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SBU Crushes gets crushed

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By Heather Monahan

Features Assignment Editor

Around this time last year, BonaMemes was the talk of campus. Earlier this week, another Bonaventure-based Internet sensation grabbed students’ attention.

SBU Crushes (@SBUCrushes), a Twitter account that launched Monday night, blew up immediately and gained more than 500 followers as of Wednesday night. Days after its inception, the account was suspended.

The concept of the account is to give students an outlet to anonymously submit the names of their on-campus crushes to an ask.fm account. The students behind the Twitter account then take the messages they receive on ask.fm and tweet them.

The account initially gained attention by following Bonaventure students on the social media site.

“They followed me and I read a few (of the tweets),” said senior education major Erin Campbell. “I thought some of them were entertaining, so I followed back.”

Word quickly spread as students notified their friends of the account. Lindsay Lupiani, a sophomore international studies major, said her roommate showed her the account.

“I was kind of nervous to read them at first, but once I did, they were hilarious,” Lupiani said. “I know some people who were mentioned, and they just laugh about it.”

While SBU Crushes has gained quite a bit of attention from students, some are slightly apprehensive about the account.

“Realistically, it probably isn’t a good idea,” said junior marketing major Cody Clifford. “We all know how small the Bona Bubble is, so in the long run, I can see the account getting out of hand.”

While he’s unsure of the account, Clifford said he hasn’t ruled out the possibility of it being something positive for campus.

“It could end up being something similar to the SBU Compliments page that’s on Facebook,” he said. “As of now I think the concept is cool and can be seen at numerous schools throughout the country.”

While similar accounts exist at other schools, Campbell thinks the relatively small size of Bonaventure may cause problems.

“I think that since everyone pretty much knows each other on campus, some people may take it personally and be offended,” she said. “Some may see it as a form of sexual harassment based on some of the tweets.”

Lupiani said as of right now, she doesn’t see the account posing a problem.

“Whoever is writing the comments is just having a good time with it,” she said. “They’re not being hurtful towards others, and I’m sure whoever gets mentioned feels flattered. It gives everyone a good laugh and probably makes their day.”

Senior journalism and mass communication major Josh Popsie has received a few comments on the page, and said he finds it entertaining.

“It made me laugh and I was flattered so many girls were interested in my music,” Popsie said. “Then I thought it was probably one of my friends messing with me.”

Naudia Saroyan-Dunn, a freshman business management major, believes the account will evoke curiosity from students.

“I believe SBU Crushes is going to have people wondering who is in love with them and if the attractive person sitting behind them wrote about them,” Saroyan-Dunn said. “It may bring people together.”

While the account has provided campus with something to talk about and has been a source of entertainment, students don’t see it lasting very long.

“I think that much like BonaMemes, it will die out within a couple weeks,” Campbell said.

Though the fate of the account is now in the hands of Twitter’s administrators, students will be waiting patiently to see if the account survives long enough to provide them with comedic relief throughout the upcoming weeks.

monahahm10@bonaventure.edu

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