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[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by carnation

Some of the bullying extended into real life and people were even getting doxxed.

I’m not surprised. I’ve seen documentaries about social media on this same topic. It’s actually dangerous. It can lead to somebody getting seriously injured or killed.

I didn’t see any of that when I came on board. It was still a lot of people posting when I joined. I don’t recall anybody leaving for being bullied after I became a member. I felt like people who were the most interesting and entertaining left, and other folks followed because of their departure.

[Titchou]

One, who shall remain nameless, used a screen name that was a variation on a TV show at the time. It was easy to guess what state she was from...and it happened to be mine. She said enough things that some people sort of got into it with her. I was one. she and I attended the same college but at different times. she figured who I am and made comments about what the people where I worked would think of what I was posting if she sent copies of it to them. We then went on a mission and found out who she was. After I made a comment that her family looked lovely at her daughter's wedding in a picture on her FB page, she pretty much went away.

[Low D Flat]

One way of bullying: People can respond to everything you post with hostile lies about you, so you can't participate in any conversation without the thread turning into a pile-on.

I left for years.

[33girl]

A lot of people went to Reddit (which is very one sided), Instagram, tik tok. Message boards in general have declined, the other one that I was an active member of has vanished completely.

There's also Greek Rank as a factor.

IMO Greek life in general has declined and there aren't as many young people here.

[Phrozen Sands]

Greek rank can eat shit and die.

[Cookiez17]

I hate greek rank. I only go there if something big happens (and sometimes they'll know if a chapter is closing then I double check with a source like here or the school's page.)

Tik Tok with the rise of Bama rush has lead to a lot of dumb takes, and even with people who have served as advisors/volunteers/etc. talking about their experiences, the public doesn't understand how recruitment works and people think every campus is a big greek campus while overlooking smaller campus where yes the chapter sizes may be smaller but you can get an amazing experience. On the flip side there has been a rise of people going into greek life out of that sort of interest.

[Phrozen Sands]

I’d never heard of it until Zach mentioned it, so I went over there to take a look. Some asshat said my fraternity isn’t a real fraternity. Alpha Phi Alpha isn’t a real fraternity? wtf??? That site and everybody on it can go fuck themselves big time. I hope somebody over there sees this post too. Talk that shit over here.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

Greek rank can eat shit and die.

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

I’d never heard of it until Zach mentioned it, so I went over there to take a look. Some asshat said my fraternity isn’t a real fraternity. Alpha Phi Alpha isn’t a real fraternity? wtf??? That site and everybody on it can go fuck themselves big time. I hope somebody over there sees this post too. Talk that shit over here.

And with language like yours commonly gracing GreekChat's pages, new fraternity members and possible GreekChat posters are encouraged that this is a website where they may read and discuss fraternal membership in a respectful manner

[Zach]

Originally Posted by carnation

FSUZeta is right. Bullying, which extended into real life, drove many posters away.

I used to post on a site called Pledge Park. It was ruthless over there. Thick skin was needed. I used to post on Black Greek Forums, too, which was really lightweight compared to old threads I’ve read on this site. Those threads are actually way lightweight, based on what I’ve read, in comparison to Pledge Park tho.

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

I’d never heard of it until Zach mentioned it, so I went over there to take a look. Some asshat said my fraternity isn’t a real fraternity. Alpha Phi Alpha isn’t a real fraternity? wtf??? That site and everybody on it can go fuck themselves big time. I hope somebody over there sees this post too. Talk that shit over here.

Haha you’re getting all uptight over nothing. They said the same thing about PBS. Not a big deal. Who cares what they think?

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

And with language like yours commonly gracing GreekChat's pages, new fraternity members and possible GreekChat posters are encouraged that this is a website where they may read and discuss fraternal membership in a respectful manner

Originally Posted by Zach

Haha you’re getting all uptight over nothing. They said the same thing about PBS. Not a big deal. Who cares what they think?

Y’all are right. I’ll chill. Pissed me off though.

[Cookiez17]

Sadly to them the amazing orgs that are part of the D9/MCGO/NAFLO are a "second thought" despite them doing amazing things on campus. I have seen a few videos about the D9 (and they're usually step shows and new member presentations) but it's nothing compared to the sorority rush content.

[bbygrl01]

Originally Posted by Cookiez17

Sadly to them the amazing orgs that are part of the D9/MCGO/NAFLO are a "second thought" despite them doing amazing things on campus. I have seen a few videos about the D9 (and they're usually step shows and new member presentations) but it's nothing compared to the sorority rush content.

This is actually why I came to GC... I am a sister of a local multicultural (though we are actively working on becoming a national), and we simply cannot relate to any of the 'Bama Rush' content so I came here searching for more relevant information

Reddit is okay, but that also tends to get overpowered with bid day content. At least here its easier to find stuff I am actually interested in

[*winter*]

GC is nice because all sorts of GLOs are part of the conversation.

I took a stroll over to Reddit…turns out, all the people who would come here and post “ZOMG I have been a member for five seconds and I don’t have fifty best friends yet!!! Should I quit now?” have migrated there.

There’s a pretty cool discussion on why “this generation” is dropping out, etc…it’s interesting because we have had the same discussions here ten years ago- with similar observations about “this generation.”

I guess some things never change?

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by *winter*

GC is nice because all sorts of GLOs are part of the conversation.

I took a stroll over to Reddit…turns out, all the people who would come here and post “ZOMG I have been a member for five seconds and I don’t have fifty best friends yet!!! Should I quit now?” have migrated there.

There’s a pretty cool discussion on why “this generation” is dropping out, etc…it’s interesting because we have had the same discussions here ten years ago- with similar observations about “this generation.”

I guess some things never change?

C'est vrai!

[agzg]

A couple of things:

1. As I've aged and matured I've grown more wary of the opinions of older alumnae (and I include myself in this group now) as it relates to the collegiate experience. I'm less willing to share mine without a full understanding of specific contextual details that would be unlikely to be shared on a public message board.
2. Political banter/discussion is less fun now post January 6. We used to talk about a ton of stuff but everything feels so much more dire now that I'm uninterested in going back and forth with someone.