Actives Need to Clean Up Facebook, Too

[33girl]

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[greekalum]

Thanks!

[UGAalum94]

I think college kids need to be reminded time and time again that the groups are public, and that more than the intended audience may see them.

That said, I know many former students are members of facebook groups that don't really describe their interests. Sometimes they think it's funny or ironic to join. Some have even created silly groups about their friends that are not an acurate depiction at all.

Judging any 20 year old by a webpage is probably going to be somewhat misleading, but a smart student would always remember that anyone can look and get the wrong idea.

[Elephant Walk]

I agree with this. Quite frankly I am appalled at some of the interest groups on the college sites, "I got blackout drunk and tried to dance", "what did I do last night?" It may seem harmless and be funny to some members but it really is detrimental to Greek Life. When you have faculty and administration officials who don't look kindly on the Greek system, it belies our case that we are not all about drinking but about sister/brotherhood/philanthropy etc.

I see London I see France, I got black out and thought I could dance

[devilyangel728]

Panhell at the U of Rochester just made it mandatory for all affilated women to deactivate our facebook profiles during formal recruitment. its only 4 days and the purpose was to cut down on the facebook stalking on all parts. a fabulous idea

Originally Posted by devilyangel728

Panhell at the U of Rochester just made it mandatory for all affilated women to deactivate our facebook profiles during formal recruitment. its only 4 days and the purpose was to cut down on the facebook stalking on all parts. a fabulous idea

If someone ever tried to tell me what I was and wasn't allowed to have online, I'd tell em to go to hell.

[PhoenixAzul]

Originally Posted by devilyangel728

Panhell at the U of Rochester just made it mandatory for all affilated women to deactivate our facebook profiles during formal recruitment. its only 4 days and the purpose was to cut down on the facebook stalking on all parts. a fabulous idea

That's interesting considering our Panhel is telling us (the PX's) to use Facebook to get in touch with girls and to talk up recruitment. We're not to use it for anything official (i.e. talking about invites, bids, serious discussions of recruitment etc), but to send notes of "have a great day" and "don't forget, meeting at 6:30 in BFAC lobby!". They've also sent out invites to pre-recruitment events through Facebook all quarter.I fully intend to take mine down forever after recruitment is done. But till then, up it stays.

[LUgammaphi]

I know for us it's a constant thing. We are not allowed to have any photos with alocohol, quotes about partying, or anything you wouldn't show to your boss at a new job. Even if you are 21, all of this has got to be removed, or you have to remove everything associated with gamma phi, including photos of you in letters, etc. It's a pain, and when we go out we have to all be sure no bottles or cans or koozies are in photos. We're the only sorority on campus who does this though.

[Ocalagirl]

It's funny though because I was looking at some of the actives profiles at where I will be going in the fall. I was trying to get a rough idea of what each chapter is like or atleast what their girls looked liked. There is not one GLO that did not have atleast ten members that had pics showing them drinking and I even saw one with their GLO's letters on a coozie holding a longneck. I thought it was actually rude to drink in their letters because I don't think you should drink in them. While I am not sure they need to clean up everything, but come on don't drink in your letters!

[kchaptergphib]

I realize some of these posts are from a while ago, but my advice is still pretty much the same-
1. DON'T LET ANYONE BUT YOUR FRIENDS (real friends, not some random from lecture who's your facebook friend) SEE YOUR PROFILE.
2. USE A DIFFERENT PHOTO SITE FOR YOUR PICTURES.

It's now at the point where I KNOW chapters who have had their charters revoked and members who have been asked to resign their membership for pictures that were posted on Facebook. Also, now that Facebook is available to businesses and anyone in any city to join, ANYONE can see your profile unless you alter the privacy settings. I have heard of people not getting continued interviews/ hired due to the fact that people from the prospective employer could see how poorly they represented themselves on the internet.

