Facebook blocks 'social suicide' app

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A Facebook app offering users a one-in-six chance of deleting their account has been pulled from the site.

Social Roulette mimicked the lethal game of Russian Roulette, in which players spin the cylinder of a revolver hoping to avoid the one loaded chamber.

According to its developers, the app was brought to Facebook's attention by an automated system that deals with "negative user experience".

Facebook said the app "violated its platform policies".

The Social Roulette website says the app may suit people "looking for the opportunity to start fresh" or those "just seeking cheap thrills at the expense of your social network".

"Everyone thinks about deleting their account at some point, it's a completely normal reaction to the overwhelming nature of digital culture," it adds.

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