JUICYCampus
 

Someone mentioned the website Juicycampus the other day (which I had never heard of until it a few days ago) and I decided to check it out. I was wondering if anyone else has? I was blown away by how many people posted on there (because you don't have to give a name) and did nothing but, say really mean things about others (giving full names and telephone information). :confused:

Alot of what is talked about on there is Greek Life. If you read through it-I'm pretty sure many of you would be really shocked that people say the nastiest things about people on there without giving it second thought-that's why I wanted to ask:

Do you find websites such as Juicycampus entertaining or interesting since people can say pretty much whatever they please or do you find it to be offensive and possibly a law suit waiting to happen? In fact, they have talked about trying to shut down the site because of just that reason. Thoughts?

I just read the "Hottest gays at Carolina" thread. I chuckled.

It's entertaining in the way that absurd things usually are. But I wouldn't be surprised or upset if most private campuses blocked the site from their network.

I'm just amazed at how people will call others out "by name" and think nothing of it....they go on there saying certain people have STDs, do coke, etc. I was really in shock. It's one thing to go on there and bash sports teams, school reputations (even if all of that is still crossing the line) but, to use someone's actual name on there is pretty bad. I'm still in disbelief.:confused:

I had a difficult time navigating that site. Didn't get a chance to see the "juicy" topics.

i heard about Juicy Campus via a newstory that was on yahoo a little while ago. I checked out a school from my homestate, and read some uh...personal information about a girl that I went to high school with.

I'm just glad that it's not at my school

You can actually click on the "Greek Organization" tab on the side or you can scroll to the top and input your school's name. Many schools aren't listed but, mine is. Even so, it was interesting to hear comments about other GLOs on different campuses but, I couldn't believe some of the other stuff I read. You have to click on the topic and view the replies. Sometimes the topic isn't even that controversial but, people will add something bad to the mix by using someone's name and other identifying information (such as giving out the person's screen name or phone number)....Wow-check it out more and you'll really get an eye-opener about people who don't care much for discretion...

Why are you putting all that on blast here?

I can't view the site at work - it's blocked as pornography, LOL! Doesn't sound like I'm missing much :rolleyes:

I brought it up because someone on Greek Chat commented about the site (in a Recruitment thread-I think)...I was wondering how many people have ever heard about it before. I know that here on Greek Chat people are very "Greek Spirited" in the fact if someone asks about a certain GLO-everyone tells that person each campus is different. It's very rare to have people on Greek Chat say something nasty about another GLO on various campuses so, it was really weird to go onto this website (which struck my curiosity when the girl brought it up) and see some of the nasty things people were saying about other GLOs.

Then, when I read what people were saying about each other-I was stunned. So, I wanted to know how people view sites like that (since we are all very Greek united on this site) and what effect everyone thinks this site may have on Greek life...I can't really imagine going on a website (annonymous or not) and putting down other GLOs...I'm so used to such a positive site where people commend other GLOs for their founder's days, philanthropy events and new members that when I saw this site-I didn't know what to think.

Am I the only one in the dark who didn't know this site existed until the other day? Sometimes I think I'm VERY in-the-dark because certain sites everyone seems to have known about-I had no clue existed...such as finding out about Wikipedia until the last semester of my senior year of college....and even Myspace was new to me then, as well...

A whole lot of schools are not included on that site. So, many of us have no use for that site other than to be a voyeur. And I found that site not interesting enough to be a lurker.

Now that you know the site exists, what are you going to do with it? Go on there to read the latest person being dragged through the mud? Come here to announce that there's a site to go to to see someone dragged through the mud? There's a reason some colleges do not want to be associated with that site and want it closed.

It isn't the first site that has been an uncensored place where college students (and noncollege students) have gone to put people's lives on blast. Those types of sites make other sites, that are known for being rude and cut throat, look like playgrounds.

No, I read it that day that I checked it out for the first time. I'm not sure what I could do about it. You would think enough people who have been on there (that may have been mentioned by name) would make a big enough issue about it.

In fact, some people have heard of the site through other sources such as Yahoo groups and what not. My school's newspaper did a story on it. So, now people are learning about this site. I'm wondering if there is something that can be done because although I have not been named on it (I already graduated so, I doubt anyone really cares much about what I'm doing) I still find it to be very offensive. That's just it, though. PNMs are coming on Greek Chat and saying that they already read through Juicycampus and now want advice from this site.

Whether you may think that I am trying to bring it to everyone's attention so they can blast each other or not (which, I'm really not doing it for that reason)...the fact is that other people are looking at this site for advice (which is scary). We all know how people who know very little about Greek Life (because they haven't joined a GLO yet) assume these sites are the Holy Grail. How many PNMs have talked about not wanting to join a house because their friends didn't care for the reputation? It may seem stupid-but, we seriously have to consider this.

I know NPHC and NPC GLOs operate different (as in how they do membership selection) but, wouldn't you be mortified if someone didn't want to join your GLO because of some stupid stuff they read? What's worse is that people keep talking about how they can't have racy photos on Facebook and Myspace because of future employers. What if these same employers (not saying I agree with this in anyway) choose to check out sites such as this and maybe believe what is said about certain people doing Coke, and other things?

If anyone has any advice on how to even get rid of the site-that would be great too...so, please feel free to contribute.

1.) Do you think the site will have an effect on PNMs or future employers?
2.) Do you think the site should be taken down or is it just another way for people to exercise their "Freedom of Speech" (because I'm sure many people will argue that)?
3.) When did you find out about sites such as this, Wiki, MySpace, Facebook, etc.? I'm just curious considering I found out about many of these sites (to include Greek Chat) not too long ago (about a year ago or so)....?:confused:

Thoughts...:o

We already had a thread where it was mentioned, I had to google and see what it was.

