Virtual Suicide

Virtual self is increasingly important part of our lives. Internet creates a virtual stage where we can play another role (roles) in the process of creating and inventing ourselves. Virtual identity is equal to the real life identity for many. Some creates new persona, which they don't dare to be in the real life. Virtual space gives more room and possibilities to stage the self...instant and with no limits.

But it takes time.

But it takes you away from the real live.

But it creates false hopes and expectations, which often can't be met where person meets a person.

It doesn't stop the ego...

Full of hope, we dedicate the time to show whom we are or whom we would like to be. impersonating the dreams, becoming the celebrities and paparazzi's of our own lives. Deprived of privacy. 

The mystery is broken.

What would it happen when you would let your Internet life die...would your real life start? Whom would you be? 

Will committing the virtual suicide impact you and your life? Is it immoral to encourage people to commit virtual suicide? Is a virtual identity just another shiny object of XXI century destined to extinct or is it something to last? or is it the extension of our personality? 

so many questions...less answers. We see the new things being created in front of our eyes. This may get us scared and seek the refuge in the seemingly safe past. This may lead us to radical actions...like this oneWeb2.0 Suicide Machine. 

“Web 2.0 Suicide Machine”  allows users to permanently delete their accounts from social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter.

Is something bad that encourages us to partially destroy our lives or is it just a funny gimmick, helping us to distance ourselves from our virtual self? 

Would you dare to take the step and sign out forever?

 

 

Comments

[Michael Bøtzau]

All true...except some people have a tendency to fantazice about things that are not. Including how poeple are based on that persons profile eg. Facebook. That is not the Facebookprofile owners fault. Hence no reason for deleting the profile based on fatasies or oppinions from eg. Facebookprofile-readers.