Spotted.’
Yet another, unnecessary social network designed for college students to post the ‘latest gossip.’
The problem with gossip, which we all know, is that nine times out of 10 it is completely false. JuicyCampus.com not only makes gossiping easy but also worry free because every post is completely anonymous.’
So, if you want to get back at that freshman girl who hooked up with the boy that you have been trying to get to notice you for the past year a half, why not submit a new post so that everyone can read it and anyone can reply to. Right?
Wrong.’
Frankly, no one cares if you did not get the attention of the boy that you are obsessed with. Because when he wakes up the next day, he probably does not remember the freshman’s name and he probably does not know that you wanted to be the girl he took back to his room last night.’
However, it gets much worse. As if people do not have enough time on their hands, they find it necessary to submit posts about a specific person, bashing their sexuality, ‘looks,’ social status, etc.’ These people have no shame and no lives. What gives anyone the right to degrade someone who they probably have never said more than a ‘hello’ to in passing? There is no justification for any of this.
What makes it worse is that once a topic is started, anyone can add their two cents in. By simply clicking ‘agree’ or ‘disagree’ you then can say anything and everything regarding the topic.
The sad thing is, this is just the beginning. As of Monday, Dec. 1 at 2:35 p.m., Fairfield University has 88 up-and-running topics. Some topics include, ‘Worst person to have at your party,’ ‘Craziest places you’ve hooked up on campus’ and ‘stupid freshmen girls.’
Come on. Are we serious? Is this what really matters at Fairfield, or at any school for that matter? For the five minutes that I had to look at the site in order to find the running number of topics, I frowned upon some of the students who have the audacity to post these ridiculous topics.
One of the topics, titled ‘Gossip’ has a subheading that reads, ‘Just leave ALL OF IT. Everything you heard, everything you want other people to hear, even stuff you feel like making up. Let’s hear it.’
What person, who has any self-respect, would even bother to post information about someone, let alone intentionally posting something that is made-up?
The problem is, that some people do not have any respect, for themselves or for others, and think that by venting via Juicy Campus, a weight will be lifted off of their shoulders. In the end no one wins.’
Whether it is a nasty text message, a rumor spread by word-of-mouth, a post on Juicy Campus or even a Burn Book, you are stooping very, very low. Don’t ‘spill the juice,’ because we all know it turns out to be a mess in the end.’
Be more productive with your lives. Don’t you spend enough hours browsing through people’s tagged photos on Facebook as it is?
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