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March 03, 2008, 03:30 PM ET
Campus Gossip Gets Hateful. Wait, Isn't That the Point?
A couple of blogs have pointed out that Matt Ivester, creator of the campus gossip blog JuicyCampus.com, has pleaded for a cease-fire among users who have apparently gotten particularly hateful. This comes in light of the backlash the site has received from various students and administrators.
“Some of the things that have been posted have been mean-spirited, and we have received e-mails from people claiming to have been defamed on the site,” Mr. Ivester writes. “Our hope for the site has always been that JuicyCampus would be a place for fun, lighthearted gossip, rather than a place to tear down people or groups.”
But what did he think would happen?
Not that this is the first place this has been said.—Hurley Goodall
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