SnuLife Alumni Vote Yoon Seok-yeol 1st... Woo Jong-hak "When Going to a Chinese Restaurant, There's Only Jajangmyeon"
by Lim Juhyeong
Published 07 Dec.2020 16:58(KST)
Updated 07 Dec.2020 18:13(KST)
"SnuLife, Just a Dotcom Not Directly Related to Seoul National University"
On the 4th, 'Seoul National University Proud Alumni Vote' Posted on the Community
Yoon Seok-yeol, Prosecutor General and Law Department Graduate, Ranked First
On August 16th, Woo Jong-hak, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Seoul National University, gave a lecture on the theme "Faith in the Age of Science." / Photo by YouTube video capture
원본보기 아이콘[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] Professor Woo Jonghak of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Seoul National University criticized the results of the "2020 Second Half Proud Alumni Vote" held on Seoul National University's online community 'SnuLife' as a "joke." The vote, which included Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, People Power Party lawmaker Yoon Hee-sook, and former Democratic Party lawmaker Geum Tae-seop, reportedly showed Prosecutor General Yoon currently ranking first.
On the 6th, Professor Woo shared an article about Yoon ranking first in the SnuLife alumni vote on his Facebook, sarcastically criticizing it by saying, "If you go to a Chinese restaurant, there is only Chinese food."
He continued, "SnuLife is just a dot-com unrelated directly to Seoul National University," and pointed out, "Although it is said to be a community of Seoul National University students, faculty, and alumni, it is unknown who created it or who joins it."
He added, "As of 2019, there are about 28,000 enrolled students at Seoul National University. Undergraduates number 17,000, and there are over 10,000 master's and doctoral students," and questioned, "Even counting language training students, there are over 3,000. How many of them use SnuLife? Moreover, how many participated in this vote?"
Professor Woo said, "If it were a community truly representing Seoul National University, including enrolled students, faculty, retirees, and alumni, how many votes would be needed to have representativeness?" He continued, "There is a separate site that Seoul National University students mainly use. But only SnuLife appears in the newspapers. That's because they want to eat Jajangmyeon, but that place is a Chinese restaurant," implying that the vote results are biased.
Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol is answering questions from reporters as he arrives at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 1st. / Photo by Yonhap News
원본보기 아이콘According to multiple media reports, on the 4th, a post titled "Voting for the Proud Alumni Award will be held until the 31st" was uploaded on 'SnuLife.'
According to the post, as of 8 PM on the 6th, Prosecutor General Yoon, a graduate of Seoul National University's Law School, received a total of 1,167 votes, ranking first. Following Prosecutor General Yoon were lawmaker Yoon, former lawmaker Geum, former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon from the Department of Aesthetics, and People's Party leader Ahn Cheol-soo from the Department of Medicine.
The candidate list also included ruling party figures such as Democratic Party leader Lee Nak-yeon, former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk, and Roh Moo-hyun Foundation chairman Yoo Si-min, but they reportedly did not make it into the rankings.
Regarding the candidate list, the author explained, "(This survey) selected candidates who were frequently mentioned in the media between July and November using the news big data analysis system 'BigKinds.'"
Meanwhile, SnuLife is a private internet community for Seoul National University established in 1999. Seoul National University undergraduates, graduates, graduate students, and faculty can join after verifying their Seoul National University email.
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