JuicyCampus shutting down
Filed under: Sex Sells, Money College, Extracurriculars
JuicyCampus, the controversial gossip site that allows students to call each other "whores" and "meth-heads" with absolute anonymity, is closing its doors.
Matt Ivester, the company's founder and CEO told users in a note that "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. In these historically difficult economic times, online ad revenue has plummeted and venture capital funding has dissolved. JuicyCampus' exponential growth outpaced our ability to muster the resources needed to survive this economic downturn, and as a result, we are closing down the site as of Feb. 5, 2009."
It's a surprising development, given that the site enjoyed a solid traffic ranking on Alexa with almost exclusively user-generated content with no cost to the company.
The site generated tremendous controversy, with numerous universities banning access to JuicyCampus because of the emotional havoc it wreaked on sensitive students. JuicyCampus apparently never generated the cash to match the media firestorm, but it's still been an important piece of the debate on privacy and first amendment rights on college campuses.
Look for imitators to pick up the slack -- There is far too much demand for on-campus gossip for the concept to disappear completely.
It's a surprising development, given that the site enjoyed a solid traffic ranking on Alexa with almost exclusively user-generated content with no cost to the company.
The site generated tremendous controversy, with numerous universities banning access to JuicyCampus because of the emotional havoc it wreaked on sensitive students. JuicyCampus apparently never generated the cash to match the media firestorm, but it's still been an important piece of the debate on privacy and first amendment rights on college campuses.
Look for imitators to pick up the slack -- There is far too much demand for on-campus gossip for the concept to disappear completely.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-05-2009 @ 5:17PM
PHP said...
With juicycampus closing come over to collegeacb.com. Collegeacb allows users to create posts on their college page and encourages taboo discussions.
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2-05-2009 @ 8:14PM
will said...
adios to another shithole site. good riddance.
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2-05-2009 @ 8:30PM
elaine said...
that is not the only thing that should shut down. The show girls gone wild is disgusting. MY SPACE isn't any better. That is also trashy.
Wake up ,,,young people,,,where is your self respect?
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2-05-2009 @ 9:37PM
Anonymous said...
Some people actually use myspace and other websited in the right manner...its not the website's fault that parents don't monitor their children and don't raise them with self-respect and morals. So, please lets not blame the websites...put the blame where it belongs. Nobody forces you to use these websites or post inappropriate photos of yourself on them.
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2-05-2009 @ 9:48PM
ReadingIsADyingSkill said...
Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Copycats soon to follow.
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2-06-2009 @ 12:09AM
D.P.H said...
What is the male equivalent of whore?
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2-06-2009 @ 12:15AM
SKW said...
A whore. It's a gender-neutral term.
2-06-2009 @ 12:40AM
Wally Pike said...
ACTUALLY, THE MALE EQUIVELANT OF "WHORE" IS SARTYR. THE ROOT WORD IS FROM THE GREEK. I WOULD GUESS THAT PROBABLY ONLY ONE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION WOULD KNOW THAT WORD. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, LOOK IT UP IN THE DICTIONARY.
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2-06-2009 @ 3:41PM
Ray said...
Good riddance.
Close down all of them where filthy language and content are posted. People don't need that to communicate
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2-06-2009 @ 4:13AM
osambo said...
it's a shame that website closed it's doors, just harmless fun, now, if they would only get rid of the ghetto trash sites like aol latino and black voices, the world would be a better place, why isn't there a special site just for white people, to me THAT'S racial profiling, lol.
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