Fountain Valley Compliments is a Facebook page created on January 6th as a place for people to say nice things, both anonymously and publicly.
Though some people took to the new page with much enthusiasm, others passed it off as a complete waste of time.
A senior who wishes to stay anonymous was one of the first people to discover the Facebook page.
“I thought it was embarrassing. I even asked someone to take down my post because I didn’t want my name slandered all over it,” he said.
“It underrates people who are normally kind on a daily basis,” said Trang Le (‘14).
According to Samee Aboubakare (‘14) from Corona Del Mar (a school that also has a compliments page), compliment pages quickly lose their appeal.
“After a week, no one went on it,” said Aboubakare.
“At first, it had legit compliments, but then people started being shallow and just posted to feel good about themselves,” said Andrew Chau (‘13) “It was overdone.”
High school isn’t about feeling like you’re better than everyone else, seeing your name posted on a page for the school to see while the rest of the school feels bad about not receiving a compliment or not being in the loop. The names mentioned on the site are repetitive, or ambiguous.
And overall, it’s a time waster and more trouble than its worth. We don’t need another incentive to go on Facebook. People say that there is only good to be said for the Fountain Valley compliment page, but we need to move on with our lives.
Some may say that it’s nice to go home and see a compliment posted about them, but this use of technology makes relationships more impersonal. Why do we need anonymity to tell each other we care about each other?
It is so much more satisfying to tap a person on the shoulder, say something nice and sincere, and watch their faces light up.
I really like the way this article was structured! Especially the input from someone outside of our school.
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