Interesting from a rhetorical/psychological perspective that removing oneself from social media is dubbed "suicide"..... -mz -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Associate, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm@uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org On Jan 3, 2010, at 7:50 PM, Richard Forno wrote:
Interesting concept, though I wonder how long it will remain online. -rick
MSM article:
Wipe The Slate Clean For 2010, Commit Web 2.0 Suicide http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/31/web-2-0-suicide/
...and the site itself...
Tired of your Social Network?
Liberate your newbie friends with a Web2.0 suicide! This machine lets you delete all your energy sucking social-networking profiles, kill your fake virtual friends, and completely do away with your Web2.0 alterego. The machine is just a metaphor for the website which moddr_ is hosting; the belly of the beast where the web2.0 suicide scripts are maintained. Our service currently runs with Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and LinkedIn! Commit NOW!
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