links for 2010-01-03
por Francisco Arlindo Alves
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“…The web 2.0 suicide machine and Seppukoo.com are two parody websites with a similar mission: help people to sign out from Facebook forever. The first, by Gordan Savicic, sporting a slick web 2.0 design and catchy taglines, provides a sophisticated way to automate the online identity suicide. A video of the removal process is broadcasted to the user in real time while a remote machine disconnects one friend after another. Seppukoo, by the collective les liens invisibles, presents itself as an extreme response to the commoditization of personal data driven by companies like Facebook. By “liberating digital body from any identity constriction” les liens invisibles advocate a return to the condition of anonymity, a cornerstone of early online communities…”









