ironically, as of writing it has not self-destructed for… 37 months, 7 days, 9 hours, and 32 minutes, but this is a cool project. like most of the people who have heard of this, i heard about it at the peak of COVID. it seems it found quite a niche.
Thanks for sharing this, its the first I’d seen of it. It feels like a kinda message-in-a-bottle sorta thing. The few messages I read were a melancholy mix of people who were clearly going through some hard times, and people trying to share some positivity. (And also some chain-email style “If you see this message pass it on,” messages; very nostalgic.)
It’s fascinating to me that for the past 37 months and 7 days at least one person per day has written a note there. Like even on Christmas and New Year’s Eve at least one person thought this experiment should continue.
It’s a strangely fascinating experiment. Gives me flashbacks from scribbling messages on desks in high school.
Based on the title, I was sure the site in question must be reddit.com.
This has the same feel as websites from 15-20 years ago. I love it.
obviously it’s a bit chaotic because anyone can input stuff and i’m not sure how curated the output is, but i like to just surf the “read a message” button. here’s one i just got:
dear reader,
you might not understand now. you might not believe, or trust it now. but i do. i trust that this message finds the right people. if you are seeing this it’s because you were supposed to. this is your message:
remember that you aren’t alone in this world and that they might not be in your life currently but there are people who care about you so keep on going (;
P.S. i love you more than you could ever imagine <3333 keep doing ya thang luv
