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This Website Will Self Destruct (www.thiswebsitewillselfdestruct.com)
submitted 1 year ago by alyaza@beehaw.org 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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[-] realChem@beehaw.org 20 points 1 year 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.)

[-] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 14 points 1 year ago

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

[-] alyaza@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago

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

[-] annenas@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago

That one's very sweet. I've also seen a few heartbreaking ones and I kinda wish I could send the people that wrote those a hug honestly

[-] madmaurice@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[-] Bipta@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

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

[-] luciole@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

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

[-] rknuu@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year 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/

[-] MyFeetOwnMySoul@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

The tilted text makes me nauseous

[-] atocci@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

It reminded me of what happens when you search for "askew" on Google.

[-] Schnaftator 6 points 1 year ago

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

I'm not complaining! :)

[-] Supertramper@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I am wondering too. The comments are too nice.

[-] Frederic@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

yeah, it's like the button experiment

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.

[-] mrmanager@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

Very cool, thanks for sharing :)

[-] Splyntre@unilem.org 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] robcee@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

aw it reminds me of grouphug.us.

[-] Jummit@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

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

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