SecretTweet - Post your secrets to Twitter anonymously.

I accidentally overlooked my calendar marking that read “ST 1 YR” — oops.

So what has happened in the first year? A lot.
– Within the first week, submissions went from 1 per day to one per hour (now we average 11 submissions per hour — *THIS* is why all tweets are not published to @secrettweet and are sometimes published to @secrettweet3 instead).
– We (are about to) reach 20,000 followers (that’s averaging 55 STAYING, new followers per day!)
– 34, 087 people have released their secrets for us to read. Thank you.
– 17,142 replies have been made (within the past six or so months — replies are a fairly new, and controversial, addition to the site).
– I launched a blog to help explain what is going on behind the scenes and to encourage more interaction with you guys (http://secrettweet.com/updates)
– We received mentions by LA Times, NY Times, El Pias, Fox News, hundreds of other new outlets, and thousands of other websites and blogs (thanks!)
– I opened up the moderation process to the public. Over 670 moderators have registered, about half of them are active on a weekly basis. Without you guys, I couldn’t keep up with the content and the site would ultimately fail.
– And, finally, a forum was launched on April 1 (One day before the one year anniversary). Since the launch three days ago, the forum has averaged: 14 new users per day, 85 new posts per day, 9 new topics per day, and 12,658 page views. I encourage you to join and take part in the on-going conversations or start your own! Register here http://secrettweet.com/forum/index.php?action=register

I just want to say thank you to everyone who has felt comfortable enough to share their secret with everyone else. Thank you for tweeting, blogging, writing, and talking about SecretTweet. Thanks for replying with supportive and encouraging comments (and thank you for flagging those that aren’t). Thanks for reading this, for being as enthusiastic about your experience on the website as I am. Hopefully I will be writing another post like this on April 2, 2010, and many years after that.

Best Regards,
Kevin Smith
@mozunk
@SecretTweet Guy

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