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Radiohead Gradually Erases its Internet Presence

posted by martyb on Tuesday May 03 2016, @03:19AM   
from the lighter-shade-of-pale? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Is this a cleverly crafted Radiohead album launch, a protest, or something else?

Radiohead's internet presence is disappearing. As Reddit users noted, their website slowly decreased in opacity until it went entirely blank. It appears that tweets and Facebook posts from their accounts have been steadily disappearing. Update (5/1, 2:00 p.m. ET): There are no longer any tweets or Facebook posts on the band's accounts. Their profile pictures and cover photos have gone completely blank, as well. This comes one day after fans of the band received mysterious flyers with the words "Sing a song of sixpence that goes/Burn the Witch/We know where you live." It's unclear what it is, but something seems to be happening. Update (5/1, 2:28 p.m. ET): Now, it appears Thom Yorke has deleted his tweets. Update (5/1, 3:18 p.m. ET): Their Google+ page has now gone blank.

In the age of Napster, the band has been forward-thinking, so it could be anything.

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Original Submission

• If a tree falls.... If a tree falls.... (Score: 3, Funny) by Appalbarry on Tuesday May 03 2016, @04:04AM

  by Appalbarry (66) on Tuesday May 03 2016, @04:04AM (#340629) Journal

  And it doesn't get posted on Google+, does it matter?

  "Their Google+ page has now gone blank."

  Hmm... do they still have a MySpace page? [myspace.com]

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• Re:If a tree falls.... (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @04:13AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @04:13AM (#340633)

  Hah, they probably forgot their friggen password to MySpace.

  Nice to see I'm not the only one who's left Facebook. Maybe they'll prompt more people to do the same.

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