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suicidespam

We need the reverse ... spam your social networks with your real-world suicide, as explored at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=831537.
Re:Own up HN: What are your craziest abandoned projects? on Saturday September 19, 2009 @02:02PM (#832180)
my high school colleagues voted me "most likely to go insane." i've been too long repressed, time to let what lurks come forth.
Re:Own up HN: What are your craziest abandoned projects? on Friday September 18, 2009 @09:49PM (#831537)
purely for artistic purposes and social commentary, do not take this too seriously ...

* welcome to the "anti-social" web

* http://www.suicidespam.com

* website caters to those who really hate the world, this life, and want to get out ...

* ... and to make the biggest splash they possibly can in the process

* website offers high-quality, expensive video/audio equipment, great high-power wireless/satellite IP services connectivity, and great battery life

* website customers purchase the equipement (they're about to kill themselves, they'll charge $15,000 to their credit card, no problem)

* they record their own suicide with the equipment

* beforehand they register 100, 200, 500 e-mail address of their dear friends, relatives, immediate family (intro, premier, and gold levels)

* the equipment transmits their suicide to central servers ...

* which then uploads HD video of their suicide to youtube.com ...

* ... and makes sure their 100, 200, or 500 contacts gets direct links to watch their suicide

* ... plus 500,000 additional random e-mail addresses

revenue potential is excellent ... suiciders don't care about debt, they'll pay anything!! this will be a viral product!! spread by word-of-death!!

i'd like to pitch this seriously at some VC conference. let me into y-combinator or tech-crunch or some other startup contest. i'm sure someone will take me up on the proposal!