Web 2.0 Suicide Machine - Meet your Real Neighbours again - Sign out forever
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#2That site is incredibly well put together. Makes me jealous that someone else's joke is better looking than my own real sites.
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#3Wanna meet your real neighbours again?
God no. That's why the Internet is so awesome - we're not limited to the people we unfortunately find ourselves surrounded by in "real life." Still, good joke ;-)
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#4Good concept but, personally, I find the overdone suicide logos and graphics unsettling.
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#5Here's the quickest way to delete your account in China (only if your account has absolutely no link with your real identity):
Use a proxy, and post anti-government stuff.
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#6Wanna meet your real neighbours again? God no. That's why the Internet is so awesome - we're not limited to the people we unfortunately find ourselves surrounded by in "real life." Still, good joke ;-)
I know you're speaking with tongue-in-cheek but there's some unsettling truth to what you say.
People can be less involved in their community if they can just escape to like-minded havens on the internet rather than fixing the real issues going on around them (see al3x's post about fleeing to Portland for reference: http://al3x.net/).
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#7Wanna meet your real neighbours again? God no. That's why the Internet is so awesome - we're not limited to the people we unfortunately find ourselves surrounded by in "real life." Still, good joke ;-)
I know you're speaking with tongue-in-cheek but there's some unsettling truth to what you say. People can be less involved in their community if they can just escape to like-minded havens on the internet rather than fixing the real issues going on around them (see al3x's post about fleeing to Portland for reference: http://al3x.net/ ).
they can just escape to like-minded havens on the internet rather than fixing the real issues going on around them
For most people, the world just won't stay saved, so they begin to wonder, why keep going to the effort to save it?
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#8Here's the quickest way to delete your account in China (only if your account has absolutely no link with your real identity): Use a proxy, and post anti-government stuff.
not a bad way to get your irl account "deleted" too.
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#9Wanna meet your real neighbours again? God no. That's why the Internet is so awesome - we're not limited to the people we unfortunately find ourselves surrounded by in "real life." Still, good joke ;-)
I know you're speaking with tongue-in-cheek but there's some unsettling truth to what you say. People can be less involved in their community if they can just escape to like-minded havens on the internet rather than fixing the real issues going on around them (see al3x's post about fleeing to Portland for reference: http://al3x.net/ ).
I've actually been joking about starting a 'move to the internet' movement.
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#10Wanna meet your real neighbours again? God no. That's why the Internet is so awesome - we're not limited to the people we unfortunately find ourselves surrounded by in "real life." Still, good joke ;-)
I know you're speaking with tongue-in-cheek but there's some unsettling truth to what you say. People can be less involved in their community if they can just escape to like-minded havens on the internet rather than fixing the real issues going on around them (see al3x's post about fleeing to Portland for reference: http://al3x.net/ ).
As a long-time San Francisco resident I found it irksome that Alex was so quick to bemoan the lack of culture to consume without showing any possible interest in creating any.
In my opinion, San Francisco is a beautiful place for creators.