Comments on: PostSecret Fans in Uproar Over NBC Show

By: Juniper

Juniper — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:57:01 +0000

It's stupid to consider the idea of sharing a secret in any manner an infringement of copyright. What in the world does Warren do but simply collate the stuff he receives? Plus, while in the beginning Postsecret was interesting and gave an insight into people's fears and desires now it reads like a bunch of Emo kids viral version of cutting themselves in order to get attention. More than half of all the posts are absolutely cringeworthy. And some of the 'responses' posted underneath the cards themselves are embarrassing. You get a sense that rather than people puting out their darkest secrets they've kept for years, you have shallow, pathetic individuals who live their lives seeking something worthy to put on Postsecret.

By: patrick

patrick — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:13:15 +0000

PostSecret fans....maybe you should be upset at frank for stealing your secrets, fears and desires and making millions off of them rather than be mad at NBC copying an enaler

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By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:38:08 +0000

One of the reasons why Postsecret is so touching is because each postcard was written by a real person. Each postcard is a window into another human soul. I doubt that same magic will translate to TV, but who watches TV anymore anyway?

By: sk

sk — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:23:08 +0000

I think nbc should give credit to postsecret. & money too.

because well duh it was Franks idea & because the idiots at nbc can't think of anything new they rip off of other people.

By: Chrissy

Chrissy — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:38:01 +0000

There's something degrading to the secret itself having it shown how Hollywood wants to rather than how the secret's owner wants to. We all know that Hollywood often plays up things to make them more "appealing" when that's not how it was originally established. A post card designed by your own hand to express what you want how you want it is more personal than a story passed through several other hands and twisted until it works. I will always prefer to see how the sharers want their secrets expressed on PostSecret rather than how some group of directors want to share them on NBC.

By: Emma

Emma — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:59:23 +0000

This is disgusting. Postsecret is special to a lot of people, its unique, its different. NBC is not only ripping Postsecret off, but also destroying the entire idea for many people. Its going to become silly secrets that aren't worth hearing about, and its going to be more about the 'Hollywood' aspect, actors and stuff. I do hope that NBC comes to their senses and doesn't produce this show.

By: me

me — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:26:00 +0000

Frank is not completely innocent here…you all make him out to be a saint…I am sure he would agree that he is NOT a saint. he does after all sell a lot of your secrets in those books…you don’t get a cut of that…

By: Aly

Aly — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:44:15 +0000

While I'm curious to see how NBC would portray this post-secret spin off, I wouldn't feel comfortable watching it. My loyalty lies with Frank and the rest of the postsecret community. You see, what NBC obviously fails to realize is the real impact that post-secret has had on so many of our lives. It's become the common denominator of today's human issues and it's what unites us and makes us feel unified with eachother. When you take something so pure and so profoundly affecting to so many people, and you try to exploit that goodness for profit, of COURSE you're going to have an issue on your hands. That's the one big thing about the post-secret community that NBC needs to grasp: it's united us and we're going to protect that with everything we've got. Post-secret is a powerful thing, and unfortunately for you, NBC, you don't stand a chance.

By: secretlover

secretlover — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:04:54 +0000

Oh, sure they got the idea from somewhere else. The network didn't come up with it, it was just pitched to them. Well, you know what? Those are pretty weak excuses. The cold truth is that NBC greenlighted it, NBC will pay for its production and NBC will be profiting from it, so it IS NBC's product. By the way, aside from the blatant content thievery that this is, let's not forget that this new push for user generated content is yet another dodge around paying actual writers and other production personell. The networks aren't forging a brave new artistic path, they are trying to squirm out of having to pay anyone residuals, since "reality" programming was specifically excluded from that concession in the new contract.