Recently, I was informed of a newly popular website called CollegeACB. On this website, anonymous writers will post gossip about specific people, groups, or other miscellaneous campus occurrences. After the initial post, other anonymous writers can contribute to the online slander with their own comments. With the anonymity prescribed by the Internet, people do not refrain from displaying their true thoughts, as there is no fear of exposure. Consequently, with this lack of censorship, people do not stop from writing extremely inappropriate and unkind comments.
This trend not only has the potential to offend people, but it also leads to a lot of misinformation. As anyone with Internet, which the majority of college students have, can go online and read these comments, there is no evidence supporting that what is discussed is true. This introduces a whole new way of inventing rumors, just what college students do not need.
Many of my peers and fellow students enjoy reading what CollegeACB has to say, finding entertainment in the ridiculous statements people post to this website. However, I believe that anonymous posts are what feed this website, and therefore, students should not even access this site. It is unbelievably inappropriate and inhumane for students or groups to be associated with false rumors, or be discussed publicly. The cruel students who post these things to CollegeACB are just provoking other students to follow. The only way to bring an end to their writing is to just simply stop reading.
