About World Still Here? — Methodology and mission
Is the world ending today? Check in, read the signal, keep your streak.
What this is
STATEMENTThis is an internet culture project. It is not a prophecy, an emergency information service, a government warning system, or a risk forecast.
Each day, an editor logs one signal: a real event, a rumor, a meme, a prediction, or general existential dread. Every signal is labelled so you know exactly what you're reading before you read it.
The button is a small ritual. It is not a survey, a vote, or a data collection exercise. We do not know who you are. We do not want to.
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Classification directory
EDITORIAL · REV 1.0Every daily signal is written by a human editor and stamped with exactly one of the five labels below. Sources, quotations, statistics, dates, predictions, and claims are not invented. AI-assisted drafts, if any, are never auto-published.
Humour targets internet panic cycles, recurring failed predictions, and the absurdity of doomscrolling — not specific faiths, communities, or vulnerable people.
Frequently asked questions
FAQ- Is the world ending today?
- Almost certainly not today. World Still Here? is a daily check-in that tracks the discourse around that question — real events, viral predictions, Doomsday Clock updates, and internet panic cycles — with each item labelled so you know what you're reading. It is not a prediction service.
- What is the Doomsday Clock?
- A symbolic clock maintained by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists since 1947. Its minutes-to-midnight setting is updated periodically to reflect expert assessment of existential risk from nuclear weapons, climate change, and disruptive technologies. When it moves, we log it as a Verified Event with the Bulletin cited as the primary source.
- Are viral rapture or end-of-the-world dates ever accurate?
- None have been so far. Widely-shared date predictions — from historical examples to recurring modern ones on social platforms — are logged as Unconfirmed Claim or Religious Interpretation, with the original source linked so you can read it in context.
- Is this a real emergency system?
- No. It is an internet culture project. For real emergency information, contact your local authorities or official channels.
- What does the button actually do?
- It records one anonymous check-in for your local day and advances your personal streak. Your browser generates a random ID which is hashed with a server-only secret before storage. No account, no email, no IP addresses.
- How are signals chosen and classified?
- A human editor selects one item per day from the day's apocalypse-related news, discourse, or predictions, and assigns one of five labels: Verified Event, Unconfirmed Claim, Religious Interpretation, Mostly a Meme, or General Existential Dread. Full methodology is on the About page.
- What happens to my streak if I clear my browser?
- It ends. The streak lives entirely in this browser. That is a privacy tradeoff we accept.
- Do you use AI to write signals?
- AI-assisted drafts are never published without human review. We do not invent sources, quotations, statistics, dates, or claims.
- Why one signal per day instead of a live feed?
- Doomscrolling is the problem, not the solution. One dated, sourced, classified item per day is enough to stay oriented without drowning.