These are my Spokane Confessions

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, INTERNET?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, INTERNET?

The internet just got a little darker and a lot scarier. Somehow, people in Spokane– people we once respected, figured out how to use the internet as the graffitied particle board wall of a dive bar bathroom or in some cases the scrawl-ridden wall of a high school stall.

Guys, this is the Facebook age! An age where we can proudly post our professions and pictures of us pretending our lives are better than people we went to high school with! All over the internet! But alas, the sordid underbelly of Spokane is seething through anonymous Facebook pages called “Spokane Confessions“, “Whitworth Crushes“, “Gonzaga Crushes“, and several high schools in Spokane have a page that allowing anonymous comments about their so-called crushes, confessions and just general idiotic behavior.

Using an anonymous survey sites like SurveyMonkey, these anonymous Facebook Pages ask people of the group to submit their most secret crushes, confessions and in the most positive case, compliments and the moderator will publish them for the world to see.

From Spokane Confessions, you can find, things like:

“This girl Haley H**** wears a booty pop. I was dancing with her at the club and felt it. Total turn off.”
Whitworth? They’re pretty tame:
“I really liked what the Mormons had to say…but I feel like my whole dorm would look at me differently if I openly admitted it.”
 Spokane high schools are just straight up silly:
#188:
I have such a big crush on Joe A******…he is so sweet and shy! I just wish he would talk to me…I think he’s so cute! ♥
#247 “Troy…. B*****? (I don’t know your last name, sorry xD, but everyone knows you as ‘the new kid’) but just wanna tell you – I like you! Wish you’d notice me :)
The sudden string of these popular pages is certainly curious. Some people love them, some people dispise them. To me, it’s ridiculos to act in the fashion of a high school freshman and post our secrets online. Even more, it lends itself to bullying of high school-aged kids and even adults. The Lewis and Clark Facebook page was closed by Facebook due to the quantity of complaints from Facebook users, and it wouldn’t surprise me to see the rest disappear soon.
What is it about this world that makes people want to talk about people online? Especially when it’s probably fake. For now, Spokane, keep in on the stall walls.
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About The Apostate

Alayna Becker, The Spovangelist editor-in-chief, finds enough time in the day to grow plants, keep tabs on every single thing going on in Spokane and blog most of it. Have a question? She has the answer. She organizes drawers, kick-ass events and young political progressives in Spokane. Oh, and she loves sushi. And boots. And we love her.

One Response to “These are my Spokane Confessions”

  1. I dislike comment boards, so typing this feels ‘dirty’.