Probably the most morbid website i remember. Long storey short: Mydeathspace.com tracks individuals profiles on myspace.com that are deceased.
"According to the New York Times, Mydeathspace has made some significant changes to the community design in an effort to cull inappropriate comments. First, they have made it essential that members who desire to post must register. This creates a formal barrier to participation that may discourage casual visitors from making hurtful comments." ithink
As the old saying “Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die”...
And since i'm in a sarcastic tone i just wanna leave little note about the extraordinary Techno Tuesday Blog where this image was taken from. Next week will be Techno Tuesday's first birthday! Expect a little surprise.
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Although Patterson claims to have had altruistic intentions behind the creation of his website, MyDeathSpace.com the truth is much less flattering.
From Willamette Week Online:
"Patterson, however, is quite clear that he is not running a memorial site. He's running a business and making himself famous as a purveyor of Internet taste and fandom. "I love the publicity MyDeathSpace has received," he wrote. The site now maintains an entire forum devoted to MDS hate mail. [...]"
Clearly, the webmaster wants to make money with a sensationalist website. Before Mydeathspace.com, he had a Livejournal.com account where he listed the casualties along with a "coolness" rating for the cause of death.
Since it's beginnings MyDeathSpace has been a magnet for controversy.If MyDeathSpace was only an online obituary as it claims, it would be fine. But it also offers forums where members may discuss the deaths. Although the website asks that comments be respectful the forum is in fact poorly moderated and full of defamatory, disrespectful and even racist comments about the dead. Many deaths are commented on with jokes or, "what a dumb ass" and even the occasional "he/she deserved to die".
The members, and the site administrators relish when a family or friend of the deceased stumbles across Mydeathspace. Then it's open season on the grieving. Many family members write in to complain and Mike Patterson and the other moderators and administrator post these letters in the Hate Mail section, so they can be derided and ridiculed by the forum community. Sometimes he will even post the email and or home address of the person complaining, opening them up to harrassment and threats from community members. It is truly disgusting.
Another controversy involves the soliciting of nude photographs from new female members, regardless of age. There has been some question whether some of these girls are of legal age, and whether there are nude photos of underage girls posted on the MyDeathSpace website.