How did you first hear about and/or find your way to this site?

  • Searching for methods

    Votes: 799 35.4%
  • The New York Times

    Votes: 213 9.4%
  • BBC - up to and including Oct 2023 article & podcast

    Votes: 70 3.1%
  • Tantacul's Youtube video

    Votes: 969 43.0%
  • A Youtube video other than Tantacrul's

    Votes: 66 2.9%
  • Wikipedia

    Votes: 79 3.5%
  • Recommended by a friend

    Votes: 76 3.4%
  • Through other forums or social media e.g Discord /Reddit/TikTok (feel free to comment)

    Votes: 306 13.6%
  • Other news outlets or miscellaneous sources - please leave a comment

    Votes: 95 4.2%
  • Fix the 26 or Stop Sanctioned Suicide

    Votes: 14 0.6%

  • Total voters
    2,256
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trist

trist

Student
Mar 21, 2023
114
i found it by searching for methods around 3 years ago. a couple weeks ago i suddenly remembered the name and decided to sign up.
 
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Oskar

Oskar

New Member
Apr 12, 2023
1
Tantacrul's video, it's deathly funny considering he tried to cater people away from this site, not in, all he did was promote its growther further, whilst antagonizing it to hell and above, lmao
 
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AshClouds

AshClouds

In time I started growing inward.
Apr 10, 2023
297
I was trying to look up some info about a (now defunct) USENET group called alt.suicide.holiday (ASH) which was the first pro-choice suicide discussion group on the internet as described in their FAQ. Google blocked access to the news group, along with its sister newsgroup alt.suicide.methods so I couldn't read any posts on there anymore (google groups is the only place that has an archive of posts across the entirety USENET). Both of them would've died regardless because USENET is practically dead. In the search there were several references to the SaSu Reddit page which was banned, but I found the site shortly thereafter just by googling the name of this site.
 
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milkandcoffee

milkandcoffee

Member
Aug 8, 2022
35
I've been in and out of the community since 2015 when I first found the subreddit.
 
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sugarmagnolia

sugarmagnolia

Member
Apr 4, 2023
26
Tantacrul as most others. Like Oskar said, it's funny considering he was tryna get people away from it but if anything it's probably just gonna help more people that have decided they are at the end of their life / just need general support.
 
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NorthernMonkey

Student
Apr 6, 2023
120
The deaded video... the more I watched I started thinking, this sounds interesting, I knew it wouldn't be the way it was described. I know the idea of this site and the subjects discussed here would seem horrific to the average contented Joe in the street and I understand that. The people who belong here will see it as a sanctuary, a place to feel free to be open about their feelings, and find the information they need, either to end their life, or to find a way to navigate it. The people who don't belong here will see it as a hellish place full of tortured souls dragging others down into their misery. This site is marmite:)
 
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deathbydragon

deathbydragon

take me with you
Mar 17, 2022
189
I found the subreddit back in 2016, I think through other subreddits like r/misanthropy and looking at posters accounts to see where else they were posting?
 
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Sir_Pom_Pom_212

New Member
Apr 9, 2023
1
Googling words like suicide social network. Wanted to find someone to talk to.
I'm new here. But if you want someone to talk to I'm here. Least I'll try to be.
 
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aticeret

aticeret

Member
Jan 23, 2023
29
Currently 32% came after Tantacrul's video. Looks like this dipshit did a great job at advertising the place, huh?
 
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ILuVCkn

ILuVCkn

Member
Apr 13, 2023
21
I was looking about sodium nitrite suicide when I found out about the method.
 
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Rainork

Rainork

What a load of baloney
Mar 17, 2023
39
I can't remember exactly, but I was searching google trying to find a safe space and I came across a web article somewhere that mentioned SS.
 
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brainkiller

brainkiller

all teeth, no hope
Apr 15, 2023
9
i found it through some news source. heard from somewhere (4chan i think?) that there was a forum for suicidal people, but they hadn't given a name. a few searches later, i'm here.
 
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Dot

Info abt typng styl on prfle.
Sep 26, 2021
2,958
Currently 32% came after Tantacrul's video. Looks like this dipshit did a great job at advertising the place, huh?

Also intrstng tht a.t.m Tantcrul + NYT cmbind hve attrctd almst 50% of rspondrs
 
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YEAR2050

YEAR2050

All goes to waste.
Apr 8, 2023
69
i find it funny how his video has brought at least 64 new members to the site. quite ironic
 
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FacePALM

FacePALM

Problem not person
Sep 10, 2022
328
I found this site while on google looking for things that had to do with suicide, at school when I was 15 in 2018. Came back in september of last year when I was 18.
 
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justwannaendmypain

justwannaendmypain

Member
Apr 15, 2023
13
I tried to ctb twice but i failed i talked to a friend on reddit about this and she recommended me here now i am here looking for methods that would not fail :⁠-⁠)
 
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Priest_Arthur

Member
Mar 28, 2023
5
Ironically and unfortunately for Tantacrul, his video led a lot of people here, (including myself).
 
