Has anyone heard of "Commit Web 2.0 Suicide"?

[UpInArms]

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/31/web-2-0-suicide/

The Web 2.0 Suicide Machine runs a python script which launches a browser session and automates the process of disconnecting from these social networks (here is a video showing how this works with Twitter). You can even watch the virtual suicide in progress via a Flash app which shows it as a remote desktop session. You can watch your online life pass away one message at a time. Taking over somebody else’s account via an automated script, even with permission, may very well be against the terms of service of these social networks.

From the FAQs:

If I start killing my 2.0-self, can I stop the process?
No!

If I start killing my 2.0-self, can YOU stop the process?
No!

What shall I do after I’ve killed myself with the web2.0 suicide machine?
Try calling some friends, take a walk in a park or buy a bottle of wine and start enjoying your real life again. Some Social Suiciders reported that their lives has improved by an approximate average of 25%. Don’t worry, if you feel empty right after you committed suicide. This is a normal reaction which will slowly fade away within the first 24-72 hours.

[Better Today]

1. Do I ever know a few who should use this program? Oh yes, I do.

[Warpy]

2. Popping a new hard drive in, loading it, and

selling the machine to another sucker is probably a better way to do it.

I've thought of it, too, usually when I look at the mound of fibre I need to spin up and knit into a lace shawl on commission.

[UpInArms]

4. I bought a used harddrive once and

it came "formatted"

little did I know it was full of porn



I now know the beauty of a really "clean" harddrive

:D

[Warpy]

6. Yes, and old HDs that don't work any more get holes drilled in them

before they go to the dump. I don't want anybody picking through things like old emails.

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Meh

[That Is Quite Enough]

5. Sounds fascinating.

I may have to remember this if my internet addiction ever gets too out of hand.

[Posteritatis]

7. *facepalm* (nt)