group hug
| URL | www.grouphug.us |
|---|---|
| Type of site | Anonymous confessions |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Owner | Gabriel Jeffrey and Adam Bregenzer |
| Created by | Gabriel Jeffrey |
| Launched | September 30, 2003 |
| Alexa rank |  968,130 (March 2012[update])[1] |
| Current status | Online |
group hug is a website that publishes anonymous confessions. Readers of the site are encouraged to "confess" using a simple form. All confessions go through a lengthy public screening process before appearing on the main page. The site was launched in September 2003 by Gabriel Jeffrey and it remains a "spare-time project" of Jeffrey and Adam Bregenzer.
The site appeals to both voyeuristic and exhibitionist tendencies. A book, Stoned, Naked and Looking in My Neighbor's Window (ISBN 1-932112-36-7 published by Justin, Charles & Company), compiled confessions from the site. There is also a UK-specific edition of the book (ISBN 0-7432-6826-1 published by Simon & Schuster UK).
The site also has a Dutch-speaking version.
group hug created a podcast, called Audiocrush, "a Podcast about confessions, music, and everything else." group hug is predated by the Apology Project and digitally by Not Proud. Not Proud was started three years earlier in 2000.
[edit] References
- ^ "Grouphug.us Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/grouphug.us. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
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