Critics hoped the better angels of human nature would kill off the popular campus gossip site JuicyCampus.com. Some prosecutors were trying to use the law to do the trick.
In the end, the site’s much-criticized founder insisted he was merely the latest victim of the economic downturn.
In any case, the site one college official recently called a “virtual bathroom wall” of hateful and degrading speech was offline Thursday–much to the relief of administrators and many students nationwide.
