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Yahoo Deletes Journalist's Pre-Paid Legacy Site After Suicide

Posted by Soulskill on from the failing-at-a-last-request dept.

New submitter digitalFlack writes "Apparently Martin Manley has been a popular blogger and newspaper journalist for many years. For his own reasons, no indication of illness, he decided sixty years on this planet was enough. He designed a 40-page website with sections such as: 'Why Suicide?' and 'Why Age 60?.' Martin planned his suicide meticulously, but to manage his legacy, he picked Yahoo. He even pre-paid for five years. After he left this mortal coil on his 60th birthday, Yahoo decided they don't want his traffic, so they took the site down. Sorry, Martin."

5 of 403 comments (clear)

  1. Re: They didn't know he also... by alen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pretty sure suicide is against the tos

  2. uh oh by slashmydots · · Score: 4, Funny

    He's gonna haunt the shit out of them now

  3. Winning strategy by NoMoreMrNiceGuy2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Get customers to sign up for 5 year plans of web hosting.
    2. Kill customer, make is look like a suicide.
    3.?
    4. Profit!

  4. Re:Let's help Yahoo to know who they really are by Skapare · · Score: 1, Funny

    Actually, Yahoo is trying to commit suicide. I suggest we encourage that.

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    now we need to go OSS in diesel cars
  5. He was heard to say: by Culture20 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "They'll shut down my pre-paid legacy account over my dead body!"