wrapping up

Starting to wrap-up my research. Overall, I feel bad bad teacher has good intentions to bring attention to a such serious issue and most users contributing to the community do, too. However, it is hard to make sure that everyone is using the site for the right reasons. Even though badbadteacher.com uses several modes of control (liability, filtering, and norms), some users still manage to break through and mock/take advantage of the site. Some people just enjoy making a joke out of serious issues, and there's really no way to avoid these people.

Looking toward the future for this site, I think it's just important that the Webmaster makes sure things within the site stay true to the overall goal of shedding light on a serious problem, rather than glorifying bad behavior. If comments from people not taking the site seriously get too out of hand, the future of the site could be jeopardized. In the future, the Webmaster may want to consider that users posting to the site set up personal accounts.