What started out as an informal experiment abroad has turned into a campuswide phenomenon and now a year later, it continues to provide comic relief to the student body. What Should We DU (WSWDU), the anonymously-run Tumblr page featuring memes and images centered around DU, turned one year old on Oct. 26 and the creator opened up about the process behind the blog and how popular it has grown.
According to the creator, WSWDU was originally started as a joke.

“I was abroad at the time and feeling homesick and disconnected from the DU community, and never really expected that anyone would find it, much less that it would become as popular as it has,” said the creator, who decided to remain anonymous for the interview in order to follow through with the blog’s anonymity.

At the time, the creator had been reading other blogs that featured gifs and memes and took that inspiration to make WSWDU, which focused specifically on the DU community.

“I thought that starting a blog centered around DU would be a great way of making my peers laugh and a fun experiment,” said the creator.

The blog captures the sentiment of a wide variety of students’ perspectives and each post is catered towards the entire DU community. The memes all revolve around college culture and poke fun at some of DU’s stereotypes like eating at Jelly, registering for classes, opening a tab at the Stadium Inn and Illegal Pete’s infamous Wednesday night ‘Flip Night,’ just to name a few.

To find the images, the creator searches terms like “Parks and Recreation GIF” or “Avengers GIF” and creates captions and phrases to accompany the GIF.

The blog is kept up daily and features timely trends focused around the student body. The creator also allows for submissions from other students, although submissions making fun of or discriminating anyone or any group are not allowed, according to the blog.

Over the last year, WSWDU has gained quite the following, recently, reaching 600 followers. Although the blog has been successful, the creator is still surprised that the growth came so quickly.

“I did not expect WSWDU would become this popular at all. I am still surprised by the following it has, and love it when someone unknowingly sends me a link from the page or when I see someone browsing the blog in class,” said the creator.

Part of the blog’s popularity is due to the fact that the creator continues to remain anonymous. As the frequently asked section of the blog illustrates, the main thing people want to know is the identity of the mastermind behind this amusing blog. According to the creator, it is more fun to keep the audience guessing.

As for the future, students are eager to know who the successorwill be, but the creator is leaving no clues. Instead, the creator continues to use memes and images to keep the crowd on their toes.
For anyone that has yet to experience some comic relief from the blog, check it out here: whatshouldwedu.tumblr.com.