Most people have at least heard of Juicy Campus, if not visited or posted on Juicy Campus before. However for those of you that have not, Juicy Campus is a gossip website where people can anonymously post about other people on their college campus. Who doesn’t love a little gossip anyway? It is fun to read gossip magazines about celebrities, but even more enjoyable to read comments about that girl who sits next to you in Physics class. However, for the same reasons that we enjoy this website so much (the fact that we might know the people being discussed) Juicy Campus is viewed in an entirely different light when you or someone you care for are being gossiped about. This site allows people to write vicious rumors about others and not have to worry about the consequences of their actions because of the way the architecture of the website. In an article by the CNN reporter Sunny Hostin, (website: http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/17/sunny.juicy/) she discusses the ways in which the Juicy Campus is protected under the Communications Decency Act of 1996 which, “aims to shield Web publishers from liability for libelous comments posted by third parties.” However, many of the comments could be considered slander and without the protection of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, the posters of these malicious comments could be sued for their words. How do we, the users and producers of this website and others like it, go about dealing with the ramifications of the gossip? Is there anything we can do to change the harmful words that are being posted about fellow classmates and friends? In what ways does the architecture of the online world limit us and what are some of the issues of translation involved in this issue?
October 27, 2008...1:59 pm
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October 28, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I feel like no matter where you go or how you put it, there will be gossip. Juicy Campus is just gossip written down, posted all over the internet. I mean, there is a popular TV show called “Gossip Girl” that everyone loves, because of the gossip. Sure, it’s not always fun when you are the subject of the gossip, but it happens to the best of us. Also, if you are part-taking in reading things on the website, you are gossiping, and can’t be hypocritical. I don’t see there being any way that this can be graded or some of the information can’t be shared because, honestly, it would take some of the fun out of it. A lot of it is also very false and not true. Juicy campus is our very own US magazine for our school. It allows people to feel more connected with their surroundings and provides us with entertainment.
October 29, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I agree with the poster above me that there will always be gossip and people who have mean things to say about everyone around them. However, I feel that in the case of JuicyCampus there is a way to diminish the amount of malicious posts and comments on the website. Perhaps if each user on the website had to attach their name and school in which they attend, people would think twice about what they say about others. This way, the person being talked about will have a greater chance and more concrete proof that they were gossiping about them or spreading rumors. That way if the comments got to the extreme point that the victim could press charges, they would have a more narrow idea of who exactly was the culprit.
November 2, 2008 at 3:56 pm
juicy campus is great when you or your friends are not mentioned in it.
It is also the one site that universities and school around the country have been debating weather to ban or not.
as much as i am all for freedom of print and all that, juicy campus kind of takes it too far, since it is effecting students emotionally to the point where some transfer or leave campus.
the majority of posts on the site are false, but of course some of them are true, which gives all of the ones that are made up some credibility.
this site sucks cause it hurts people personally, and you really dont get much out of it besides made up stories of people you may see on the street everyday.
November 6, 2008 at 12:42 am
I had actually never heard of Juicy Campus before reading this. Personally, I wouldn’t see any reason to use this, but I also don’t think there is any reason to go against the producer of the technology. It could have just as easily been called, “Anonymous Campus Helpline,” and would have been used in a completely different way. If you are against gossip, than don’t partake, which reminds me of memories where the noise from kids “shushing” each other to get them to be quiet was actually louder than the noise from kids talking. If you are offended by gossip, well, don’t be, it’s just the result of people trying to feel better about themselves (which says something in itself), and if they are doing it anonymously on the internet, are you really going to take comments that aren’t even represented by someone seriously?
December 13, 2008 at 3:07 am
There is no way to do anything about the harmful gossip that is put onto Juicy Campus, because regardless of any possible restrictions put on the website, substitutes will be created and utilized. There was already a website used for this purpose before Juicy Campus and there will be another one if anything happens to it. The entire student body likes to know what is going on as far as the gossip aspect of student life. With shows like ET and Extra, it is clear that America likes to hear about gossip, but in this case its about students not celebrity. It really is a shame how many people get their feelings hurt over some stupid anonymous website, but I guess there is not much that can be done to prevent it.