Since the Fizz Ban resolution passed Fall 2025 plenary with a 58.9% approval rate, SGA has been working tirelessly to contact the Fizz team to remove the Haverford and Bryn Mawr forums, with little to no response received. On February 1, SGA hosted a forum in the Campus Center to candidly discuss their struggles with removing the college from the app and open the floor to those who are vehemently anti-Fizz to collaborate on a solution to steer students to rejecting the app.
Fizz was founded in 2021 by two Stanford University dropouts aiming to create a social media platform for Gen Z that encourages authenticity. The app helps foster campus communities and acts as a virtual town square for college students to connect and spread information that may not be reached by word of mouth. What makes Fizz different from other social media platforms is Fizz’s authenticity and anonymity, allowing users to post uninhibitedly to their entire campus without names attached.
One major point of contention for the Fizzenters is the application’s lack of moderation. At the forum, we learned that it is very rare for Fizz administrators to remove volatile or inappropriate posts, even encouraging these types of posts with positive AI interactions and bots that regurgitate “horny postings” to boost activity on the app. Positive reinforcement on users’ posts draws them back into the app and the leaderboard tallies up who had the most “FizzUps” over the past month (currently, ‘Anonymous’ is in the lead with almost 6 thousand points).
Some Fizz supporters argue that being able to share opinions instantaneously builds community across the Bryn Mawr and Haverford campuses. Fizz-dissenters (Fizzenters?) argue that community cannot be built when nearly all members are anonymous, instead, Fizz perhaps incites destruction. Being virtually anonymous on the internet has proven time and time again to result in more negative reactions than not, which is true of Fizz as well. Forum-goers allegedly reported feeling worse off after scrolling on the Fizz app and being abashed with “racism, misogyny, and fatphobia.” Fizz’s emphasis on anonymity allows every user to post without feeling judged, but has the unintended consequence of unleashing the grisly aspects of human connection. Comment sections become flooded with users bickering with each other and competing for upvotes.
As of now, Fizz’s future at Bryn Mawr is unclear. Whether students abided by the resolution or the app simply fizzled out, it’s hard to tell.
