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Case 02Public information systemFounder era → community handoff

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ReVamp IIITN

Improve perception by improving the information people can actually find.

A public-perception movement combining web corrections, a student-voice community and admissions support.

01Condition

What was true before the work?

A young institute had sparse or inaccurate public information. Prospective students lacked trusted context, while current students lacked an independent searchable public voice.

What was at stake

College choice, student expectations and public reputation were being shaped by incomplete information and one-to-one conversations that disappeared.

02Intervention

Not one feature. A working system.

CRISPR joined three tracks: corrections and structured public information, admissions support with named student responders, and the growth of r/iiitn as a searchable student-voice space.

01Public information corrections
02Long-form admissions guidance
03Named responder workflow
04Searchable Reddit community
05Moderation and independence rules
06Community handoff
03Evidence

What can be defended today.

Public posts verify the admissions-support system, community milestones and the decision to transfer moderation away from CRISPR. Broader reach and perception effects remain unverified.

Public admissions-support announcement
Detailed admissions guide
r/iiitn 1,000-member handoff record
Institute magazine description of ReVamp

Attribution

Credit the actual system.

Founder-directed and founder-era team work, followed by later CRISPR leads and a deliberate community moderation handoff.

After handover

What happened next?

CRISPR publicly stepped away from subreddit moderation to preserve community independence—an example of continuity through relinquished control.

04Limits

What we will not pretend to know.

01

Claimed site, article and reach totals need edit histories and analytics.

02

Perception change cannot be attributed without the original survey and method.

03

Individual contribution boundaries require confirmation.

Capability demonstrated

Service designResearchContent operationsCommunity systemsReputation infrastructure

A similar condition?

Bring us the operational knot.

We will begin with the workflow, the people and the constraint—not with a predetermined technology.