Facebook 'Compliments' Pages Promote Positivity on College Campuses

Last fall, a new Internet craze hit college campuses: Facebook '' pages.

Four students at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, started a Facebook profile called Queens U Compliments. They encouraged fellow classmates to anonymously submit compliments about members of the university, which were then posted to the profile to be viewed publicly.

"We thought it would be an awesome project to spread happiness and positivity to the Queen's community," says Jessica Jonker, one of the site's cofounders.

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It found enormous success immediately. Jonker remembers logging in to the account a few days after creating it and finding more than 200 notifications and friend requests. "I think that was the moment when we actually thought, ‘Wow, we might actually be on to something here!’"