Web2.0 Suicide Machine.

2010-09-16 04:46:57

#1

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6862

interesting site that i saw today on bbc news.

http://suicidemachine.org/

https://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49107000/jpg/_49107848_web2.jpg

Based in the Netherlands, the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine is a website that logs into your accounts and deletes all of your data, friend-by-friend and post-by-post. There is quite a demand for the service. It has had about 90,000 requests so far and there is currently a month-long backlog.

so its a site aimed at people that have supposedly "lost control" of their social lives and their ego to online pursuits, e.g. facebook, twitter, myspace etc. this service completely white-washes all of your online 'presence'. very interesting. i myself know several people that live out their entire social life (and university life) on facebook; people who value friend-count and wall-comments above real nights-out and real interaction. with psychologists and all sorts of studies coming onto this 'new generational ill' and classifying it as forms of social disorder and addiction... what do you think?

are any of you tempted to use it? i think it's tempting purely for the reason that it can supposedly free up to 30-40 hrs a week... what you could do with 30-40 more hours that you aren't spending on facebook, talking on IM or tweeting your every daily activity!

Last edited by Uzique (2010-09-16 04:47:30)

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2010-09-16 04:52:13

#2

Ultrafunkula: Hector: Ding, ding, ding, ding...; +1,975|6866|6 6 4 oh, I forget

Uzique wrote:
are any of you tempted to use it?

Naw, I have the ban button

But srsly sometimes it would be a good idea.

2010-09-16 05:25:45

#3

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6889

i've never deleted a post . . . .

2010-09-16 05:29:58

#4

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6862

this service literally nukes all of your online profiles.

deleting every facebook post, friend and status... wow. no wonder its backlogged!

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2010-09-16 05:36:09

#5

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6845|The Twilight Zone

I'm in no need for this since I have no online social accounts. Email is all I use

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2010-09-16 05:37:33

#6

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6862

i think that would be pretty inconceivable to an english university student... half our social lives are structured on there with events etc.

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2010-09-16 05:47:44

#7

Spidery_Yoda: Member; +399|6662

Well i'm glad I stay away from those damning sites that's all I can say.

2010-09-16 05:55:05

#8

13rin: Member; +977|6871

I have deleted my myspace and facebook pages. I realized that I had taken great pains to be unlisted and kinda hard to locate. Because of those two social websites I had a flurry of ex's contacting me. Shit made me too easy to find.

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2010-09-16 05:56:02

#9

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7041

I think perhaps it would be useful to 'reset' everything if you will. For example, when applying for jobs you could use it to nuke all your accounts, and then make new ones so that you could still keep in contact with people, but without any incriminating data attached to it.

2010-09-16 06:04:31

#10

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6959|NYC / Hamburg

I should sign up my friends to it

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2010-09-16 06:15:03

#11

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|6391|Vortex Ring State

max wrote:
I should sign up my friends to it

totally, for their own good

2010-09-16 08:00:05

#12

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6862

Trotskygrad wrote:
max wrote:
I should sign up my friends to it
totally, for their own good

well you'll need all their account passwords the site doesn't hack your own profiles, haha

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2010-09-16 08:07:20

#13

Bevo: Nah; +718|6913|Austin, Texas

Neat.

I don't know about freeing up time though, I don't "actively" sit around on facebook. It often sits open in a tab while I do other things. 30-40 hours a week seems like a lot.

2010-09-16 08:10:52

#14

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7041

I can't say I do much with Facebook, but I technically spend a lot of time on it because it sits open on my secondary monitor and I use it to chat to people.

2010-09-16 08:14:45

#15

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|7083|Devon, England

Seems kind of dodgy giving your passwords away. I'd assume smart people would change from their usual passwords, though.

2010-09-16 08:17:54

#16

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|7047

Too bad a lot of these people can't live with any balance or control, it's always extremes. Either 40 hours a week on facebook or none at all.

2010-09-16 08:52:44

#17

DrunkFace: Germans did 911; +427|7073|Disaster Free Zone

All narcissists, the lot of them.

2010-09-16 08:53:59

#18

jord: Member; +2,382|7070|The North, beyond the wall.

mtb0minime wrote:
Too bad a lot of these people can't live with any balance or control, it's always extremes. Either 40 hours a week on facebook or none at all.

They do have control. Nobody would make someone do this, it's a choice. If doing this gets mek and warman outside then fair play.

2010-09-16 09:09:47

#19

Defiance: Member; +438|7063

Funny enough, none of my online social content is on facebook, or twitter, or any other main site. I've already gotten rid of most of my information by putting my name in through various search engines and getting rid of whatever comes up, like the forums I ran for my CZ clan 6 years ago.

2010-09-16 09:16:52

#20

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|7047

jord wrote:
mtb0minime wrote:
Too bad a lot of these people can't live with any balance or control, it's always extremes. Either 40 hours a week on facebook or none at all.
They do have control. Nobody would make someone do this, it's a choice. If doing this gets mek and warman outside then fair play.

They don't have control. People have spent loads and loads of time on there and say they wish they could stop but they can't. They feel they need to go on there for that amount of time, not that they want to. It's an addiction.

2010-09-16 09:22:17

#21

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6862

either an addiction, yes, or a reliance upon the platform to be social...

web2.0 'social networking' sites have given to socially inept people an opportunity to be 'popular' without any face-to-face interaction.

excessively shy individuals or people lacking self-confidence rely completely on them to interact with other human beings.

that's why the psychologist in the OP-link said you have to be careful when removing these conveniences from some people...

it can be personally devastating to have 30-40 hours of 'human contact time' taken away from you.

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2010-09-16 09:26:06

#22

jord: Member; +2,382|7070|The North, beyond the wall.

mtb0minime wrote:
jord wrote:
mtb0minime wrote:
Too bad a lot of these people can't live with any balance or control, it's always extremes. Either 40 hours a week on facebook or none at all.
They do have control. Nobody would make someone do this, it's a choice. If doing this gets mek and warman outside then fair play.
They don't have control. People have spent loads and loads of time on there and say they wish they could stop but they can't. They feel they need to go on there for that amount of time, not that they want to. It's an addiction.

For there to be no control they wouldn't even consider deleting all of their social networking accounts they rely on for interaction with others. There is little control in going cold turkey, but there is some in deciding enough is enough and taking it upon themselves to end their facebook lifestyle.

2010-09-16 09:27:38

#23

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|6970|Columbus, OH

I can imagine this can be easily abused by individuals getting back their ex-online-significant-other. I think I have a total of four posts on FB so I can easily delete that shite myself.

2010-09-16 09:42:59

#24

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6862

loubot wrote:
I can imagine this can be easily abused by individuals getting back their ex-online-significant-other. I think I have a total of four posts on FB so I can easily delete that shite myself.

how? you need their passwords. i haven't ever given away my online passwords to an other half... what's the point?

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2010-09-16 09:45:18

#25

Microwave: _; +515|7047|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

I am addicted to Starcraft, can the Web2.0 Suicide Machine help me?

BF2S Forums Web2.0 Suicide Machine.

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