Controversial site Juicy Campus shuts down
Brian Washburn and Jack Willems
Issue date: 2/6/09 Section: News
Every college campus' favorite controversial gossip site shut down yesterday after a year and a half of intense scrutiny and viewer loyalty. National college Web site Juicy Campus has officially closed traffic and will redirect viewers to another Web site.
"Unfortunately, even with great traffic and strong user loyalty, a business can't survive and grow without a steady stream of revenue to support it," said Juicy Campus Founder and CEO Matt Ivester in a news release yesterday. "In these historically difficult economic times, online ad revenue has plummeted and venture capital funding has dissolved.
While the economy is the main reason for shutting down the site, other factors, including lawsuits, were speculated as reasons for the end of Juicy Campus. However, this is not the case, according to juicycampus.blogspot.com.
"No charges were ever brought against Juicy Campus by any Attorney Generals. The site is likewise not shutting down as a result of any lawsuits or other sort of legal trouble," according to the Web site. "Juicy Campus' services and policies have always been well within the law."
Though the site's services and policies might have been within the legal spectrum, a few students disagreed vastly with its objective.
"It should be closed down. It's very immature," said senior biology major Courteny Gray. "I think people need to find other things to spend their time on."
"It shows a huge level of immaturity of people on this campus," said junior economics major Henry Rice. Rice thinks the site should be shut down. He heard about how things being said on it were very slanting and saw some of the comments on the Web site and thought they were "pretty disgusting."
"Juicy Campus has raised issues that have passionate advocates on both sides, and I hope that dialogue will continue," Ivester said in the news release. "While there are parts of Juicy Campus that none of us will miss - the mean-spirited posts and personal attacks - it has also been a place for the fun, lighthearted gossip of college life. I hope that is how it is remembered."
The content of the site might have been a point of contention for many college students across the nation (it did expand to more than 500 college campuses across the U.S. and had more than a million unique visitors visiting the site every month), but the site did have a loyal fan base.
"On behalf of everyone here at Juicy Campus, I would like to thank all of our users for reading, contributing to and telling your friends about the site," Ivester said in the news release. "And I'd like to thank everyone who has engaged in meaningful discussion about online privacy and Internet censorship."
"Unfortunately, even with great traffic and strong user loyalty, a business can't survive and grow without a steady stream of revenue to support it," said Juicy Campus Founder and CEO Matt Ivester in a news release yesterday. "In these historically difficult economic times, online ad revenue has plummeted and venture capital funding has dissolved.
While the economy is the main reason for shutting down the site, other factors, including lawsuits, were speculated as reasons for the end of Juicy Campus. However, this is not the case, according to juicycampus.blogspot.com.
"No charges were ever brought against Juicy Campus by any Attorney Generals. The site is likewise not shutting down as a result of any lawsuits or other sort of legal trouble," according to the Web site. "Juicy Campus' services and policies have always been well within the law."
Though the site's services and policies might have been within the legal spectrum, a few students disagreed vastly with its objective.
"It should be closed down. It's very immature," said senior biology major Courteny Gray. "I think people need to find other things to spend their time on."
"It shows a huge level of immaturity of people on this campus," said junior economics major Henry Rice. Rice thinks the site should be shut down. He heard about how things being said on it were very slanting and saw some of the comments on the Web site and thought they were "pretty disgusting."
"Juicy Campus has raised issues that have passionate advocates on both sides, and I hope that dialogue will continue," Ivester said in the news release. "While there are parts of Juicy Campus that none of us will miss - the mean-spirited posts and personal attacks - it has also been a place for the fun, lighthearted gossip of college life. I hope that is how it is remembered."
The content of the site might have been a point of contention for many college students across the nation (it did expand to more than 500 college campuses across the U.S. and had more than a million unique visitors visiting the site every month), but the site did have a loyal fan base.
"On behalf of everyone here at Juicy Campus, I would like to thank all of our users for reading, contributing to and telling your friends about the site," Ivester said in the news release. "And I'd like to thank everyone who has engaged in meaningful discussion about online privacy and Internet censorship."
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Gentry
posted 2/06/09 @ 2:14 AM CST
Juicy Campus did permit some individuals to post immature, defamatory and untrue gossip. But if those individuals choose to post such information online, they are the ones who will face the consequences. (Continued…)
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