Exactly, you could easily be framed by some gunner as well. I doubt this is true. It'd be impossible to prove someone's identity online.
I understand that this is the umpteenth thread on this subject, but honestly the aftershocks of such an event will take awhile to completely subside. I don't want to drag things on any further than are necessary out of common decency towards this user but based on conversations both in previous threads and some PMs that I have received:
This user had his SDN handle and facebook names very close to his real name. He made facebook groups both for users on SDN as well as for people accepted to his medschool class - the latter of which (at least) the school in question was aware of. This user was involved in spats with other people both on SDN and on the facebook groups in which he said things he really shouldn't have (things that were unprofessional, but at the same time things that may easily slip out especially when you think nobody is looking, and let's leave it at that).
Now, the school said that they had "conducted an investigation" into his activities on "social media" which could be anything from SDN (although social media seems to be more of a common title for...) or facebook. This may have been prompted by an SDN user who was upset with him, or by someone on one of the facebook groups, many of which were also SDN users. In the course of this they found things that he had posted (again,
very likely FB, which is much harder to deny, especially if there are multiple instances across several time points) which they felt were not in line with their motivations or standards of professionalism. His offer of acceptance was rescinded. The school does not have any obligation to you until you set foot in your first class. This doesnt mean that schools are looking for reasons to boot people (after all, the people staffing them are people too. They probably are more interested in going home and eating leftovers in front of the TV than tracking down shenanigans online), but it does mean that they don't have to explain themselves when they decide to cut ties with an accepted student.
I am posting this level of detail only because I saw each of the threads in the fallout and these sorts of things can tend to spiral out of control in terms of rumor and unhindered speculation, and that is only going to make this drag on longer than is necessary. For those reading who are confused and/or concerned about their own actions just remember:
1) anonymity is a very good thing, regardless of how you behave online.
2) Schools have no obligation to you until they have invested in you.
3) Schools are more interested in filling seats the first time around, and they will not likely remove someone lightly.
So, if possible, lets keep this from growing out of proportion and generating rumors and speculation.
