Post Secret

On Tuesday September 30th Frank Warren, the creator of Post Secret, gave a presentation at UMBC. I have been following Post Secret since the start of the project. The idea behind it for those of you who don't know is you draw/write your secret on a postcard (or any mail able item) and send it to Frank who then complies them and selects several to post on his weekly blog and keeps others to put in his books.

Those, like me, who closely follow Post Secret sat in line for quite some time outside the UC ballroom. Though while in line I noticed a lot of people were not UMBC students. Well on Frank's blog site he has a Post Secret Community. After the secrets are posted, or after he gives a presentation you can go to the community and login. Once logged in you can comment on the secrets posted or one those shared at a post secret event. The group of people who make comments are often time analyzing the secret finding hidden meanings behind them. Some secrets are very vague and can have varying interpretations. Everyone who belongs to the community can contribute their own opinions or just read others opinions and chose which one or ones they feel best fit what the artist was trying to say. This is a form of crowdsourcing. You are getting the opinions of many different people as to what the meaning or value of a single post card is worth.