Web 2.0 Suicide Machine - Meet your Real Neighbours again! - Sign out forever!
A quick way of leaving Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and MySpace. It uses the password anti-pattern but after using this, I guess you won't be needing that password again.
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Experiments in Data Portability - Screencast
Glenn has created a screencast of his superb Skillswap presentation, syncing up the audio with the slides.
If all your friends jumped off of a bridge… at Ben Brown, Internet Rockstar
Ben Brown outlines the reasons why he left Facebook: "I think it is important to note that Facebook, though they claim to be a tool for staying connected, is actually a software tool designed *primarily* to deliver marketing messages to its audience."
Preoccupations: Adactio hits St Paul's
David follows up on my talk at St Paul's with cornucopia of thoughts and links that's more in-depth than the talk itself.
The Global Sympathetic Audience - New York Times
An article about Twitter focusing on one threatened suicide and one averted break-up. Leisa and her excellent phrase "ambient intimacy" are quoted.
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