PassivePost is a community-based blogging site and net art piece which points out the effect that new communications mediums have on social interaction. It is inspired by Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Mike Bennett's piece BumpList, which placed a small number of rules restricting the use of a public e-mailing list.

PassivePost restricts bloggers with 3 simple rules as a means of preventing many of the follies which the public internet blogging presents. By keeping only 3 posts on the front page at a time, an anonymous user can truly speak their mind and worry only about the immediate reactions and not the long-term consequences of their actions.

The idea of a blogging site as an interactive net art form may seem slightly odd. The purpose behind the piece is to create a domain for experimentation and community development. This was proven by BumpList to be more effective within an altered form of a technogically new communications medium. The 'blog' has become a staple of the modern internet; a means through which any user can approach a simple GUI and leave their mark in hypertext. By deviating from the blogging norm, PassivePost allows users to approach an obscured posting format in hopes of producing an iconic community of its own. Anonymous posting for the ADD generation. Getting your word out (and more importantly: read) is now only a matter of who is reading at the time when you post.

The introduction of logs is a way of 'proving' your status on PassivePost... if that sort of thing is important to you. A way of knowing who the addicts are, who the n00bs are and those who lurk the grey area in between.

Most importantly, PassivePost is still a blogging site. It is still a place to go to set your words free. Use it as a tool. Ask for help. Make friends. Start post wars. Make the site yours!

PassivePost is a subdivision of superfake.net.