jenwondering:

JuicyCampus founder Matt Ivester announced two days ago that the site is being shut down; today will be its last day in operation. For those of you who haven’t heard of this site, it’s a gossip forum that focuses on college campuses. The site is completely anonymous (no names, registration, emails, verification), which leads to overwhelming doses of bitchiness and douchebaggery.

I have a mixed relationship with JC. While on one hand I enjoy occasionally explore it to kill time, on the whole I think it’s rather disgusting. UCSD isn’t a huge hotbed of gossip and scandal, so while I’ve recognized names occasionally on the site, it doesn’t happen often.

My roommate EC, however, has a friend who has been attacked extensively on JC. Sydney has been touted as a slut and worse, and there are pages upon pages on her and her reputedly promiscuous behavior. While browsing through the replies, I noticed two things: 1) people are ridiculous when they are anonymous, and 2) society still sets a double standard for women, and brand those who enjoy sex openly as unclean pariahs. While I’m not surprised by either of these revelations, I’m still a little shocked when it’s regarding someone so personal—a girl whom I’ve spoken to over webcam. When it hits that close to home, it’s hard to stand by and feel nothing.

To be honest, I’m glad the site is shutting down. While I know others of its kind will regenerate and multiply on the web, at least every crass thing said about Sydney will be deleted. Whatever the entertainment value, it’s still not worth it. And obviously, we still haven’t matured enough to end this kind of exploitation.

Last spring, this website and AutoAdmit (which I refuse to link to) outted Patrick as the guy I was seeing and made accusations about unethical conduct blah blah blah. Well, six months later, my relationship is still intact but Matt Ivester’s bank account is not. Guess this guy’s off my “To Sue” list.