Six Billion Secrets
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Everyone has one. What's yours? |
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Six Billion Secrets is one of the many websites owned by Spartz Media. To put it simply, it is an FML-esque website where people can go to submit their secrets (in case you couldn't tell by the title) to a supportive community who won't judge them.
...Erm, well, at least that's how Spartz Media describes it. Like any public website, it's almost impossible to avoid judgement, and not everyone is as supportive as you may hope. However, it's a decent place to go if you have something you need to get off your chest but maybe aren't quite ready to talk to someone face-to-face yet, and there are quite a few respectable contributors who are more than willing to provide helpful advice and genuine compassion to those who need it. It's worth checking out, even if it's only to browse through the many postings.
The site also provides a 1-on-1 anonymous chatroom known as Chamber of Secrets (and before you start, yes, I know what you're thinking. And yes, that was most likely intentional).
Keep in mind, the site literally gets thousands of submissions a day, so not every secret submitted gets posted.
- Angst: "Cheerful" wouldn't be the word to describe a lot of the secrets posted. Topics such as suicide, depression, self-harm, and eating disorders are common.
- Emo Teen: A lot of the posters come off as this.
- Emotional Torque: There are a few genuinely talented posters who know how to tug at people's heartstrings.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Well, sort of. The number of secrets on the site is more around the millions (the Six Billion is really referring to the world's population), but it wouldn't take a genius to figure out what exactly the site is all about.
- Fan Art: The illustrated secrets
- Follow the Leader: Is quite similar to the website FMyLife, as well as GivesMeHope (which is also owned by Spartz Media, and was actually meant to be the more optimistic alternative to FMyLife).
- Hormone-Addled Teenager: Many of the posters are teenagers and young adults, and many of the posts are about their love lives.
- Secret Keeper: Not a person, but a whole community. However, this trope could only apply if the person/people you're keeping the secret from don't visit the site themselves.
- Rape as Drama: There are many rape stories, sadly.
- Slice of Life
- Spiritual Successor: Again, to FMyLife and GivesMeHope.
- Troll: Like any website, SBS is not immune to trolls. It's not uncommon to see a few made up "secrets". However, not all of them are necessarily bad, as this little treasure provided much happiness and lulz upon the community (if you don't get it, see this comic created shortly after the moderators realized what they let slip through).
- Twist Ending: Some people like to end their secrets in a shocking or unexpected manner.