PostSecret

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PostSecret encourages [[lonely]], [[suicidal]], [[emo]] people, with fucked up pasts, twisted [[sex]] lives, and/or disturbing [[fetish]]es, to write their deepest, darkest secrets on homemade postcards. Then, these people mail their [[crap|works of art]] with [[shit nobody cares about|secrets]] scribbled on them to a man in [[Maryland]] that they've never met. He posts them on the [[internet]] and publishes them in [[old media|books]], making the secrets thoroughly un-secret. [[Some argue|Some believe]] that having the most embarrassing [[fact]] about you on display to the entire world will, of course, prevent you from killing yourself.

A selection of some of the most controversial secrets are featured in the song, Dirty Little Secret, by The All-American Rejects. Hearing your secret in the lyrics is yet another reason to not commit suicide.

Materials

PostSecret postcards are commonly made of:
*[[The_Google#Google_Images|Google Image Search]] search results
*[[Porn]]
*[[Photoshop]] [[skillz]]
*Song lyrics
*[[Poetry]]
*The creator's own [[shit|artistic abilities]]
*[[Fail]]
*[[AIDS]]

History

PostSecret was originally founded by Frank Warren in response to the [[Supreme Court]] ruling that the [[Catholic]] [[Church]] must end its [[monopoly]] on secrets. Now, however, PostSecret continues mainly [[for the lulz]] and in the interest of [[capitalism]].

In PostSecret's early days, information about the suicide prevention hotline would be present at the bottom of the page every week. Feedback from visitors would be emailed in and then hand-picked by Frank to be posted in response to the postcards, saying things like, "Don't become [[an hero]]! It was just an iPod! [[bullshit|We still love you]]!"

Then, one day, Frank had an epiphany:

:1. Collect postcards.
:2. Compile these postcards into a book.
:3. Everyone whose postcard is included in the book will be guaranteed to buy the book, plus some other saps.
:4. [[????]]
:5. [[PROFIT]]!

From that point on, the website's primary motivation has visibly shifted away from keeping depressed people alive to keeping Frank's wallet fat. The suicide prevention hotline information was removed and replaced with information about the books, tour dates, and [[Amazon]] links. Visitor comments are chosen to be posted not by how uplifting they are, but based on how well they [[advertising|advertise]] the latest book. And if you send it in a postcard about the book, that HAS to go up. Quick, take down the one about having [[depression|lost all hope]], and put up the ad postcard!

Gallery of Secrets

See Also

*[[Fandom Secrets]]
*[[GroupHug]]
*[[E-psychiatry]]
*[[Threatening suicide]]
*[[DeviantArtSecret|PostSecret on deviantART]]

External Links

*http://postsecret.blogspot.com/" class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400 hover:underline" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">New secrets to laugh at are posted each Sunday
*http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060899190/104-4052290-9543163?v=glance&n=283155/" class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400 hover:underline" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The PostSecret cash cow
*http://www.postsecretcommunity.com/chat/" class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400 hover:underline" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">PostSecret forum, filled with angsty teens

[[Category:Internets Phenomena]]