FMyLife
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Type of site | Blog |
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| Available in | French and English |
| Owner | Maxime Valette |
| Created by | Guillaume Passaglia and Didier Guedj |
| URL | http://www.fmylife.com |
Fmylife.com, otherwise known as Fuck My Life, is an English-language blog that serves as "a recollection of everyday anecdotes likely to happen to anyone." Posts on the site are short, user-submitted stories of unfortunate happenings that begin with "Today" and end with "FML," an acronym short for "fuck my life."
History
Fmylife.com was created in 2008 by Maxime Valette, Guillaume Passaglia and Didier Guedj. The site is the English version of the creators' original website in French, VieDeMerde.fr, which translates to "shitty life." VDM became one of France's top ten sites since it was launched in Jan. 2008. Anybody who visits the site can decide if the writer of each anecdote has an "f'ed life" or if they deserved it. Members can submit stories and leave comments. [1]
The website experienced a rapid increase in traffic in February 2009, according to a breakdown of web traffic by Alexa.com.[2][3]
In March 2009, Fmylife.com announced that they had secured a book deal.[4]
Criticism
Fmylife.com, along with other self-pity websites has drawn attention from mental health psychologists, such as Pierre Mannoni, who said:
"Even if it's done with humour, it can be dangerous to describe oneself endlessly as a loser, it can prevent you from succeeding"[1]
References
- ^ a b Bremner, Charles (2009-03-06). "French cash in on internet despair as depression builds across Atlantic". Times Online. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "fmylife.com - Traffic Details from Alexa". Alexa. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ Milian, Mark (2009-02-10). "FMyLife lets you sound off on everyday problems". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ Carlson, Nicholas (2009-03-17). "'F*** My Life' Gets Book Deal". Business Insider. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
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