JUICYCampus

als463 · #1 03-06-2008, 08:25 AM

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).

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?

Senusret I · #2 03-06-2008, 09:32 AM

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.

als463 · #3 03-06-2008, 09:36 AM

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.

joliebelle · #4 03-06-2008, 09:41 AM

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

DSTCHAOS · #5 03-06-2008, 09:37 AM

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

als463 · #6 03-06-2008, 09:42 AM

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...

nittanyalum · #7 03-06-2008, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by als463

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?

als463 · #8 03-06-2008, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Why are you putting all that on blast here?

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...

DSTCHAOS · #9 03-06-2008, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by als463

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.

SthrnZeta · #10 03-06-2008, 09:58 AM

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

DSTCHAOS · #11 03-06-2008, 12:12 PM

For the record: "Ours" is already possessive.

em_adpi · #12 03-06-2008, 07:06 PM

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.

AGDLynn · #13 03-06-2008, 07:18 PM

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.

PeppyGPhiB · #14 03-07-2008, 02:18 AM

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.

als463 · #15 03-07-2008, 08:18 AM

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.