Why I Think Explanations Should Be GIven for Deleted Threads

[MaryPoppins]

Mkay. Well this delete/ban thing has been thoroughly hashed out here and on several other threads has it not? Neither side is moving and without some sort of mediation, on the scale of President Carter at Camp David, I don't see any middle ground being displayed at all. Therefore I anticipate that someone will make a comment that invokes Godwin's Law of Internet Threads in the next 24 hours.

I'm taking bets on when that will happen. Just PM me.

[amIblue?]

I like recruitment stories, but I hate reading through paragraphs of descriptions of all the chapters on the open house and first party rounds, especially at a large school. I usually skip to second round, see what chapters are left, then read the earlier info pertinent to those groups.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by carnation

Tallulah's thread was locked because of same-old same-old and AlphaFrog, you claimed to understand why I arranged it as I did. Instead, you're trying to start another pile-on and as you see, lovespink has readily accepted your word as the truth.

I am sick of the lies that have been spouted out over the last TEN years. Were any of you aware that some GCers went to my daughter's school in 2002 and physically tried to interfere in her rush? Were any of you aware that one of the same people went to another GCer's campus (no relation to me) and destroyed her rush? And that that person interfered in a third GCer's rush from home?

When I started Tallulah's thread, I tried to figure a way that I could have a theme and name the 4 groups she'll hopefully be returning to for first invitationals. We do hope she'll have 4 but she may not get 4. I am certainly not saying how many groups are at her school. But--people want to drink the "haterade", as they used to say, and believe that 4 groups were pre-selected as favorites.

Some of you are happily accepting what some push as the truth--that my family and I reject certain sororities as being below us. I would like you to prove that. Some of the people who are touting that as the truth weren't even on GC in 2002, they just believe what someone has told them was true. And it isn't. I have several friends on GC who are members of that group and they know that we respect that sorority.

Let me remind you all that personal attacks are a violation of the TOS. They can get deleted, they can get you banned. Remember that.

Originally Posted by agzg

I'd really super love it if you guys could take this to PM.



No, we don't know all the facts. But DrPhil did know that what she did (posting multiple iterations of the same thread with the same title, with pictures of people or things flipping the bird) was against the TOS. She was smart enough to know how to get banned. When you were banned a few times I'm not sure you knew why or whether or not what you did was against the TOS (I can't remember the circumstances anymore) - but DrPhil's was pretty clearly and intentionally against it.

Man, how did I miss ALL.OF.THIS.

And yes, take it to PM, then screen shot it, then make a new thread. No? Ok. Forget I asked.

[KSUViolet06]

Clearly going back to school and work this week was a mistake. What did I tell you guys about this during work hours?

[tld221]

I forget you're a mod KSUV. you need to work less, and delete threads more.

[FSUZeta]

Actually, said daughter withdrew from recruitment, thus did not receive a bid the first time. She rushed again the next year and accepted a bid.

A chapter at her school did close. I imagine that we can all understand the disappointment those members must have felt, because all of our sororities have had chapters close. One new member was not going to salvage it.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

Actually, said daughter withdrew from recruitment, thus did not receive a bid the first time. She rushed again the next year and accepted a bid.

A chapter at her school did close. I imagine that we can all understand the disappointment those members must have felt, because all of our sororities have had chapters close. One new member was not going to salvage it.

Exactly.

We've all have times when we wish a whole bunch of girls would pledge a struggling chapter to turn the group around, but I don't think any PNM or her mother deserve a whole lot of blame for not trying to single-handedly save a chapter that she's not even a member of yet.

It's my hope that all the RFM stuff will make this largely a thing of the past anyway.

ETA: about the broader issue in this thread. I think all of this stuff is pretty small potatoes so far, but if GreekChat really loses Senusret I over this, there's going to be hell to pay. (I'm just going by his signature.)

[KillarneyRose]

Enough. I wanted to give people a place to air their grievances, but this thread has deteriorated to the point where it's just a bunch of snipping back and forth and insulting one another.

If someone wants to start another thread about their desire for a change in the moderation on this board, feel free to do so. Keep it on topic, though, or it will be closed.

Thanks

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

The way it's been going here the lately makes it appear that some mods are making it up as they go along and are making decisions based not on actual violations of the forum rules but on on a more personal, "I don't like what you said" basis. Note carefully: I said "appear." I'm not saying mods are doing that; I'm saying that's what it can look like to the rest of us.

Simply put, it comes across less as moderating and more as power-tripping. In my opinion, the mods do themselves no favors by not giving explanations.

Very diplomatically put, MC.

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Amen.

*praying this thread won't also be deleted*

I hope the same, but assume this thread will face the same fate as the previous threads which questioned the actions of a mod.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

KillarneyRose said that if you all cannot get with the program (whatever program some of the moderators have created) you should post elsewhere.

Likewise, I think that if the mods can't get with the program (and I think the program GCers are looking for involves transparency and also fair and consistent moderating), perhaps those mods should mod elsewhere. But that's just my opinion, which I assume will be deleted.