It started with a single personal ad on craigslist:

A collection of secrets from anonymous strangers.

Tell me about yourself.

Only i know the truth.

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Dea bala never expected the outpouring of responses that would follow.

Webfor fans of humans of new york and postsecret, a collection of raw, urgent, and heartfelt stories, shared anonymously.

Attorney helena bala shared a sandwich and a conversation with a homeless man;

Received via a google form, their confessions are then shared on the renowned β€˜fesshole’ twitter account, which has become an internet sensation over the past five years.

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Weba free and anonymous listening project.

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Weba number of people nowadays choose to open up to no other than their trusty device and the almighty internet as well.

Webi decided to pursue these stories full time, in hopes that i’d give my subjects the release they needβ€”from shame, fear, and sadnessβ€”and an outlet in telling their stories.

Each vignette is about two pages long, and covers real stories from real people in the dc area.

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Since then she's talked with hundreds of anonymous people answering her craigslist ad offering to.

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Webpeople have told me i’m quite the β€œcatch” yet i am modest by nature.

I’m a craigslist slut.

Helena dea bala was an exhausted and isolated dc lobbyist, suffocating under the weight of her student loan debt, when she decided to split her lunch with a man who often panhandled near her office.