Comments on: JuicyCampus Expands Its Libelous Gossip Machine

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By: JuicyCampus To Expand?

JuicyCampus To Expand? — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:51:45 +0000

[...] Ivester says that the site has yet to encounter legal problems but they are facing increased scrutiny from the [...]

By: juiceman

juiceman — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:09:44 +0000

I’ve heard that Matt Ivester is a huge anti-semite. His statements of freedom of speech are to mask his true intentions of being a bigot. Anyone who does business with him or comes into contact with him should know that he is scumbag.

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I got a Trojan.dropper by visiting this site on my desktop that still has not been cleaned up.

I hope Tech Crunch can look into this. I have a screen shot from SuperAntiSpyware of the details.

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By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:15:57 +0000

Any one know who did the web development on their site – still trashy content, but new look is nice

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Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:37:58 +0000

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By: Juicy Campus

Juicy Campus — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:32:05 +0000

Matt Ivester has some bad karma coming his way. Juicy Campus is really awful.

By: Zach Weisman

Zach Weisman — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:44:56 +0000

the drop point is…etc

By: Zach Weisman

Zach Weisman — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:44:21 +0000

All they need is to set up relatively anonymous and private communication to enable criminal behavior.

By: Jon Kepler

Jon Kepler — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:10:23 +0000

I feel that shows like Gossip Girl and, actually, the new Beverly Hills 90210 (that one girl has a blog where she rips people apart) are making stuff like this commonplace. However, the description of JuicyCampus is still funny:

“Students can discuss the topics that matter to them most in a manner they deem appropriate.”

It’s like the founder has never actually met a college kid. Is ANYTHING they ever deem appropriate actually appropriate? And do most of the topics that matter to them actually matter?

By: Jon Kepler

Jon Kepler — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:05:35 +0000

Of course it does. What did you think it would show?! Stacked results = stacked results.

By: =jason

=jason — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:46:01 +0000

Our tinycrunch poll shows Ivester should be shut down.

By: =jason

=jason — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:44:51 +0000

Doesn’t sound like too much intrinsic value. Sorry friend

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:02:12 +0000

the difference is that http://collegeacb.com is actually a good, useful site. It’s not very popular right now, but those that use it think much more positively of it than sites like juicycampus.

By: Kristine Orr

Kristine Orr — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:38:36 +0000

*yawns* People actually care about unsubstantiated rumors that anonymous people start online?

If anything this isn’t a failure on Juicy Campus’s part, it’s a sign that the college students of America (a.k.a. our future leaders of business and industry) are weak, shallow, and are nothing but a bunch of worthless sheep that believe anything they read.

I’d say it’s a failing on the part of the colleges, the parents, and the students themselves. They need to grow up and get over it.

The site does not need to be shut down and what would it even be sued for? The content was made by an anonymous third party, I don’t think they can be held liable for that. Unless the anon 3rd party was uploading child porn to their servers. That could be a legitimate offense. Everything is else is bored kids whining and crying about their ruined reputations. Cry me a river.

I have no sympathy for those that allow themselves to be victims.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:22:16 +0000

I’d like to jump into the conversation here to discuss a different alternative to Juicy Campus. I think the malicious intent of the site, while initially appealing and as some have mentioned ’sexy’, in the end really does no service to students.

If Yelp was a forum for people to just spout out the horrible traits of restaurant owners by name, I think it wouldn’t be the success it is now.

Therefore, I think sites such as Yollege provide a much better alternative for college students. They can vent, but also voice their opinions on what makes their college lives fun and exciting.
( I do run Yollege.com)

http://www.yollege.com

We’ll see what the ultimate outcome will be on JC, but I hope that students will realize that the exact reason the site is ‘fun’ can turn on them at any moment. I don’t think that’s the type of relationship students want with a website.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:18:41 +0000

There’s also http://collegeacb.com and it looks like http://boredat.com was shut down recently.

There are many clones out there…

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:01:55 +0000

Check out CollegeCopia.com. Also alternative to Juicycampus but should work in a good way. Traffic should be building this month a lot too.

By: Ilya

Ilya — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:45:03 +0000

I see both sides of this coin – it’s fun to read but only if it’s not about you. But I just spent last 30 min on it and it’s very entertaining ! )

By: Goyberg

Goyberg — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:48:02 +0000

Only America could push out a jock targeted site as vile as this. Shame on anyone who uses this bullying service.

By: Vision Aforethought

Vision Aforethought — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:06:53 +0000

There are several issues here: a) The fact someone is capable of producing such a site – without regard for the consequences – shows that society in the USA has now sunk as low as the UK on the “Lord of The Flies” scale. That is, people who are too young to pocess moral judgement have too much power. b) How is it that libel and other laws even allow such a site? And that brings me on to part c) Perhaps as with some other aspects of business and life, one should need a license to publish a web site? (The flaw with this would be that a government could of course us said law to censor specific information.) Anyway, I look forward to the first lawsuit against this site and the poster of any information that causes offence to any innocent Americans. And congrats to TechCrunch for giving such pap space. My respect for TechCrunch just bombed.

By: CellSlam

CellSlam — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:17:12 +0000

Perhaps anonymity gets you dissing high.. but when it is confined to a mobile 3rd screen, this phenomena turns into drama, humor, or dark wit, which has been evidenced in this website

http://www.funmo.com/woym

By: SanDiegan

SanDiegan — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:14:27 +0000

here is why juicycampus will not win:

angry mob of students on university networks > rackspace