In the sanctity of a church or the ear of a confidante, confessions are always shrouded in mystery. But in the context of gossip and the hash-tag world of the college campus, confessions become the most talked about page in social media. Campus Confessions, the latest youth-centric fad, began in January at the National University of Singapore (NUS). So far it has over 22,000 followers and counting.
How it works
The admin sets up a page with a link to a Google Doc, where people can submit confessions anonymously. Like Gossip Girl, no one knows who the supervisor is, and the admin also has no clue who sends in the posts. Comments and likes can be linked to real identities, but there’s an option to submit anonymous responses as well.
Mr nobody think it’s a good platform for people who fret about saying stuff to someone publicly,” says Rick Thomas (name changed), an administrator of city-based confession page Equine. “Since it’s anonymous, it can help the individuals vent safely,” he explains. Adithya Mallya, a social media analyst at 7EDGE Commerce Pvt. Ltd and a member of the confession pages of PES Institute of Technology (PESIT) feels, “There is finally a portal where you can be yourself and say what you want to say. But since it’s an anonymous platform, people should be discreet otherwise the rules of the game change. ”
Going overboard
"If you have joined the group to comment on how hot your colleague is, then you are overdoing it,” says Thomas, but clearly as long as your rants are public and people are willing to listen, online confessions are here to stay.
Details: campusconfession.com