New MHS anon Twitter account spreads compliments

Sammie Eskew, Staff Writer|Mar 18, 2014

The Twitter profile, screenshot by Sammie Eskew.

Over the Christmas Break, an anonymous account on Twitter began creating waves by rating Peachtree City girls. The page was critical and offensive, making comments such as the girl wore too much make up or couldn’t get into a good school. The page was taken down after about a week.

Just yesterday, a new Twitter page surfaced; this page, though, was dedicated to compliments. The page set up an ask.fm account, a webpage designed to allow people to post questions to a users profile and posted compliments that people anonymously posted to the ask.fm on Twitter.

A compliment posted, screenshot by Sammie Eskew.

When one student asked the account what the purpose was, the Twitter account, @NiceThingsMHS1, replied, “I want to make people smile.” It has indeed been making people smile, garnering several responses that the compliments made people’s day. The page surfaced last night and has posted nearly 160 compliments, most of them directed at girls of McIntosh but a good bit to boys as well. It already has 267 followers, and people all around McIntosh have been trying to figure out who is behind the page.

The page has received some critics. Many guys have questioned why there is a need to have social media post for compliments instead of saying them in person. A few have gone so far as to call the page “gay.” However, the majority opinion has been that the page is nice.

As for who is behind the account, there is little knowledge. Several people made accusations over Twitter and tried to guess the creators grade level, but nothing has been revealed. Based on the person’s intentions, its likely his/her identity will not be revealed. Some may think this takes away from the act, and the creator just did it for attention.

The page is certainly refreshing after the past MHS anonymous twitter scandals or even Twitter “beef” scandals. Instead of sending a critical message, it spreads positivity. Hopefully, it may even encourage people to compliment each other more in person. High school drama is never going to die out, but at least there is someone trying to be positive in all the mess.