• Los Angeles Times, Monday, January 4, 2010 11:40 AM

Facebook has pulled the plug on the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine, banning the IP address of the site that purports to be a social media Dr. Kevorkian.

In a demonstration video for the service, which seems to be the type of parody that is only half kidding, the person offing his Facebook self marvels as his friends are deleted one-by-one, "So many people you actually really didn't care about." The Web 2.0 Suicide Machine has vowed it will fight on. A message on the site chirps: "We are currently looking in ways to circumvent this ungrounded restriction imposed on our service! Thanks for your understanding."

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