College ACB
College ACB (or College Anonymous Confession Board) was a website that allowed students from over 500 colleges across the United States to post anonymous gossip, rumors, rants, and discussions about people and college-related activities. The website is no longer in service.
College ACB described itself as "designed to give students a place to vent, rant, and talk to college peers in an environment free from social constraints and about subjects that might otherwise be taboo" and claims to promote "deep and thoughtful discussion".[1] Recently it was bought by Blipdar and no longer exists in its previous form. In October 2011, Blipdar was taken offline.
College ACB separates itself from its predecessor
Features
Peter Frank has taken steps to separate College ACB from the failed JuicyCampus by allowing a large amount of user regulation. Each post of College ACB is given a report button. If a student feels that a certain post is offensive they are able to report the post and have it removed. Furthermore, the website allows for users to post comments and suggestions that they believe will help to improve the website, and other users are given the option to vote on those suggestions. As a registered user, College ACB also states it allows you to experience several other features such as "private messaging, identity swapping, and [the ability to] mark your favorite threads".[2]
History
The website was opened in early 2008 under the name JHUConfessions.com by two recent university graduate students, Andrew Mann of Johns Hopkins University and Aaron Larner of Wesleyan University. Then, the site was only at a Johns Hopkins University. The site expanded to schools where Andrew and Aaron had friends, including Dickinson, Haverford, and Wesleyan.[3][4] Peter Frank, also a student of Wesleyan University, class of 2012, ran the site from February 2009 through January 24, 2011, when he formally announced his decision to sell his share in the site to an undisclosed third party. On February 1, 2010, the website reached a record with over "900,000 impressions [in one day]".[5]
Controversy
Despite its success, College ACB has seen its share of
References
- ^ Frank, P. http://collegeacb.blogspot.com/.
- ^ Frank, P. http://collegeacb.blogspot.com/.
- ^ "Jhuconfessions posts - Tech Talk - CBS News". CBS News. Archived from the original on 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
- ^ Baltimore Sun, http://gadidechter.com/?p=77
- ^ Frank, P. http://collegeacb.blogspot.com/.
- ^ "The Gossip Master Of College Acb". Time. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- ^ Sichel, Jared (2010). "Banning College ACB", Tulane Hullabaloo.
- ^ Frank, P. http://collegeacb.blogspot.com/.
- ^ Koch, Elizabeth (2009). "Is College ACB getting too juicy?", Truman State University Index.
- ^ Emery, Regina. (2010). "SGA discusses bringing back UTM Student Court", The Pacer.