Inside /r/SGExams: Meet the young volunteers behind 1 of Singapore's largest online forums for students
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SINGAPORE — It has more than 285,000 members and over a thousand posts and comments a day discussing everything about student life in Singapore — from O-level study tips and university admissions to suggestions on how best to ask your classroom crush outInside /r/SGExams: Meet the young volunteers behind 1 of Singapore's largest online forums for students
SINGAPORE — It has more than 285,000 members and over a thousand posts and comments a day discussing everything about student life in Singapore — from O-level study tips and university admissions to suggestions on how best to ask your classroom crush out. Behind /r/SGExams, Singapore's largest Reddit forum focused on student life in Singapore, is a team of six young volunteers aged 20 to 26 who spend their free time managing and moderating the forum.Among them is Emmeline Kao, who, like many other Singaporean students, first began using the forum in 2021 while she was in secondary school to discuss school work with peers.«I first started using /r/SGExams during my O levels to discuss the answers to the papers on the (forum) megathreads,» said Kao, 19.She continued to frequent the forum thereafter, as she found its content both helpful and entertaining.«Not only were the study tips and revision advice helpful, I also enjoyed reading the 'slice-of-life content' that other students would post about their lives,» she said. Read more