Comments on: Shhh, it's a secret

Shhh, it's a secret

mathowie — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:44:54 -0800

Post Secret is a group confessional, where the site admin solicits deep, dark secrets from anyone that sends theirs in via postcard, then scans them in, and hijinks/hilarity/psychosis ensues. Kinda like grouphug, but more visual and has a bit of a barrier to entry.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:49:56 -0800

What a great concept! I swear I went to high school with this guy though. And he's in the right age range too. But I don't think I did whatever it was to him.

By: orange clock

orange clock — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:17:55 -0800

I'm white, and I also love black girls.

By: Turtle

Turtle — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:21:01 -0800

Very nice indeed. For me, the scanned postcards have the same fascination as the pictures in the sorryeverybody site. I find the form of the message and the reality it hints at as interesting as the explicit message.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:25:40 -0800

I like the idea of using the US Postal system as a filter -- anything too racy/illegal/edgy would get lost in the mail or retained by the carrier, so if you're running the site, you don't have to deal with the craziest of the crazy shit. It's a brilliant method for keeping things in check.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:44:42 -0800

It looks like an awful lot were handed out to art students.

By: OhPuhLeez

OhPuhLeez — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:45:27 -0800

this is good.

By: thebabelfish

thebabelfish — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:03:18 -0800

Interesting and cool idea, but I wonder how many are true (or if that actually matters)? I imagine the number of postcards coming in will diminish at some point as well.

By: climalene

climalene — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:03:50 -0800

What does this one say? My Mom's -----?

By: rafter

rafter — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:12:28 -0800

Mannequin?

By: climalene

climalene — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:17:32 -0800

Aha. I bet that's it, rafter. But 'Mancians' would be a good name for an alien race.

By: amarynth

amarynth — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:26:30 -0800

This one is from whoever is throwing the hands in bottles in Clopper Lake.

By: ChrisTN

ChrisTN — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:35:44 -0800

Oh yeah...it's fascinating to see the ones that I could have done myself.

By: stray

stray — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:23:02 -0800

Very cool about the bottles.

By: RJ Reynolds

RJ Reynolds — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:33:02 -0800

Wow, they're totally awesome. I don't get the 9/11 'rich Arab' story at all though. Uh, some rich guy "pressured" this person to keep taking classes for him and they did, even though after 9/11 they didn't want to? Huh. Can this easily influenced person also go to work for me tomorrow -- even if I'm wearing a turban? This leads me to believe that these are definitely best without commentary. The backstory is noise.

By: DyRE

DyRE — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:52:59 -0800

This is cool. Even if they aren't all true, the presentation probably makes up more than half of the interest.

By: dg

dg — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:27:45 -0800

[this is good]

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:39:08 -0800

Now I wish I had a secret.

By: arielmeadow

arielmeadow — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:54:31 -0800

RJ, for what it's worth, I think the "because he was a rich arab" acts as an explanation for why the confessor got "a lot of money" for acting as the person's academic stand-in. Awesome link. As is perhaps predictable, I was the most amused by the poo confessions, especially "I pood in my snowpants once."

By: Aquaman

Aquaman — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:16:54 -0800

fenriq, I had the same reaction about this guy, but I think he's the do-er, not the do-ee. Anyone else get the same impression?

By: taz

taz — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:22:45 -0800

A great idea that would be totally boring (to me) if it weren't for the fact that the secrets are submitted as postcards. I love this one.

By: Amizu

Amizu — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:18:23 -0800

I had the same reaction about this guy, but I think he's the do-er, not the do-ee. Anyone else get the same impression? Not at all, but at first I didn't even notice that the eyes are blacked out, and that makes a difference. If the picture is of the doer, than the do-ee seems to forgive him to some extent, otherwise he wouldn't have protected his identity by blocking out the eyes.

By: thebabelfish

thebabelfish — Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:26:09 -0800

Amizu: The image wasn't originally blacked out. That must have been added by the editor the weblog between when I first saw it and now.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:22:05 -0800

Currently being discussed (again) 56 posts further ahead.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:28:37 -0800

This is fantastic.

By: nanojath

nanojath — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 19:51:28 -0800

I do like it using slow low-tech to deliver content to the internet.