After months of on-and-off interaction with College ACB—an anonymous internet gossip board—I still can’t understand one thing: Why does anyone still use it? In the beginning, ACB (like its predecessor, Juicy Campus) used to be mildly interesting, with regular posts of humorous anecdotes and morning-after confessions. But now it has completely degraded into insulting various fraternities and sororities.

Although Juicy Campus, the Web site that has become synonymous with college gossip, may have created a buzz around Washington University, students here do not think its closure Thursday will have an effect on the campus social scene. Senior Elyse Sadow said that though many students visited the site, gossip will not stop because it [...]