The number one social network also said it had sent a “cease-and-desist” letter to another website, Seppukoo.com, which also helps you kill off your virtual identity.<\/p>\n
The Web 2.0 Suicide Machine site, which features a hangman’s noose on its homepage, deletes profiles, friends and other information on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and LinkedIn for users who provide their account information.<\/p>\n
“This machine lets you delete all your energy sucking social-networking profiles, kill your fake virtual friends, and completely do away with your Web2.0 alterego,” it says.<\/p>\n
Facebook, in a statement to AFP, said the suicide site was in violation of Facebook rules.<\/p>\n
“Facebook provides the ability for people who no longer want to use the site to either deactivate their account or delete it completely,” Facebook said.<\/p>\n
“Web 2.0 Suicide Machine collects login credentials, which is a violation of our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (SRR),” it said.<\/p>\n
“We’ve blocked the site’s access to Facebook as is our policy for sites that violate our SRR,” Facebook said. “We’re currently investigating and considering whether to take further action.”<\/p>\n
Facebook, which claims more than 300 million users, also said it had sent Seppukoo.com “a cease-and-desist letter for similarly violating our policies.”<\/p>\n
Seppukoo.com urges users to “impress your friends” and “disconnect yourself” by committing online suicide in the manner of Japanese samurai.<\/p>\n
Ritual samurai suicide was known as “seppuku.” “As the seppuku restores the samurai’s honour as a warrior, seppukoo.com deals with the liberation of the digital body,” the site says.<\/p>\n