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"'''i am lonely will anyone speak to me'''" was the title of a thread that was posted on the [[Internet forum]] of the video [[codec]] downloads site Moviecodec.com, and had become "the web's top hangout for lonely folk".<ref>{{cite web|author=iEntry Inc. |url=http://www.searchnewz.com/searchnewz-12-20050622TheLonelyHeartsUseGoogleAsWell.html |title=The Lonely Hearts Use Google As Well |publisher=Searchnewz.com |date=2005-06-22 |accessdate=2010-05-29|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060315032016/http://www.searchnewz.com/searchnewz-12-20050622TheLonelyHeartsUseGoogleAsWell.html|archivedate=2005-03-15|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name="Wired Article">{{cite news|author=Robert Andrews |url=https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/06/68010 |title=Misery Loves (Cyber) Company |publisher=Wired.com |date= 2005-06-30|accessdate=2010-05-29|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110183032/http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/06/68010|archivedate=10 January 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> The thread began July 14, 2004; it was the first hit when the phrase "I am lonely" was entered into the [[Google]] [[search engine]] though it has since dropped. |
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It was featured in the magazines ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'',<ref name="Wired Article" /> ''[[Guardian Unlimited]]'',<ref name="Guardian Article">{{cite news|author=Oliver Burkeman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/aug/30/g2.onlinesupplement |title=Oliver Burkeman: Anybody there? | Technology |publisher=The Guardian |date=2005-08-30 |accessdate=2010-05-29 |location=London}}</ref> and ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref name="The New Yorker Article">{{cite web|last=Ratliff |first=Evan |url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/08/22/050822ta_talk_ratliff |title=The World Wide Web: Hello, Loneliness |publisher=The New Yorker |date=2009-01-07 |accessdate=2010-05-29}}</ref> Bjarne Lundgren, the webmaster of Moviecodec.com, has stated "Like-minded people tend to flock together and, in this case, Google helped in flocking them together on my site".<ref name="Wired Article" /> |
It was featured in the magazines ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'',<ref name="Wired Article" /> ''[[Guardian Unlimited]]'',<ref name="Guardian Article">{{cite news|author=Oliver Burkeman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/aug/30/g2.onlinesupplement |title=Oliver Burkeman: Anybody there? | Technology |publisher=The Guardian |date=2005-08-30 |accessdate=2010-05-29 |location=London}}</ref> and ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref name="The New Yorker Article">{{cite web|last=Ratliff |first=Evan |url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/08/22/050822ta_talk_ratliff |title=The World Wide Web: Hello, Loneliness |publisher=The New Yorker |date=2009-01-07 |accessdate=2010-05-29}}</ref> Bjarne Lundgren, the webmaster of Moviecodec.com, has stated "Like-minded people tend to flock together and, in this case, Google helped in flocking them together on my site".<ref name="Wired Article" /> |
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* {{webarchive |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060324180631/http://www.moviecodec.com/topics/2420p1.html |date=2006-03-24|title=i am lonely will anyone speak to me}}. Original thread on Moviecodec forums. |
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* [http://www.moviecodec.com/ Moviecodec's main site] |
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Revision as of 04:38, 25 December 2020
"i am lonely will anyone speak to me" was the title of a thread that was posted on the Internet forum of the video codec downloads site Moviecodec.com, and had become "the web's top hangout for lonely folk".[1][2] The thread began July 14, 2004; it was the first hit when the phrase "I am lonely" was entered into the Google search engine though it has since dropped.
It was featured in the magazines Wired,[2] Guardian Unlimited,[3] and The New Yorker.[4] Bjarne Lundgren, the webmaster of Moviecodec.com, has stated "Like-minded people tend to flock together and, in this case, Google helped in flocking them together on my site".[2]
Mark Griffiths, a researcher in internet psychology at Nottingham Trent University in the UK, also addressed this question, stating: "There are a lot of lonely people out there. Some people rely heavily on technology and end up treating it as an electronic friend, a sounding board—just writing it down can make you feel better... That doesn't change their psychological world at that moment, but creating a kinship with like-minded people can help. You're all in this virtual space together."[2]
Due to its large community, Bjarne created a new forum entitled "A Lonely Life",[5] for the thread's numerous lonely inhabitants to move to. The original thread was later located on Moviecodec.com's branch site, The Lounge Forums.[6]
As of December 24, 2016, the website the thread is hosted on was shut down and can no longer be accessed.
See also
References
- ^ iEntry Inc. (2005-06-22). "The Lonely Hearts Use Google As Well". Searchnewz.com. Archived from the original on 2005-03-15. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 2006-03-15 suggested (help)CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d Robert Andrews (2005-06-30). "Misery Loves (Cyber) Company". Wired.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
- ^ Oliver Burkeman (2005-08-30). "Oliver Burkeman: Anybody there? | Technology". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
- ^ Ratliff, Evan (2009-01-07). "The World Wide Web: Hello, Loneliness". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
- ^ "A Lonely Life Forums". alonelylife.com. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ^ "i am lonely will anyone speak to me". Lounge.moviecodec.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2009. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
External links
- i am lonely will anyone speak to me at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-03-24). Original thread on Moviecodec forums.