There’s a touching, almost comforting feeling that comes from reading PostSecret, the blog that uploads user-submitted postcards that have been inscribed with someone’s deepest confessions. With posts that run the gamut from hilarious to disturbing, the site serves as a reminder that despite the serious and professional facades everyone wears, we’re all a little nuts.
aRtintimity, a blog that launched earlier this month, is trying to recreate the magic of PostSecret – only this time, they’re doing it with toilet paper. Users are invited to submit photos of the things they’ve drawn on their favorite kind of toilet paper, which are emailed to a designated account and eventually posted. The domain name is awful and the concept is extremely derivative (and potentially disgusting), but the site has a point – you’re rarely as alone as you are in a toilet stall. Why not take the time to share your thoughts?
For those looking to give aRtintimity a spin, here are the guidelines:
1. Once alone in a toilet, express on a piece of toilet paper what you are thinking about at that moment.
2. Be as original/sensible/artistic as possible when you personalize your piece of toilet paper. The goal is to break the taboo surrounding this room and to evoke emotion and create discussion.
3. Once finished, take a photo of your creation and email it at artintimity@gmail.com.
Wow, this is pure genius.
I’d hate to be the guy that screens the toilet paper photos. Sounds like a real “crappy” job.
What do replies look like?
Sounds like some of these people associated with this blog are tripping – but it sounds cool. Here’s another “trippin” blog http://www.goth...te.blogspot.com
i hate copycats and this site names stinks
It’s about time web 2.0 got into your loo. However, it feels somewhat awkward to take your deepest secrets and longings and then wipe your ass with them.
Sight does not seem worthy of a TC post: check out itconfess.com. No pics but at least it is tech based.
I mean site
worst. domain. name. ever.
If you’ve got a domain – why use a gmail address?
One of the worst techcrunch post EVER !
Hopefully when the Billy Warhol WashroomSeXXX World Tour gets Rolling this Fall we’ll have some Sexy Posts for aRtintimity*
Yer right that Domain Name needs serious Work!!
This deserves a post on Techcrunch? Please see the Bathroom Wall facebook application:
http://www.face...Wall/2405679170
Classy.
Kinda lame and potentially really gross…
+ there shouldn’t be rules…
Found this gem from PostSecret:
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—–Email Messge—–
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 12:41 AM
i buy the saddest “charlie brown” christmas tree i can find every year because i feel sorry for it, knowing no one else would ever choose it.
i love that part of me.
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Does this remind anyone else of Phoebe of F.R.I.E.N.D.S fame?
Really? How about you ditch the interns and get back to having writers publishing on this site?
Everything about this post stinks!
lol. great use for phreadz
(emailed from my Nokia)
http://phreadz..../p/5VHK61GKT63/
I love sites like that.
“only in america” can something like this happen and catch on. dont mean to sound racist…
Looks like someone somewhere won a bet (’I bet I can get a 3-post blog featured on TC… tell you what… these 3 posts will even be about crap’).
My 2p worth of visitor feedback on picking stories to run.
In all seriousness, it’s cool to try to differentiate from other websites in the niche that all grow increasingly similar – but TC should not stand out in this way!
I don’t know… There’s something about taking pictures in a bathroom that seems pretty strange.
is this suppose to be a good idea? I don’t know. I just want sh!t and get out. niche-affiliate-marketing.com
gee
no where near as good as post secret
just doesn’t illicit the same feelings
sorry