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"Secrets" communities are modelled after the community project [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postsecret Post Secrets], in which people make a postcard which features a personal secret, and send them to project originator Frank Warren. Select ones are posted regularly on the website, or used in public exhibits and published in a series of books. | "Secrets" communities are modelled after the community project [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postsecret Post Secrets], in which people make a postcard which features a personal secret, and send them to project originator Frank Warren. Select ones are posted regularly on the website, or used in public exhibits and published in a series of books. | ||
| − | The model has been adopted by fandom. The "postcards" are | + | The model has been adopted by fandom. The "postcards" are digital images submitted anonymously to the community. Secrets tend to relate to what may be considered unpopular fannish opinions - disliking the dominant [[OTP]], revealing a love for a rare [['ships|pairing]] (Nobody knows I like...), love for a character {I'd hit that...), or how fandom changed or saved their life. Because authors are anonymous, secrets may contain negative statements towards other fans. Wank in the comments to a post is ''de rigeur''. |
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Revision as of 00:38, 10 January 2010
"Secrets" communities are modelled after the community project Post Secrets, in which people make a postcard which features a personal secret, and send them to project originator Frank Warren. Select ones are posted regularly on the website, or used in public exhibits and published in a series of books.
The model has been adopted by fandom. The "postcards" are digital images submitted anonymously to the community. Secrets tend to relate to what may be considered unpopular fannish opinions - disliking the dominant OTP, revealing a love for a rare pairing (Nobody knows I like...), love for a character {I'd hit that...), or how fandom changed or saved their life. Because authors are anonymous, secrets may contain negative statements towards other fans. Wank in the comments to a post is de rigeur.
Links
- Fandom secrets - pan fandom community
- Spn Secret Post - this community is for secrets from within the Supernatural verse - from one character to another character.
- Spn Secrets community specifically for Supernatural fandom secrets
