you. Is everything squeaky clean? Even your "Groups" pages? Any unpredictable friends who write on your wall?
Even clean, people might make assumptions by anything on your profile/photos/wall. Personally, I'd like to leave that up for personal interaction.
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07-28-2010, 02:38 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by abbeydae
Is it a good idea to set your entire profile to private before recruitment?
I don't have anything to hide. All of my albums are good and I have no questionable tagged photos, likes, or wall posts.
One of my friends is completely deactivating hers during recruitment because she doesn't want it to hurt her. However, I thought that if you had a good profile, it could help you.
Your thoughts?
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Your friend is smart. Just because YOU think all of your albums are good doesn't mean everyone will think so.
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07-28-2010, 08:02 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Tatooine
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Originally Posted by abbeydae
Is it a good idea to set your entire profile to private before recruitment?
I don't have anything to hide. All of my albums are good and I have no questionable tagged photos, likes, or wall posts.
One of my friends is completely deactivating hers during recruitment because she doesn't want it to hurt her. However, I thought that if you had a good profile, it could help you.
Your thoughts?
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What might not be questionable to you might be questionable to Suzy Sorority. You just don't know. The sororities will already know how involved you were in high school and they'll get to know you during parties. It's better to keep direct control over how you look to sororities. (And employers too, for that matter.) And remember someone can easily post/tag/etc. something less than flattering and Suzy can see it before you have time to delete it.
I would make it un-searchable if it were me. That way you don't have to be inconvenienced by deactivating your profile, but you'll still have privacy.
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08-02-2010, 02:40 PM
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^ I also think it's weird when PNMs decided to "like" a specific sorority's page before recruitment even begins...
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08-02-2010, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BeeBee23
^ I also think it's weird when PNMs decided to "like" a specific sorority's page before recruitment even begins...
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Yep. It's kind of like when BamaBetty gets on here and asks for recs...and only posts in 3 of the sororities' forums.
The Big InsertMascotsHere need to stop worrying about if a 22 year old sister has a picture of herself holding a solo cup and take a little more care with their own online presences. For starters, get actual members to design the apps and/or pages so there won't be stuff on them that doesn't make any sense...
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07-19-2010, 03:37 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Tampa, Fl
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Originally Posted by Jen
Why warn them when you can use these FB tools to weed out the trainwreck PNMs =)
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LMAO...i was going to write the exact same thing. As mean as it may seem, i think we'd all like to know that susie is a big drunk loosey-goosey before you let her in your organization
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07-19-2010, 04:11 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: PA
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My favorite last year was the PNM that posted pics of each of the sorority and fraternity houses with her comments written underneath. Like "Lame", "drunken sluts", "OMG I love them" etc. on her public facebook page.
You can imagine how that turned out.
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07-19-2010, 04:28 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Kentucky
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Originally Posted by Jen
Why warn them when you can use these FB tools to weed out the trainwreck PNMs =)
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Yes! I've already been doing background work using facebook as a means for gathering recommendations for PNM's coming through.
There is one coming through currently who has an outstanding picture uploaded with her registration form, however in her facebook profile picture, she is wearing a short tight outfit with the boobs popping out and holding a Corona in her hand. She is coming in as a college freshman, so assuming she is around 18ish, that doesnt set very well with me. Luckily, her verified GPA is too low for our requirement, so her getting in wont be an issue.
PNM's PLEASE take note of your profile pictures on facebook even if you have everything else marked private. The pictures and language you use on facebook sets up a precedent about you, whether you think that of yourself or not, especially for people who dont know you and are looking for more info...like sorority women and potential employers. It's been said many times before, but I'll say it again, if you are under 21 and are drinking/holding alcoholic beverages in your pictures, that is illegal activity and can potentially make you viewed as a risk management issue before you even step foot in the door. TAKE THEM DOWN!!
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07-28-2010, 12:52 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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Originally Posted by Jen
Facebook has a cool feature where you can view your page as someone who is not your friend would as well as view your page how certain friends see it. So if you want to block certain people from seeing certain areas of your profile, you can test out to see if you successfully did it. (It's the "View Profile" in the Privacy Settings area ... that shows you how non-friends see it, then a box at the top will let you type in a specific friend's name to see how they see it).
contact, phone number and address). Just click Custom and go to town. .
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This is AWESOME. Thank you!
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Originally Posted by Jen
One thing you CAN'T CHANGE is the privacy of your profile photo. So make sure that your profile photo is not embarrassing/stupid etc. If you have it set so anyone or friends or friends can search and see your profile exist they CAN see that photo.
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I believe you can make yourself unsearchable though. Or make your picture a question mark to non-friends.
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