I can't tell you how many times I have to remind high school women to privatize their facebook profiles, since college women can look them up, once I send in my recruitment recommendations (as by then, these soon-to-be freshmen usually have their college e-mail address).

So, I'll say it again...
DO NOT PUT UP ANY PICTURES WHERE YOU ARE BEING LEWD, DRUNK, OVERLY-SEXUAL, ETC.

I know it can seem lame that independent folks can post whatever they want, but we can't. But honestly, do you really want to present yourself like you're Paris Hilton? I hope not.

** stepping down from my soapbox, as I am a member of some fun facebook groups, but I don't have any icky pictures of myself up, either **

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Ocalagirl

It's funny though because I was looking at some of the actives profiles at where I will be going in the fall. I was trying to get a rough idea of what each chapter is like or atleast what their girls looked liked. There is not one GLO that did not have atleast ten members that had pics showing them drinking and I even saw one with their GLO's letters on a coozie holding a longneck. I thought it was actually rude to drink in their letters because I don't think you should drink in them. While I am not sure they need to clean up everything, but come on don't drink in your letters!

Until you are an initiated member, you have absolutely no place telling people what they can and cannot do in their letters.

[kddani]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Until you are an initiated member, you have absolutely no place telling people what they can and cannot do in their letters.

And we won't even talk about the shallowness of judging what each group is like by the physical appearance of their members...

Originally Posted by Ocalagirl

It's funny though because I was looking at some of the actives profiles at where I will be going in the fall. I was trying to get a rough idea of what each chapter is like or atleast what their girls looked liked. There is not one GLO that did not have atleast ten members that had pics showing them drinking and I even saw one with their GLO's letters on a coozie holding a longneck. I thought it was actually rude to drink in their letters because I don't think you should drink in them. While I am not sure they need to clean up everything, but come on don't drink in your letters!

I've been keeping quiet for a long time, but now it really needs to be said.

If you really want to have a successful rush at your new school, I'd suggest learning how to keep your damn mouth shut.

Your grades aren't that great, you're rushing as a junior, and you've said a lot of things here that pissed a lot of people off. I don't know what school you'll be rushing at and I don't care that I don't know, but I'll say this -- a lot of people DO care because you know what? They don't want you joining their organization. I'm serious. They'll stop at nothing to make sure of it. Your lack of discretion probably made it a lot easier for them to do so.

So please...if you're serious about rushing and if you really want to get a bid, quit putting your foot in your mouth. You might also want to change your perspective on Greek Life in general and stop being so freaking shallow.

Have a nice day.

[AUDeltaGam]

Originally Posted by OTW

I've been keeping quiet for a long time, but now it really needs to be said.

If you really want to have a successful rush at your new school, I'd suggest learning how to keep your damn mouth shut.

Your grades aren't that great, you're rushing as a junior, and you've said a lot of things here that pissed a lot of people off. I don't know what school you'll be rushing at and I don't care that I don't know, but I'll say this -- a lot of people DO care because you know what? They don't want you joining their organization. I'm serious. They'll stop at nothing to make sure of it. Your lack of discretion probably made it a lot easier for them to do so.

So please...if you're serious about rushing and if you really want to get a bid, quit putting your foot in your mouth. You might also want to change your perspective on Greek Life in general and stop being so freaking shallow.

Have a nice day.

I think I love you.

[KSUViolet06]

My chapter never told us the things we could/couldn't have on Facebook. We were instructed to just make our Facebook/MySpace pages visible to our friends only (which most people did anyway in response to a stalking situation we had). That solved the problem of "cleaning up" Facebook because no PNMs could even see our profiles.

My attitude about PNMs and sorority members partying is different because I went to one of the "party" schools in my state. So girls are in a picture and they're partying? Okay. This is college. A beer in a picture is not awful. And about the coozie, people aren't always thinking about whether items have letters on them, especially if they're not in public. If you're judging ENTIRE groups based on their Facebook photos, then you are going to have a limited choice of sororities because guess what, EVERYONE parties.