That stuff has happened every year since I have been a member here. What I find funny is that people still keep posting stuff after being forewarned on here and other social media sites that this is not smart with anecdotal stories.
~~~ IE it won't happen to me.
~~~ I knew posters wondering why old posters say change your moniker on this site.
To take this off topic for a second, but stay on topic, beware social media groups, including sites like this and college confidential. Keep your name private.
On this site there was an AFA cadet that on several social media sites of how they couldn't be broken during BCT and absolutely no female cadet could break them. On the bus on I Day they became a You Tube sensation. The cadet was reamed by a USAFA female BCT instructor....basically repeating everything he said on the net.
~ She was in his face. Thinking about it the only people on that bus with cell phones to video it were instructors.
~~ Iows, they were waiting for him and he had No clue that when he posted on social media, they were lurking on those sites too.
There has also been Mars boy. He also went on social media besides giving an interview. Google Mars boy USAFA
~ He too did a huge mis-step. Bragged about being interviewed in their hometown paper on social media. Than bragged more.
~~ Do not get me wrong nobody was against him for his article, it was what they posted on social media that ruffled feathers.
In the bowels of this site you will find stories of ROTC cadets/mids
~ One cadet belonged to the det. FB page, and the cadre used the back door of a cadet on FB that didn't lock theirs. They saw a cadet underage drinking at a party. They were pulled in to explain why they violated the 0 tolerance.
~ There is another thread that a mid, on scholarship was revoked during the Joe PA situation. It wasn't FB that got him, but the media.
Just saying, keep your nose clean, and realize that you may think you are smarter than all of us, especially us old people, but you really aren't unless you stay away from divulging info.
My very favorite story is from collegeconfidential.com back in 07 or 08. An asian twin was appointed to USMA. He did the bravado posts about how nobody could break him.
~ Problem was he didn't realize the info he gave out. They came back and asked how many asian twins from NY do you think get appointed to USMA?
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was his response! They basically said let's hope we pick the right twin, iows, you! His brother was not on collegeconfidential.com.
~~ My favorite response was maybe you should have a personalized tee shirt that says it wasn't me.
~~~ He spent the next few weeks trying to get back in the good graces of the posters.
Just saying, there are a ton of anecdotal stories on this site regarding how naive posters think 2+2 doesn't equal 4 and why social media can be a beaaatttchh
Finally, the 1 thing we (Bullet & I) instilled in our DS as an AF Brat was show respect, regardless of your rank to everyone that has spent 1 more day in this life than you. Do that and life will be great.