Hello!

So I finally got my digital hub up and running for my online community: badbadteacher.com. This site focuses on teachers accused of behaving badly. It's a bit disturbing as it's usually criminal behavior involved and there's usually a list of newly accused teachers everyday. In fact, every time I've entered the site there's newly accused teachers and past teachers being posted as guilty or non-guilty. Anyone can post to the site and it's not required to sign up or create a profile, you're simply instructed to follow the rules of the site and comment/post as you will. There's been some pretty heated conversations that have risen out of accusations, and I've discovered that they often become more personal than about the actual accused. Usually, the people commenting on certain teachers are from the local area and know kids that have/are attending the school where the teacher was from. Most round of comments about an accused teacher go back and forth from posters who support the teacher and posters who are against the accused (usually resulting in a back and forth battle). This site definitely qualifies as a public shaming site with a goal to reinforce norms. It was created to shed light on a problem that gets worse and worse by month and year. More to come as my studies continue!