collegeacb

[daniellekathryn]

I hope i dont escalate the problem but posting this here, but does your campus have a collegeacb? it is a gossip website like juicy campus, if you had heard of that.

I heard about it early last semester, but now that our campus is in the midst of greek week, it has blown up in popularity. unfortunately that means it has also blown up in the level of slander, rude comments, and basically greek bashing (from GLO members and non members alike)

Does your campus have a problem with this also? websites like these only perpetuate the problem of GLOs lacking unity on campus and having bad reputations among non-greeks. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Has anyone had any experience with this on their campus?

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by daniellekathryn

I hope i dont escalate the problem but posting this here, but does your campus have a collegeacb? it is a gossip website like juicy campus, if you had heard of that.

I heard about it early last semester, but now that our campus is in the midst of greek week, it has blown up in popularity. unfortunately that means it has also blown up in the level of slander, rude comments, and basically greek bashing (from GLO members and non members alike)

Does your campus have a problem with this also? websites like these only perpetuate the problem of GLOs lacking unity on campus and having bad reputations among non-greeks. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Has anyone had any experience with this on their campus?

Stop using it. Tell your chapter to stop using it. Talk to your Greek council about it. The end.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

Stop using it. Tell your chapter to stop using it. Talk to your Greek council about it. The end.

Actually, not really. Anyone can post anonymously, so who knows - all the people on there talking shit about Greeks might actually be independents.

If you have a problem with Greek unity and anti-Greekism on campus, I hate to break it to you, but it was there BEFORE Juicy/ACB. Those sites just exacerbated it. I know it's easier to say those awful websites did it all and everything used to be roses and daisies, but that's just not the truth. The more power you give it, the more power it will have. You say you're in the middle of Greek week? If you have some sort of skit competition coming up, get members of all the groups together and do a parody skit about it. The best way to take the fangs out of something is through parody and satire.

[JohnnyCash]

There's usually an event or a series of events that trigger the rise in popularity of these websites on a certain campus.

For JuicyCampus, it exploded at my university after a chapter shot a porn in their house. CollegeACB hasn't really exploded yet.

But usually the popularity of these websites subside after a while. Just let the novelty wear off.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Actually, not really. Anyone can post anonymously, so who knows - all the people on there talking shit about Greeks might actually be independents.

If you have a problem with Greek unity and anti-Greekism on campus, I hate to break it to you, but it was there BEFORE Juicy/ACB. Those sites just exacerbated it. I know it's easier to say those awful websites did it all and everything used to be roses and daisies, but that's just not the truth. The more power you give it, the more power it will have. You say you're in the middle of Greek week? If you have some sort of skit competition coming up, get members of all the groups together and do a parody skit about it. The best way to take the fangs out of something is through parody and satire.

My point is that if Greeks stop using it (writing on it or reading it), they won't perpetuate the crap that other people post. I think what makes it worse is that people start defending their organization, and that fans the flames. It's like trolls, you ignore it, it will go away.

And no, you can't stop gossip or anti-Greek behavior. I just think that if the Greeks stop paying attention to the site (and similar others), people will stop posting. They only do it to get a rise out of someone. With no audience, they'll probably curl their tails under and run away.