Juicy Campus and College ACB

This week in class the topic of gossip rumor websites was thoroughly discussed. I found the points were presented to be very accurate and highlight many concerns of victims on these vicious sites. I know that I was personally a victim of Juicy Campus many times my Sophomore year at Catholic University. The site had proved to be a booming fad on campuses all over the country, it existed as an anonymous collaboration of posts that ripped girls apart physically and emotionally. The problem with the anonymous aspect was that any victim would walk around campus humiliated and questioning who write such mean and possibly untrue things about them. I will til this day remember every post about me that clearly was written by upper class man girls that utilized the Juicy Campus fad to bring younger girls down and feel insecure. One of my best friends had it way worse, there was a column written about her daily and the titles were so cruel. She cried for days on the phone with her mom and dad begging to go home. The site was impossible to escape and slandered many students names yet it was virtually impossible to get the posts taken down. The creators say that the site was made for students to make connections about funny events on campus but why did they not ban the page once it became a display of pure cattiness? I remember telling my dad when I first found out to find ways to stop this site but he quickly found out there was not any way. Schools were interested in banning but due to creation logistics the site was not going anywhere. Even my friend in Ohio was a victim at some point. There were girls all over the country disturbed by the existence of this site, driving some to commit suicide. The owner's did not realize the emotional impact that it has on a person to search a website and find their full name posted and up for interpretation for enemies, friends, or strangers to comment on. I personally an so glad that the site was taken down, although a site that is almost twice as cruel has replaced it, College ACB. The addition of pictures makes it all the more horrifying. When will the creators of these type of sites realize that they are going to far to achieve popularity and create a new booming social medium?

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