Why do we tell PNMs to clean up their Facebook?

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by MaggieXi

I'm probably in the minority, but I agree with you. Facebook can be valuable to both PNMs and to sorority members.

Ditto.

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

I think the problem is that FB may not be very representative. For example, I think every FB picture of me in the last year involves me drinking. Does that mean I do nothing but drink? No, it means that I am so busy that I hardly ever go out, so all the picture-taking occasions in my life are weddings, big parties, etc.

If you do one stupid thing, and a friend snaps a photo and tags you, I don't think that should disqualify you from membership.

Also, there are things that may be okay to the collegians that would have the 85-year-old rush advisor clutching her pearls.

You're also over 21. Most PNMs are not.

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Swerving, but how is this different from asking someone to "put his/her best foot forward" for a job interview?

Because you are only an employee of your company for 8 hours a day. You are a sorority member 24/7.

Perhaps we'd have fewer issues with members posting stupid things on Facebook, allowing themselves to have pics taken of them while holding drinks when they are under 21, etc. if we only gave bids to young women who were smart enough to keep their social media posts clean in the first place. It's called good judgment. As the parent of an 11th grader and a 9th grader, I can say that very few of the young people's Facebook pages that I see have anything inappropriate on them. Those are the young people I'd want to be joining our GLOs.