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The page described its concept as follows: | The page described its concept as follows: | ||
<blockquote>"This community is based off of PostSecret, how it works is very simple- you use MS Paint or any other graphics program to create a 'secret' about lolita fashion, whether it be you are secretly terrified of Novala or that you absolutely hate Moi Meme Moitie's winter line, this is where to post your secret!"<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111213203850/http://loli-secret.livejournal.com/profile</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>"This community is based off of PostSecret, how it works is very simple- you use MS Paint or any other graphics program to create a 'secret' about lolita fashion, whether it be you are secretly terrified of Novala or that you absolutely hate Moi Meme Moitie's winter line, this is where to post your secret!"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Community Profile|url=http://loli-secret.livejournal.com/profile|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213203850/http://loli-secret.livejournal.com/profile|archive-date=Dec 13, 2011|website=Lolita Secrets}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
=History= | =History= | ||
The Lolita Secrets livejournal community was created on April 17, 2007<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111213203850/http://loli-secret.livejournal.com/profile</ref>, with its first posts happening shortly thereafter. Secrets would be submitted and screened by moderators according to the following rules before being posted in a weekly Sunday posting. | The Lolita Secrets livejournal community was created on April 17, 2007<ref>{{Cite web|title=Community Profile|url=http://loli-secret.livejournal.com/profile|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213203850/http://loli-secret.livejournal.com/profile|archive-date=Dec 13, 2011|website=Lolita Secrets}}</ref>, with its first posts happening shortly thereafter. Secrets would be submitted and screened by moderators according to the following rules before being posted in a weekly Sunday posting. | ||
* Secrets can be a maximum of 640x640 in size | * Secrets can be a maximum of 640x640 in size | ||
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* Secrets about J-rockers/V-Kei artists are allowed, but only if they dress in lolita | * Secrets about J-rockers/V-Kei artists are allowed, but only if they dress in lolita | ||
* Flaming is allowed, but no names are allowed, and if you use a picture, please obscure the face. | * Flaming is allowed, but no names are allowed, and if you use a picture, please obscure the face. | ||
* When using pictures of a person, obscure the face. Names aren't allowed. Userpics are fine. <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111213203850/http://loli-secret.livejournal.com/profile</ref> | * When using pictures of a person, obscure the face. Names aren't allowed. Userpics are fine. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Community Profile|url=http://loli-secret.livejournal.com/profile|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213203850/http://loli-secret.livejournal.com/profile|archive-date=Dec 13, 2011|website=Lolita Secrets}}</ref> | ||
Lolita Secrets was also affiliated with the Lolita Valentines community, which was meant to be a positive, encouraging alternative to the main Secrets community. | Lolita Secrets was also affiliated with the Lolita Valentines community, which was meant to be a positive, encouraging alternative to the main Secrets community. | ||
"[I]t works something like | "[I]t works something like loli_secret only in a more positive way! make a graphic of some sort with text or something on it. it can be about someone you like, someone's accomplishments you think were pretty awesome, someone's super!behaviour, "i ♥ ---!!!", etc. creativity is totally welcome."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Community Profile|url=http://loli-valentines.livejournal.com/profile|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113065903/http://loli-valentines.livejournal.com/profile|archive-date=Jan 13, 2012|website=Lolita Valentines}}</ref> | ||
