Fmylife
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FMyLife 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".
FMyLife receives more than 1.7 million hits each day. A book containing stories from the site and illustrations was published in June 2009.
FML has different categories such as: Animals, Health, Love, Kids, Work, Money, Intimacy, and Miscellaneous.
, Viedemerde.fr, which translates as "shit
life," or literally as "life of shit." VDM has become one of France's top ten sites. Anybody who visits the site can decide if the writer of each anecdote's life indeed "sucks" or if he or she "deserved" what happened. Members can submit stories and leave comments. Not every story submitted is posted on the blog.
FMyLife has drawn attention from some social commentators, such as sociologist Pierre Mannoni, who has stated, "Even if it's done with humour, it can be dangerous to describe oneself endlessly as a loser; it can prevent you from succeeding."
The website experienced a rapid increase in traffic
in February 2009, according to a breakdown of web traffic by Alexa Internet
.
In March 2009, FMyLife announced that they had secured a book deal. The book was released on June 9, 2009.
In 2009, FML also released an iPhone
/iPod touch
application, in which the user can submit their FMLs, rate them, comment on them or just read them, just like the website itself. Applications are now available for Android, BlackBerry devices and ordinary cell phones, as well as several applications for iPhone.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
-language blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
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".
FMyLife receives more than 1.7 million hits each day. A book containing stories from the site and illustrations was published in June 2009.
FML has different categories such as: Animals, Health, Love, Kids, Work, Money, Intimacy, and Miscellaneous.
History
FMyLife was created on January 13, 2008 by Maxime Valette, Guillaume Passaglia and Didier Guedj. The site is the English version of the creators' original website in FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Viedemerde.fr, which translates as "shit
Shit
Shit is usually considered vulgar and profane in Modern English. As a noun it refers to fecal matter and as a verb it means to defecate or defecate in; in the plural it means diarrhea...
life," or literally as "life of shit." VDM has become one of France's top ten sites. Anybody who visits the site can decide if the writer of each anecdote's life indeed "sucks" or if he or she "deserved" what happened. Members can submit stories and leave comments. Not every story submitted is posted on the blog.
FMyLife has drawn attention from some social commentators, such as sociologist Pierre Mannoni, who has stated, "Even if it's done with humour, it can be dangerous to describe oneself endlessly as a loser; it can prevent you from succeeding."
The website experienced a rapid increase in traffic
Internet traffic
-Historical Internet Traffic Growth:Because of the distributed nature of the Internet, there is no single point of measurement for total Internet traffic...
in February 2009, according to a breakdown of web traffic by Alexa Internet
Alexa Internet
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.
In March 2009, FMyLife announced that they had secured a book deal. The book was released on June 9, 2009.
In 2009, FML also released an iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
/iPod touch
IPod touch
The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line...
application, in which the user can submit their FMLs, rate them, comment on them or just read them, just like the website itself. Applications are now available for Android, BlackBerry devices and ordinary cell phones, as well as several applications for iPhone.