Written for Sooner yearbook online.

“I view the page kind of like a party, and anonymity is the alcohol.”

The administrator of OU Confessions, who started hosting this “party” in February 2013, certainly has a lot of guests to look after. While he does have some help managing the hundreds of posts that come in every day, it is his responsibility to keep students interested in the page.

“I am a gardener,” he says, “I tend and take care of pieces of the page that need growth, and I pluck out the weeds that limit growth.”

He says his goal is not to control the page, but to help it become what users want it to be. “The only reason I exist is to serve the community what they want. So if people want to use the page for more functionality it’s my job to deliver on those needs.” The functionality he is referring to in this case is the use of the page as a place to post missed connections or, more accurately, as a way to hit on someone without fear of rejection, and according to him there have been some success stories.
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