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.
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
It’s a strangely fascinating experiment. Gives me flashbacks from scribbling messages on desks in high school.
The tilted text makes me nauseous
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.
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.)
