- ‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ Facebook page goes viral
- Senior University management claims pages harass students and damage their career prospects
- Students upload explicit images to page, adding: “New game. See how long you can have your balls out before someone notices…”
It’s the Facebook page everyone is talking about.
But senior University management are demanding those behind ‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ remove the page, claiming that observations made about students on the page amounts to “harassment of people who go there to study”.
‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ claims it allows students to “anonymously message us about that cheeky someone you’ve seen in the library, or use us to let them know that you’ve noticed them noticing you noticing them”.
The Spotted groups have gained viral popularity since anonymous students set up the page in December 2012. In less than a month, ‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ has achieved over 3,000 Facebook likes.
Students make observations about students in the library which are then re-posted on the ‘Spotted’ page. Recent posts have included: “To the blonde in leggings trying to find a place to sit on level 0, as long as I have a face, you have a seat”.
‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ has recently started posting images to its Facebook page, including an explicit image of one student exposing himself at a computer desk. The accompanying text read: “New game. See how long you can have your balls out before someone notices…”
In an e-mail seen by this paper, the University claimed they would be “writing to the organisers of this site to ask them to remove it”, stating that “most people would find the idea of having their appearance, dress sense or sexual availability commented upon and shared amongst thousands of other people deeply unwelcome.”
They added: “it is also very unwise for students to leave comments since many employers now scan social networking sites and will take a view on people’s professionalism based on what they read there.”
‘Spotted: Exeter Uni Library’ continues to post student’s observations to its Facebook page.
By Tom Payne, Editor
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