In December 2011, following backlash and takedown notices for a recent secrets post, moderator robotkittenarmy formally stepped down <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/ | In December 2011, following backlash and takedown notices for a recent secrets post, moderator robotkittenarmy formally stepped down <ref>{{Cite web|date=Dec 27, 2011|title=Concerning the 241st Secrets Post.|url=http://loli-secret.livejournal.com/138795.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103125910/http://loli-secret.livejournal.com/|archive-date=Jan 3, 2012|website=Lolita Secrets}}</ref>, followed shortly thereafter by the remaining moderator team. Recruitment efforts for a new moderation team began in early January 2012 <ref>{{Cite web|date=Jan 2, 2012|title=New mods, and transitioning out of the comm.|url=http://loli-secret.livejournal.com/139630.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103125910/http://loli-secret.livejournal.com/|archive-date=Jan 3, 2012|website=Lolita Secrets}}</ref>, but posts stopped around the same time, and the community was deleted and purged by the next year. An unaffiliated replacement community, Behind the Bows, was created January 17, 2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=Profile|url=https://behind-the-bows.livejournal.com/profile|url-status=live|access-date=Jan 7, 2021|website=Behind the Bows}}</ref> following the same concept and rules and remains active to the present day. | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
[[Category:Websites]] | [[Category:Websites]] | ||
Revision as of 21:18, 8 January 2022
 Screenshot of Lolita Secrets homepage as of February 2012 | |
| Available in | English |
|---|---|
| Founded | April 2007 |
| Website | http://loli-secret.livejournal.com |
| Current status | Closed |
Lolita Secrets was an English-language Livejournal community that hosted anonymously posted image macros in the style of confessions. Submissions and posting would happen on a weekly basis and spanned from opinions about brand releases and community drama to the poster's personal habits and feelings in the fashion.
The page described its concept as follows:
"This community is based off of PostSecret, how it works is very simple- you use MS Paint or any other graphics program to create a 'secret' about lolita fashion, whether it be you are secretly terrified of Novala or that you absolutely hate Moi Meme Moitie's winter line, this is where to post your secret!"[1]
History
The Lolita Secrets livejournal community was created on April 17, 2007[2], with its first posts happening shortly thereafter. Secrets would be submitted and screened by moderators according to the following rules before being posted in a weekly Sunday posting.
- Secrets can be a maximum of 640x640 in size
- Post your own secret, not anybody else's
- Wank is kind of inevitable, because secrets are usually kept secrets for a reason, but please try andkeep bitching to a minimum or else I will bring out the ban hammer.
- Only secrets about Lolita and related fashions (aristocrat, dandy ect.) allowed.
- Secrets about J-rockers/V-Kei artists are allowed, but only if they dress in lolita
- Flaming is allowed, but no names are allowed, and if you use a picture, please obscure the face.
- When using pictures of a person, obscure the face. Names aren't allowed. Userpics are fine. [3]
Lolita Secrets was also affiliated with the Lolita Valentines community, which was meant to be a positive, encouraging alternative to the main Secrets community.
"[I]t works something like loli_secret only in a more positive way! make a graphic of some sort with text or something on it. it can be about someone you like, someone's accomplishments you think were pretty awesome, someone's super!behaviour, "i ♥ ---!!!", etc. creativity is totally welcome."[4]
In December 2011, following backlash and takedown notices for a recent secrets post, moderator robotkittenarmy formally stepped down [5], followed shortly thereafter by the remaining moderator team. Recruitment efforts for a new moderation team began in early January 2012 [6], but posts stopped around the same time, and the community was deleted and purged by the next year. An unaffiliated replacement community, Behind the Bows, was created January 17, 2010[7] following the same concept and rules and remains active to the present day.
Gallery
Footnotes
- ↑ "Community Profile". Lolita Secrets. Archived from the original on Dec 13, 2011.
- ↑ "Community Profile". Lolita Secrets. Archived from the original on Dec 13, 2011.
- ↑ "Community Profile". Lolita Secrets. Archived from the original on Dec 13, 2011.
- ↑ "Community Profile". Lolita Valentines. Archived from the original on Jan 13, 2012.
- ↑ "Concerning the 241st Secrets Post". Lolita Secrets. Dec 27, 2011. Archived from the original on Jan 3, 2012.
- ↑ "New mods, and transitioning out of the comm". Lolita Secrets. Jan 2, 2012. Archived from the original on Jan 3, 2012.
- ↑ "Profile". Behind the Bows. Retrieved Jan 7, 2021.
