This Website Will Self Destruct (www.thiswebsitewillselfdestruct.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/technology@beehaw.org
 

ironically, as of writing it has not self-destructed for... 37 months, 7 days, 9 hours, and 32 minutes, but this is a cool project. like most of the people who have heard of this, i heard about it at the peak of COVID. it seems it found quite a niche.

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[–] 17 points 3 years ago

Thanks for sharing this, its the first I'd seen of it. It feels like a kinda message-in-a-bottle sorta thing. The few messages I read were a melancholy mix of people who were clearly going through some hard times, and people trying to share some positivity. (And also some chain-email style "If you see this message pass it on," messages; very nostalgic.)

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago*

    It's fascinating to me that for the past 37 months and 7 days at least one person per day has written a note there. Like even on Christmas and New Year's Eve at least one person thought this experiment should continue.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    This has the same feel as websites from 15-20 years ago. I love it.

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  • [–] [S] 20 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    obviously it's a bit chaotic because anyone can input stuff and i'm not sure how curated the output is, but i like to just surf the "read a message" button. here's one i just got:

    dear reader,

    you might not understand now. you might not believe, or trust it now. but i do. i trust that this message finds the right people. if you are seeing this it’s because you were supposed to. this is your message:

    remember that you aren’t alone in this world and that they might not be in your life currently but there are people who care about you so keep on going (;

    P.S. i love you more than you could ever imagine <3333 keep doing ya thang luv

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    Based on the title, I was sure the site in question must be reddit.com.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The tilted text makes me nauseous

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    It’s a strangely fascinating experiment. Gives me flashbacks from scribbling messages on desks in high school.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    The messages you find on this site feels reminiscent of postsecret. Some messages novel, some dire, some utterly terrifying; but it's almost always something interesting.

    https://postsecret.com/

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  • eyyyy, this site! occasionally I’ll go on and click through for a bit; I have a file where I save any messages that strike me, whether for the point of view, the story, or the emotion. Definitely way more “if you see this add your name” copypastas now than in 2020 though.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I wonder whether the texts are moderated. Nothing remotely offensive shows up.

    I'm not complaining! :)

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Very cool, thanks for sharing :)

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    yeah, it's like the button experiment

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Neat little project and reading a few messages offer some hope. The vast majority of them were super positive.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I remember this popping up in the pandemic, I read some really wholesome messages on there.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I'd really love to see some stats on the longest it's ever gone without a message

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    aw it reminds me of grouphug.us.

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