For freshman Symone Roper, the news that juicycampus.com was shut down on Feb. 5 came as a relief.
It caused a lot of unnecessary drama that didn't need to happen. So I feel good that it's been shut down so no more drama is caused
said Roper, a hearing, speech and language major whose name has appeared on the site.
According to the official Juicy Campus blog, the Web site, which allowed college students to post rumors anonymously, was shut down because of a lack of revenue.
In these historically difficult economic times online ad revenue has plummeted and venture capital funding has dissolved. Juicycampus' exponential growth outpaced our ability to muster the resources needed to survive this economic downturn a news release on the blog stated.
Though the entertainment Web site was created by Matt Ivester as a way for students to share college stories, it became a channel for students to spread rumors about other people on campus.
Anne Lombard, assistant vice president of Student Affairs and director of Campus Life, said she was not sorry to see the Web site get shut down.
You could say whatever you wanted in an anonymous setting and not have to take ownership and without any way to verify that it was truthful
Lombard said.
An on-campus forum with Ivester that was planned for next month has been canceled, said Ryan Lombardi, associate vice president for Student Affairs and dean of students.
We ultimately have the choice of how we use information on the Web or how we don't use that information and that's our responsibility to manage
Lombardi said. I hope that students will take seriously the impact that it can have when they post something about themselves or anyone else.
College Anonymous Confession Board has already taken the place of Juicy Campus as another anonymous college forum and is the Web site that users are automatically redirected to after typing in www.juicycampus.com.
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