Let's talk about the idea about PostSecret.
Some people find it hard to understand why would someone like to post secrets to random people, or even expose to the public. A guy made a comment that it's like writing blog, and he thought eventually writing blog is for people to read. I disagree, partially. I never want everyone come to read my blog, coz most of them would not understand.
Anyway, a secret is not a secret if the content is not being linked to a particular person you know, i.e. not in context. Look at some examples on PostSecret:
"When I'm with you, I wear my sexiest thongs......(Just in Case)"
"My fiancé is secretly gay. And it secretly turns me on"
"Once I kissed a boy and I thought I was pregnant"
You may think they are interesting, or funny, or sad, but they are not so much a secret to you until (IF) you find out that they are related to people around. Imagine if you had found out that I had posted the first one, then you may wonder who is the "you" that making me wearing sexiest thongs, which is a more real secret now. Imagine if you had found out that I had posted the second one instead, then you may also had found out some secret about my little-prince. The third one is not going to be an interesting secret no matter who post it, because it is not current and not important, i.e. a boring statement that is so random that not sure why someone would have treated it as a secret.
I would like to know secrets of some people, it just give a sense of closer relationship. Not that I want to dig out things that they don't want to share. I think people who share secrets, display a close and intimate relationship - kind of sexy and romantic. Note that it has nothing to do with a boy-girl love relationship.
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