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Looking for methods, it occurred to me to look for a forum because I remembered when I had anorexia, pro-anorexia forums abounded, so it occurred to me to search that way on Google and then on a news page I don't remember which one talked about this forum and that's how I got here, thanks to the media
 
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Dot

Info abt typng styl on prfle.
Sep 26, 2021
2,958
i find it funny how his video has brought at least 64 new members to the site. quite ironic

Vdeo brght 1000s & 1000s of ppl 2 Sasu
 
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Forever Sleep

Earned it we have...
May 4, 2022
9,883
i find it funny how his video has brought at least 64 new members to the site. quite ironic
I expect the majority of these are young adults too- under the age of 24. I get the impression that that is a large section of his audience. I wonder how many minors have tried to create accounts. Or- even- who now know of this place- where they wouldn't have before.

I have very mixed feelings about suicidal children. I can sympathise because I was one. I personally DON'T think it's good to advertise this place to children though- and- even criticism is a form of advertising- it makes someone aware of something they weren't before. Children are perfectly capable of making their own decisions. Being told something is bad or dangerous won't necessarily stop them from looking for it. In fact- for many- it will simply peak their curiosity.

I feel SO sorry for our mods- who have to now try and decipher who is lying about their age to create an account. (By the way- I'm NOT saying I agree and that this place is bad or dangerous- I'm just saying that personally- while I would have been very happy to find this place as a minor- I don't think it would have done me any favours.)
 
Dot

Dot

Info abt typng styl on prfle.
Sep 26, 2021
2,958
I expect the majority of these are young adults too- under the age of 24. I get the impression that that is a large section of his audience. I wonder how many minors have tried to create accounts. Or- even- who now know of this place- where they wouldn't have before.

I have very mixed feelings about suicidal children. I can sympathise because I was one. I personally DON'T think it's good to advertise this place to children though- and- even criticism is a form of advertising- it makes someone aware of something they weren't before. Children are perfectly capable of making their own decisions. Being told something is bad or dangerous won't necessarily stop them from looking for it. In fact- for many- it will simply peak their curiosity.

I feel SO sorry for our mods- who have to now try and decipher who is lying about their age to create an account. (By the way- I'm NOT saying I agree and that this place is bad or dangerous- I'm just saying that personally- while I would have been very happy to find this place as a minor- I don't think it would have done me any favours.)

Tantcrul ws an idiot wh/ allowd hs emotns & ego 2 tke ovr & = 2 arrognt 2 admit ths

SaSu nevr advrtisd 2 minrs or 'groomd' or 'lured' minrs 2 cme hre -- minrs r nt wantd hre & fr years nw thy hve bn bannd upon discovry

Thx 2 Tantcrul thre r now edgy minrs on othr stes sharing infrmatn on hw 2 lie in approvl Q 2 gain accss bcse suicde = s/ 'cool'

Mods genrlly fnd thm & ban thm bt = corrct tht Tantcrul cre8td mre wrk fr us -- fr sme1 s/ 'educ8td' h/ = v v stupd
 
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altoids

altoids

Looking
Feb 26, 2023
26
Can someone point me towards the NYT article, please? Was it a recent one?
Unsure if the link rule applies to news sites but the article is called "Where the Despairing Log On, and Learn Ways to Die." Free to read on their site. I personally don't think it's even a worthwhile enough read to give them the free traffic for, but it's your prerogative.
 
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FrostedHoax

FrostedHoax

Student
Dec 1, 2022
111
I'm pretty sure I found out about this on Reddit back when it was more openly talked about but I don't remember exactly when that was. But I also might have found out about this site just from searching for methods, I don't remember which one it was but it was one of these two.
 
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Romeo1984

Romeo must die
Oct 6, 2021
58
I saw a report of a police operation in my country where they arrested a group that helped people commit suicide after two girls died. In the report there were prints of the conversations between the accused and the people talking about a certain SN and about the SS.
I had never heard of the method with the SN, after this report it was easy to find the SS and about the method.
Thank you press for the "oversight".
 
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peonylove

Member
Apr 16, 2023
7
Ironically through one of the people against this site, lol. They didn't put the name but I googled one of the posts they screenshotted and here I am.
 
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felswr62

Member
Apr 7, 2023
7
An italian news was critizicing how this forum helped an italian girl to suicide
 
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AnnonyBox

AnnonyBox

Specialist
Apr 11, 2018
335
I felt lost after the subreddit was banned, and came here looking for the same sense of community. Eventually the more philosophical debates here got me into pessimist philosophy, which has helped to ease the severity of some of my issues. I do find it interesting that the majority of users reapond that they came from Tantacruel's video.
 
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