JuicyCampus shut down. For those of you unfamiliar with the blog, it allowed anonymous posts sorted by campus. These almost always were within the gossip vein, and some escalated to hostile and defamatory posts.
Many people (your prof here included) wanted to see the site die. And it did. But they said they faded not because they were controversial, but instead because the economic downturn is killing online ads.
What do you think? Glad or sad to see it go? What value did the site provide? At what cost? Do sites like this have ethical obligations? Will College ACB just rise up in its place?
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Bye-bye Juicy
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While I can't claim to have actually gone to the site to verify my suspicions, the site sounds incredibly stupid and anyone who would take part in such a thing should feel very bad about themselves.
I just went to the other site mentioned and my suspicions are confirmed.
I went to the site when it was up and running because friends of mine gasped at how obscene it was.
I thought it was shallow
cruel
mean-spirited.
No one I know (including me) was ever on the site, but after looking through the titles of only a few posts I was embarrassed at our campus for indulging in such a vain activity.
Yay for free speech.
Boo for anonymous comments that can seriously jeopardize a person's relationships and student status.
At least if sites like this exist, people should have to post an e-mail addres to respond to.
I agree with Claire that there should be some accountability included when making a post. In regards to free speech, I think people should be able to post whatever they want, even if it is crude and obscene (not that I condone it I just think it's a part of free speech) however I think people should be held accountable in some way to what they are saying so that they think twice about what they post.
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