I miss the days of SaveKaryn
The internet is inherently voyeuristic. On it, we watch people beg for money to pay their bills, have sex on camera, photograph what they eat as a way of breaking bread virtually with their online community. The act of web surfing is a form of combined voyeurism and identity creation - do you look like me, do your actions validate my actions, is my particular kink kinkier than yours, are my kids better looking than yours, is my dog smarter, my blog better designed, are you writing things on your blog that I wish I was writing on mine, if I link to you what does that say about me? What I post defines me, what I surf defines me, the very nature of the web is that we redefine who we are and what we believe as we consume it.
I am a voyeur - the ultimate lurker, I watch and read and wait, and try to make sense of what I see - looking for smaller patterns in the bigger web picture. And now I am not sure what i am watching, or what my culpability is in watching it, but according to her website, Jane is planning on killing herself in 90 days, and is inviting us, the voyeurs, to watch her chronicle her last 3 months of life.
I am no stranger to the insane amount of energy people put into garnering a little attention online, but the consequences of this game are much higher than normal. That Jane is in LA makes me suspect this is a viral marketing blog - either for an actress, an indy movie, or a game, but as always, there is the worry that it is real.