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The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here. | The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here. | ||
=== Pining for the Fjords === | === Pining for the Fjords === | ||
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* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' faded into obscurity starting in 2006. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy] | * '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' faded into obscurity starting in 2006. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy] | ||
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html] | * '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html] | ||
=== Other Endangered Species === | |||
* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history]. | |||
=== Other Sites Remember the Dead === | |||
* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed] | |||
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed]. | |||
=== Doing Fine, Think I'll Go For a Walk === | === Doing Fine, Think I'll Go For a Walk === | ||
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* '''[[Google]]''' wants you to think they will be here forever. | * '''[[Google]]''' wants you to think they will be here forever. | ||
* '''[[Twitter]]''' is tweaking away. | * '''[[Twitter]]''' is tweaking away. | ||
=== Humorous Court Jesters === | === Humorous Court Jesters === | ||
* "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650] | * "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650] | ||
Revision as of 17:31, 11 January 2009
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.
Pining for the Fjords
- All of the 1UP Network and related properties shut down on January 31, 2009. [1]
- Ficlets.com (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [2]
- Circavie.com (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [3]
- Co.mments.com announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.
- The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is up for sale and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [4]
When the Big Guys Cough, their Subsites get The Flu
- Flickr (owned by Yahoo) dumped significant staff, including prominent developers.
- Livejournal is not looking so hot, (..but let's give it a 8 out of 10 score for now; it looks better.)
Dead as a Doornail
- Pownce was closed on December 15, 2008.
- Lively, a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.
- AOL Hometown (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008.
- OurWorld slipped into history on October 31, 2008.
- BBC Jam was suspended March 20, 2007 and will not be coming back.
- Virtual Magic Kingdom closed its gates on May 21, 2008. [5]
- Castle Cops put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [6]
- Infoanarchy faded into obscurity starting in 2006. [7]
- Think Secret was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [8]
Other Endangered Species
- MUDs (Multi User Dungeons) are losing their history.
Other Sites Remember the Dead
- Ghost Sites of the Web by Steve Baldwin. RSS Feed
- It Died by Glenn Fleishman. RSS Feed.
Doing Fine, Think I'll Go For a Walk
- Facebook seems stable at the moment.
- Friendfeed is a happy clam.
- Google wants you to think they will be here forever.
- Twitter is tweaking away.
Humorous Court Jesters
- "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" [9]