2008 Woodie Awards
What happens when you post your secret?
Joe Di Guglielmo
Issue date: 2/1/07 Section: Features
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Do you have the fear of exposing your personal inner feelings to the world? Now, PostSecret.com allows people to share with anyone who visits the site what your deepest and most personal inner feelings - anonymously.
Many have not yet heard about this website around Sacred Heart, perhaps because it is still in its infancy stage.
However, many people were familiar with the music video by the popular rock band The All-American Rejects, where in their video for their song "Dirty Little Secret," they borrow post cards and material from PostSecret.com to coincide with the lyrical content of the song.
"I've heard of the website and I think what they are doing is pretty interesting. What is being shared is some of the most realistic and raw portrayals of the way human beings feel about things," said, FrankeeOliva, junior, Stratford.
The website was started by Frank Warren of Maryland in November 2004.
He started by personally printing out 3000 post cards containing secrets and began handing them to strangers and leaving them in public places.
Each post card also told the reader "share a secret."
Soon, the phenomenon started catching on and secrets started spreading like wildfire. The official method of sharing a secret is to send in a 4-by-6-inch post card containing the message and any artwork by postal mail.
Eventually, Warren's mailbox could no longer contain the flood of letters arriving. People from around the globe were sending in things that they have previously kept to themselves for most of their lives, things they were afraid to share with anyone else
"I've heard of the website by word-of-mouth and checked it out a few times. I like it a lot. It's entertaining to read and see what people are really thinking," said Colleen Cashman, junior, Bridgeport.
"It could also be used in a beneficial way for those who might be feeling lonely or desperate to hear something from other people out there that share a similar thought or emotion," said Cashman.
Many have not yet heard about this website around Sacred Heart, perhaps because it is still in its infancy stage.
However, many people were familiar with the music video by the popular rock band The All-American Rejects, where in their video for their song "Dirty Little Secret," they borrow post cards and material from PostSecret.com to coincide with the lyrical content of the song.
"I've heard of the website and I think what they are doing is pretty interesting. What is being shared is some of the most realistic and raw portrayals of the way human beings feel about things," said, FrankeeOliva, junior, Stratford.
The website was started by Frank Warren of Maryland in November 2004.
He started by personally printing out 3000 post cards containing secrets and began handing them to strangers and leaving them in public places.
Each post card also told the reader "share a secret."
Soon, the phenomenon started catching on and secrets started spreading like wildfire. The official method of sharing a secret is to send in a 4-by-6-inch post card containing the message and any artwork by postal mail.
Eventually, Warren's mailbox could no longer contain the flood of letters arriving. People from around the globe were sending in things that they have previously kept to themselves for most of their lives, things they were afraid to share with anyone else
"I've heard of the website by word-of-mouth and checked it out a few times. I like it a lot. It's entertaining to read and see what people are really thinking," said Colleen Cashman, junior, Bridgeport.
"It could also be used in a beneficial way for those who might be feeling lonely or desperate to hear something from other people out there that share a similar thought or emotion," said Cashman.
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