Monkees Confessions

Hi Anon. We did post one of your confessions yesterday, despite the fact that it was not submitted in the correct format. The format for submissions is clearly outlined on the Submit A Confession page, and there is even an example given. Also, if you check our #mod post tag, you will find posts with directions of how to create a confession. We made one for your other submission, but we typically prefer not to do this because it takes up more of our time and is generally unnecessary. So if you could make sure that your subsequent submissions adhere to the submission format, we will have no problem posting them.

Because we’ve decided to adhere to the posting guidelines from the old monkees-secrets community on Livejournal. It also makes for a more streamlined look, with the text pasted on the pictures, and leaves the integrity of the confession less compromised (in other words, if we posted a picture with text next to it, it’s very easy to alter the text—which we would never do, but with the text ON the picture, it shows that it was made by the submitter and the submitter alone). Honestly, we’ve had this in the rules/guidelines of this Tumblr since Day One, so it really perplexes us that people seem to be having such a difficult time with this…

It’s okay, Anon. We’ve made a few mod posts explaining how, but we’ll repost the instructions here for ya:

“Creating a confession (photo with text pasted on it) is easy-peasy. Some programs you can use are Microsoft Paint, Photoshop, Picasa, Gimp, or ImageReady (MS Paint is probably the easiest, though). 

Simply take any Monkee photo you have, use the Text tool (usually a little icon with the letter “A” in it) to add text, and then save your confession. Presto! You’re done.”

We hope this helps with explaining how to put text on a photo. If you need further assistance, just let us know. :)

Unfortunately, submissions can only be sent in from logged-in users. BUT, we never, ever post any submissions with a username attached to them—they’re all posted anonymously, so your username would never be seen by anyone other than us. The only other method we can think of would be to go to our Ask box and put the URL of your confession there (but it would have to be something like tinypic[dot]com/[yourURLhere] because Tumblr doesn’t allow links to be sent in Ask messages). Either way, we hope you will submit the confession to us, and we promise confidentiality no matter what. :)

Yes, we have stated that we won’t post any confessions that bash a Monkee or a specific Monkees fan. The confession regarding Peter did not qualify as bashing, we felt, because the confessor only said that they had no desire to see Peter again. They did not state why, nor make any libelous accusations or comments about Peter. Yes, it is unfortunate that this person had a negative experience, but it was their experience that they were speaking of, and not claiming that Peter is like that toward everyone. 

As for other fans bashing Peter, if people choose to reblog confessions that are posted here and write their own comments, that is something over which we have no control. Anyone who did reblog that post didn’t do so for “no reason,” as the people who left comments obviously did have a reason for what they wrote (and again, these people were, for the most part, writing about their own firsthand experiences with Peter, or that of someone they know).

One thing we would just like to note is that the Monkees are far from perfect. The fact that anyone—yes, even Monkees fans—would dare to acknowledge this is hardly what we’d call “turning” on them. If we received a confession that was hateful and malicious, we of course would not post it. But fans have had all types of experiences with the members of the Monkees over the years, and to ignore that and pretend that the guys are always perfect and wonderful is to sugarcoat reality—and has the potential to make fans who already feel bad about a negative experience feel even worse. 

Hi! Glad you’re enjoying Monkees Confessions. :) Creating a confession (photo with text pasted on it) is easy-peasy. Some programs you can use are Microsoft Paint, Photoshop, Picasa, Gimp, or ImageReady (MS Paint is probably the easiest, though).

Simply take any Monkee photo you have, use the Text tool (usually a little icon with the letter “A” in it) to add text, and then save your confession. Presto! You’re done.

We don’t know of a particular photo editing website, but if anyone has any suggestions, please do feel free to mention them in a comment on this post.