One of the biggest warnings given to teens who take scandalous cell phone self-portraits is that the photos can always fall into the wrong hands. There may be no worse hands for those to fall into than those of Hunter Moore.

Moore was the founder of revenge porn website “Is Anyone Up,” which specialized in posting submitted nude pics from anonymous sources, while plastering a screenshot of the victim’s Facebook or Twitter page to go along with it. According to an article in Forbes, Moore made close to $10,000 a month on advertising revenue. Ten grand along with having boobies sent to you on a daily basis sounds like a pretty sweet gig, but not one that would make you the most popular guy around, and it didn’t. Moore, arguably the most hated man on the internet, was the subject of countless legal threats, hate mail and was even stabbed on one occasion by a person featured on his website.

Despite the hate, Moore kept his stance the same. “No one put a gun to your head and made you take these pictures. It’s 2011, everything’s on the Internet,” Moore said in a 2011 interview with Anderson Cooper.

The man has a point, like it or not. The men and women posted on his site took their pictures voluntarily, and the fact that their pictures were ever submitted hints that they might not have been the most faithful lovers to their submitters.

However, on Thursday, Moore, the biggest bully on the internet, shut down his own website. Why would the “heartless Hunter Moore” shut down his website, which, since its conception in 2011, garnered over 500 million page views? A change of heart. The URL for “Is Anyone Up” now redirects to BullyVille.com, a website dedicated to stopping bullying, as well as providing resources for dealing with bullies.

In an open letter posted on the site, Moore states he was tired of underage kids being submitted to the website, which is why he’s now partnered with BullyVille and other anti-bullying organization to use his social-networking and promotional skills to help promote good, rather than revenge.

Moore’s shut down of “Is Anyone Up” was sudden, shocking the site’s most dedicated fans, especially those who thought the site would always be around.

I’ll be honest, when I heard about “Is Anyone Up” being shut down, I never expected it to be because Moore suddenly decided to be a good guy. I always expected him to go down in flames, and I’d guess that’s what he thought too.

Still, it’s a great thing Moore has had this change of heart. Bullying is becoming more and more of a problem, and Moore’s change of heart shows that even bullies can change.

Moore’s site, in itself, hopefully made a few kids think twice about sending out those nude pics, and now, with Moore’s new agenda, hopefully he can make a few more kids think twice about bullying.

Over the course of running the site, Moore posted thousands of people, changing their lives, ruining their reputations and making what was supposed to be private into public. Hopefully Moore can affect just as many people with his new goal, but now in a more positive way.

Dominic Renzetti is a sophomore family consumer sciences major. He can be reached at 581-7942 or DENopinions@gmail.com.