blog posting by Todd Matsumoto
Web 2.0 Suicide Machine is a project that presents a reaction to the social media platforms which help support the inspiration age. The suicide machine will euthanize your social media profile(s) from several different social media sites. The aim is to help people return to the flesh world. Unfortunately many people committed suicide from one social media platform in order to join another.

The project is an excellent example of what Douglas Rushkoff believes will only become more prevalent. A surge of backlash by groups of people with the know how to actively ‘dismantle’ or block the more intrusive social media platforms.

Some of the things that get my attention with this project is not only the ability to put together the code to purge profiles on social media platforms, but it is all of the other details of the project. The website design for instance, which is a rip off of the Firefox website. The tour, testimonials, FAQs. The attention to detail to capture the imagery of this particular point in time. Presenting the material as ‘real’ or in a mockumentary way while at the same time totally ‘taking the piss’. The project has also secured a future for further creative developments as the artists behind the project are riff’ing off of the backlash directed towards the project.