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So you made JuicyCampus[0]/YikYak[1] and are surprised you’re being ostracized for it?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JuicyCampus

[1]: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/03/07/yik-yak-re-em...

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My idea and the implementation was honestly much different from these. It was a pretty cool abd unique implementation i think, where you’re commenting on actual person profiles instead of random gossip… hence the virality

It's not like people do not make this kind of websites because it's challenging technically (it's trivial) or because they did not think of it. They don't because it's shitty idea.

So I've been online for over 30 years now and literally every community I've been a part of with over 1000 members eventually has someone build basically this exact same thing. It's about as original and unique as starting a t-shirt business or a discount card for students.

As for your claims that people like it because lots of people were using it, you are being ignorant. People in the community refresh on sites like this/flock to them because of fear. They are afraid of what people are saying about themselves and their friends.

I guarantee if you actually polled users you'd find the vast vast majority of them would wish the site didn't exist. Usage != Support.

No you’re completely wrong on this. Almost all of the discussion was just fun stuff, “oh i like this guy” “this girl is cute” “im crushing on him” etc etc. there were a few bad comments, which btw i dont think comments on the internet should bother you that much, cos itll make your life harder only, but still any bad comments i was deleting when told

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