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I suspect if he changed the name to not include the college name, while people would be angry, there wouldn't be a real reason to take it down. The sending emails to the college system is also iffy.

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Lack of moderation was the real issue with the site.

I mean ppl could contact me if they wanted anything removed… several people did too

So people had to know your site before they can get anything removed.

That’s not the right way to do it, just like Facebook‘s shadow profiles.

You want to use my data, you ask first.

That's literally how most platforms work.

No, most platforms require that the user creates an account don’t scrap data do create them without consent.

What you mean are spammers who scrap web pages for email addresses to sent unwanted mails.

No. Im not going to ask. That data was public bro, and data, man it was just your name. Come on. I hate this “my data” bs

But people did contact you. Many people. And you told them all you wouldn't take anything down.

It's too late. Content was already distributed the moment it was posted.

Not only it's too late, but when that guy asks, the reply was "bitch come suck my dick".

The most constructive feedback I can come up with you is to think of other people's feelings before doing anything, and don't do anything at scale until you've proved that you can do this. Failing that, learn how to fight. You are too skinny to be this selfish.

Publishing personal data scrapped from internal (private) sources is also a pretty major reason to take it down

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