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Colleges Struggling With the Digital Bathroom Wall

Posted by Soulskill on from the for-a-good-time-use-google-stall-search dept.

theodp writes "Back in the day, anonymous character assassination was confined to permanent marker scrawl in bathroom stalls. But now, thanks to sites like the student-run CollegeACB.com (ACB=Anonymous Confession Board), which can get hundreds of thousands of hits on a good day, TIME reports that anonymous slander is going viral on campus. Even the most elite universities — normally the land of the politically correct — have been struggling with the problem of anonymous gossip sites and their very un-PC posts, which an Amherst dean likens to 'the worst of junior high.' If he thinks things are bad now, wait until the kids start getting creative with Google Sidewiki."

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  1. Herpes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Soulskill has herpes!

  2. Re:PC, huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am very interested in seeing an example of an American calling a European national 'African American.' I am not doubting you or anything, I'd just like an example to show others.

    Haha, and sorry nothing citeable here because I'm going to post anonymously for this but I have a black African friend who punched an American who referred to him as "African American" [in UK btw]. What a day that was, sigh..

  3. Re:PC, huh? by Bluesman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, I'm an oversensitive pussy, and I find your post extremely offensive and wrong.

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    If moderation could change anything, it would be illegal.
  4. Re:futile struggle by Sheen · · Score: 5, Funny

    You spend time watching 14 year old girls, on facebook?