[Dean's World] Ron Coleman: Frank steps out

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Posted by Ron Coleman:
Frank steps out
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1183928461.shtml


   No, not [1]that one. (But happy [2]Fifth Blogaversary, Frank J.!)

   The other Frank -- from PostSecret -- has a [3]personal note, and a
   picture (actually, two -- nice looking guy!) in today's
   depressing-but-irresistible (as usual) edition.

   He says:

     Your secrets have added meaning to my life and become a permanent
     part of who I am, but sometimes the emotional toll that comes with
     that can be high.

   I can only imagine. I'm still not sure, for my own reckoning, if he's
   doing a good thing or not. But if this is to be believed, Frank is a
   very special -- or, perhaps, a very wealthy -- person:

     In a USA Today article, Michael Arrington from the Techcrunch Blog
     said he generates about $200,000 a month in advertising revenue
     from his Blog.

     PostSecret is not as popular as Techcrunch. (Technorati ranks
     TechCrunch 4th largest and PostSecret 9th largest in the world.)
     But even so, I have turned down very lucrative offers from
     advertisers in order to protect and respect the secrets strangers
     have trusted me with.

   I'm impressed (and not only with Frank -- [4]here's the USA Today
   article he quoted). But my problem remains: Does public admission of
   sin, a topic of most submissions to Post Secret, do more harm or good?

References

   1. http://www.imao.us/archives/008087.html
   2. http://www.imao.us/archives/008088.html
   3. http://postsecret.blogspot.com/2007/07/personal-note-from-frank.html
   4. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/industry/2007-06-19-tech-bloggers_N.htm