Sites like JuicyCampus.com are a waste of time and energy. They are created to entertain the type of people that live for drama-- a specific kind of drama. Not the heavy kind, like the reality of genocide in Darfur. This type of website exists for the fluffy kind of drama, the he said-she said type of pettiness that can be addicting for some. These websites are created for the purpose of making baseless gossip more accessible to a wider range of people.
Posters on sites like JuicyCampus.com aren't restricted to the truth, because they are sending messages which, hopefully, will garner the proper response, whatever that may be. Those who read these posts are not searching for truth; the offensive, ludicrous, sometimes humourous claims are read for their entertainment value only.
If I were the victim of false accusations on a site like JuicyCampus.com, I would be curious about who had posted it and I'd wonder what had led that person to type what they did, but ultimately it wouldn't really impact me. Just as I would never post something behind someone's back, I would never validate the pettiness of a post by getting upset about it.
Posters on sites like JuicyCampus.com aren't restricted to the truth, because they are sending messages which, hopefully, will garner the proper response, whatever that may be. Those who read these posts are not searching for truth; the offensive, ludicrous, sometimes humourous claims are read for their entertainment value only.
If I were the victim of false accusations on a site like JuicyCampus.com, I would be curious about who had posted it and I'd wonder what had led that person to type what they did, but ultimately it wouldn't really impact me. Just as I would never post something behind someone's back, I would never validate the pettiness of a post by getting upset about it.
4 comments:
Cat: Interesting blog entry - your post is very insightful. Your sentence structure was very effective, and your thoughts came through loud and clear. The picture ads a nice touch and your blog titles capture my attention :] . Keep up the good work .
Good for you Cat. The important thing is to not let any of the comments (not that people would ever say bad things about you :D) affect you. After all, they would have been written by silly college kids anyway.
I agree with your comments. These sites really are just a form of bad humor and entertainment. Nice use of adjectives and vocabulary words there. :D.
Jeeze Cat!
You really nailed on the head what type of people that are reading and writing the spoofs about others online! You really brought to reality what is important about life in a subtle way, wars like Darfur, not what Shannon told Linda, who heard it from Sammy. Your blogs insightful and the picture was an amazing touch!
♥! Manda
Good entry. It is true that juicy campus is just entertainment but it says something that people seek this form of having fun. At least, in the old days, if the town was talking about you, you could find out who was doing the talking. Oh well.
Mr. Shannon
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