I think you all should know that I’m seriously considering running down the curtains to join the choir invisible. Before too many of you get excited I’m not looking for a one way ticket to Zurich…well not at the moment anyway, but I am considering signing up to suicidemachine.org, a website that deletes your social networking accounts with Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Linkedin in order to save you from online embarrassment or professional suicide. Lady Shelley Sawers, wife of MI6 Chief Sir John, would do well to take down the address.
There will no doubt be an influx of suicidal behavior in the lead up to the general election later this year with some social media PR gurus urging MPs to use caution while tweeting to their constituents and followers. After all, opening yourself up to the brave new world of online PR and social media can have its pitfalls as Cameron discovered when he announced that he thought all tweeters were twats...or something to that effect. The Labour Party on the other hand are encouraging their candidates to use Twitter and other social media sites in order to connect with their public but only if their posts are pre approved by their managers before posting, which if I’m not mistaken is missing the point somewhat. Poor Labour, give them any more red tape and they’re seriously in danger of hanging themselves.
And so I am brought back to thoughts of my own online demise and whether I should perhaps mark the occasion with sombre music, a wake or even a last request. There’s certainly no hurry as suicideweb.org can only process one suicide at a time and have a backlog of over 20,000 people waiting to top themselves.
I may be here for some time.
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