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=93616

If schools really are doing stories about it, we should know about it...much like Alexandra Robbins' great piece of literary poo, Pledged and those "other" Greek sites. Did we ever talk about the Daily Jolt on here? I forgot all about it till a couple days ago...it was kind of like juicycampus but not as trashy. I think facebook & myspace killed it.

If they keep mentioning people by name and it's not policed, eventually someone will sue them and the site will get shut down. I mean, at a lot of those schools, the Greeks have 1) the reputation of being well off and 2) lots of lawyers in the family.

No.

It should be taken down because the main purpose of the site is to abuse Free Speech and do so under their school's name.

From a news perspective, I agree.

From an "ooooh, lookie here" perspective, no need to advertise if this site is being discussed elsewhere.

Disgusting.

Our's is marked by trash talking between the sororities, fraternities, and the GDIs. It's a lot of bad/wrong information. Not entertaining in the least.

For the record: "Ours" is already possessive. :)

Unfortunately, my school is on JC... it is disgusting and downright pathetic what some people will write about others, even people they don't know.

Even Clark Howard, the Atlanta consumer guy, mentioned it yesterday saying how horrible it is. If you have something to say about someone, post your real name so you can be held accountable if its found to be a lie.

I already commented on what my alma mater is doing about JC on the other thread linked to above, but actually some Internet advocates and lawyers are working on a case against Juicy Campus, because they claim that the site is NOT really anonymous as advertised. You can read more about it at http://graphic.pepperdine.edu/news/2...2-21-juicy.htm

A student at Loyola Marymount was arrested for making threats on JC, and supposedly there was also a suicide attempt at LMU based on info shared on the site.

That's why I'm surprised people still feel confident enough to talk so much trash on there. I would be very hurt if people called me out by name and said hateful things on there. I hope it gets taken down, though. Maybe once the site gets sued-it will fall back on the people who posted and they can get what is coming to them. I think I have heard about Daily Jolt (which some stuff said there was mean too-if I remember correctly).

When will people start being "nice" to each other instead of bashing them online? When I read that juicycampus website it made me think of that teenage girl who committed suicide over an instant messaging/ myspace prank by a neighbor girl and her mother. Some people really take that stuff to heart. It would be nice if everyone had a thick skin but, we have to remember that may not always be the case.

So in other words, they could end up going down because of false advertising, not because of what people say on the site - kind of like Al Capone finally going to jail because of tax evasion?

Juicy Campus was started by a Duke graduate. Way to make the alumni proud... :rolleyes:

Yeah, I guess. It's obviously not anonymous; any IP address can be tracked, and they identified the guy who made threats based on that type of information. If it was necessary, they could at least pinpoint the computer that was used to post.

Yale's looking at the issues; its general counsel, among others, is working on what might be done:

http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/23938

It now appears that the entire state of New Jersey is now investigating JuicyCampus: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23705921/

Excerpt: Wed., March. 19, 2008 TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey prosecutors subpoenaed records of JuicyCampus.com, a Web site that publishes anonymous, often malicious gossip about college students....

...JuicyCampus may be violating the state's Consumer Fraud Act by suggesting that it doesn't allow offensive material but providing no enforcement of that rule — and no way for users to report or dispute the material, New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram said Tuesday.

Freedom of speech does not apply in this situation.

JC is ridiculous. A very close friend of mine is currently under attack. It has become a painful experience. Who in their right mind would think this would be fun. I knew before it became personal that it was a nasty site, but now, its a shameful way to hurt people. It makes me so angry that people would get entertainment by hurting people they don't even know. I guess thats a testament to society these days...sad...I know.

^^^I went onto the website for the first time last week and was appalled at how nasty the posters were. It didn't matter who or what they were bashing, it was downright awful.

I'm ashamed to say my alma mater was on there and I was embarrassed to have attended the same school as some of the site visitors

There was an article in last week's People magazine about JuicyCampus.

I just saw that site, it's horrible and should be removed.

Honestly, I only spent a few minutes on the site as I do not like to waste my time and energy on such crude and vulgar things.

However, there was a posting in the UF forum by "A Panhellenic Woman" who supported most of the Panhellenic groups at UF and basically told them to stop calling sorority girls "Sororistitutes". It was actually a good posting...

I'm glad you found a good posting - I checked it out, and was really amazed. How long until someone stalks/threatens someone else through the site, someone is injured or killed, and a lawsuit results? That, or a daytime tv talk show extravaganza.

Already has:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...t-in-jail.html
" A student at Colgate University has been arrested and charged this week with aggravated harassment after he made a post on Juicy Campus, a site that serves as a public forum for students to anonymously gossip about others. The police involved in the arrest admit that the post appeared to be a prank, but say that they "have to take that as seriously as possible."

And there you go.

I am appalled that juicycampus exists. Two young ladies in the chapter
i work for have threads with their names on them and the content is insulting, degrading, and plain uncalled for.

If people don't continue talking about them (and starting threads on GC about them), maybe it'll go away. :rolleyes: :)

true, but i needed to vent my outrage!

I have only looked at the posts for my school and it seems like literally every chapter has been discussed negatively. Interestingly enough, the majority of the posts seem to be against "top chapters"...I rarely see anything even posted about the struggling chapters. However, when those posts do come up they are usually equally brutal.

ok i just checked JC out for NYU and its LAME!

as far as the greeks are concerned, nothing i havent heard before.