A contemporary reference
Harvard Magazine’s May–June 2010 coverage describes Harvard FML as a side project of the student magazine The Voice. It gives a contemporary starting point for understanding the site’s place among campus websites.
Read the format as well as the text
Ask how short posts, links and comments shaped the experience. A fragment quoted in another article is evidence of a reference, rather than a complete copy of the original discussion. Avoid inventing a missing conversation around it.
Keep the boundary clear
This independent publication studies a historical website. It is not affiliated with Harvard University, does not accept anonymous confessions and does not reproduce private or unverified student accounts.
