what is this?
boredat is a place to be heard and a place to find out what the people around you are really thinking. post your thoughts, but keep it anonymous (no names). posts can be removed upon request. read the terms of use to find out more
about boredat
jp started boredat in february of 2006 when he was bored at columbia's butler library. he wanted to see what would happen if people were allowed to post whatever they wanted, anonymously. the first version, "boredatbutler.com," was launched on february 6th, 2006 with the header "post your thoughts, but keep it anonymous." there were thousands of posts in only a few days. since then, the site has been expanding to other schools
people often have a lot to say, but can't always publicly express all their thoughts without worrying about how they might be judged. boredat is a platform for free speech; it's a way to get ideas out and to find out what the people around you are really thinking. vote thumbs up to elevate topics you find interesting and thumbs down to bury the garbage you want to eliminate. you can also flag specific posts to have them removed from the site
anonymity guaranteed
all posts are completely anonymous on this site. we do not store any ip addresses or information on users and there is no way we could ever trace a particular post back to the person who posted it
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Gawker, "Dartmouth's Anonymous Website Is Even Less Articulate Than Oberlin's"
The Unofficial Stanford Blog, "BoredatGreen now is BoredatStanford"
Daily Pennsylvanian, 'Bored' now beyond the library
Current Magazine, MSNBC.com, "Bored @"
The New Yorker, "The New Bathroom Wall"
The Dartmouth, "Bored at Baker lets students opine on anything, anon."
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Daily Pennsylvanian, How BoredatVanPelt Are You?
Harvard Crimson, "He Was Pretty Bored, Too"
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Daily Princetonian, "Students alleviate boredom on blog"
Harvard Crimson, "Bored at Lamont"
Yale Herald, "Around the Ivies"
Cornell Daily Sun, "Blog Fights Library Boredom"
IvyGateBlog.com, "Students United by Internet, Soul-Crippling Boredom"
The New York Observer, "Ivy League Logs"