Wright State students who use twitter have probably ran across a tweet from the WSU “Crushes” account.
The account — launched only a few weeks ago — is a place where WSU students can anonymously talk or send a shout out to someone they have been admiring or have a crush on.
In its short existence, the account has already accumulated over 1,750 followers – only about 1,000 less than the official Wright State account.
There have been a number of unofficial Wright State twitter accounts popping up on the social networking site the past month, including the recently shut down “WSU Confessions” account and even an account called “Wright Poops” where students can discuss their favorite place on campus to use the restroom.
But without a doubt, the most popular of these accounts is WSU Crushes, who recently spoke with the Guardian. The two female administrators of the account remained anonymous during the interview, going so far as to disguise themselves with sunglasses and bandanas while discussing the twitter account.
“(WSU Crushes) is a place where students can interact with their crushes,” the student said. “Everyone is shy and when people have a chance to post something anonymously, they’re more likely to write it.”
The female student said she created the account when she discovered that students from many other universities have similar accounts.
“The reason why I started it was because other schools have them,” the student said.
“Ohio State has one, Ohio University, Kent State, Cleveland State – so I assumed we had one, so I searched “WSU Crushes” and we didn’t have an account, so I thought that’s a perfect opportunity for me to start one on this campus.”
The account — not officially affiliated with Wright State — claims on their Ask.fm submit page that crushes now will only include the first name of a crush along with the initial of their last name “to protect identities.” The account also claims to not discriminate against sexual orientation, race, religion, gender or disabilities.
In addition, the administrators said they refuse to post anything vulgar or a tweet that could paint Wright State in a negative light. The page will no longer post anything involving fraternities or sororities after being requested to stop.
“If someone wants anything removed, we’ll remove it from the account immediately,” the student said.
Overall, the administrators to the page have called the account a great success so far.
“It’s been overwhelming positive,” the student said. “People like it. At one point we had 600 (new) followers in one day.”
All those new followers led to a lot of crushes being sent in on a daily basis, forcing the original creator of the page to seek help to make sure the crushes were being sent out in a timely manner.
Both girls running the account said they plan to remain anonymous, but enjoy the success the page has been seeing recently.
“It’s fun,” the student said. “People are obsessed with knowing our identity. One person compared me to Batman. I laugh because I see everybody is on the Wright State crushes account.”
One of the goals of the account, according to the administrators, is to find a success story, but nobody has come forward yet saying they met because of a crush on the page.
“I keep posting every couple days ‘Who’s going to be the first Wright State couple?’ so I’m waiting for that,” the student said.
While the page is still in its infancy, the administrators of WSU Crushes hope to see the page live on for a long time.
“I’m hoping this isn’t the peak of it,” the student said. “I think it could go on for a long time, especially with incoming freshmen every year. I’m hoping while Twitter is still around, it’ll be the go-to account for crushes.”
