谁敢信啊,2026年开年,同事之间流行这样打招呼语:死了么,你下载了么?
没错,说的就是最近网上很火的那款APP:死了么。

图/截自App Store
据官方介绍,这是为独居人群打造的轻量化安全工具,用户设置紧急联系人后,若连续2日未在应用内签到,系统将于次日以邮件通知紧急联系人。
“死了么”不仅在国内的社交平台上刷屏,还一举登上了BBC。你知道这家英媒怎么翻译这个有趣的名字吗?
Are You Dead!真的简单粗暴呢。

“死了么”爆红全网
A new bleak-sounding app has taken China by storm.
一款听起来有些“扎心”的新型 App 最近在中国爆火。
Named Are You Dead? the concept is simple. You need to check in with it every two days – clicking a large button – to confirm that you are alive. If not, it will get in touch with your appointed emergency contact and inform them that you may be in trouble.
这款 App名为“死了么”,其核心功能非常简单:你每隔两天需要登录一次,通过点击一个醒目的按钮来“报平安”。如果你未能按时打卡,系统就会自动联系你预设的紧急联系人,告知对方你可能遇到了意外。

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It was launched in May last year to not much fanfare but attention around it has exploded in recent weeks with many young people, who live alone in Chinese cities, downloading it in droves.
这款应用于去年 5 月上线,起初并未引起太多关注,但在最近几周内突然爆火。大量独自生活在城市里的年轻人纷纷下载使用,使它的热度迅速攀升。
This has propelled it to become the most downloaded paid app in the country.
这种火爆态势也将其推上了中国付费App下载榜的榜首。
“死了么”的共鸣与争议
"People who live alone at any stage of their life need something like this, as do introverts, those with depression, the unemployed and others in vulnerable situations," said one user on Chinese social media.
一位社交媒体用户评论道:“无论处于人生的哪个阶段,只要是独居生活的人都需要这样的产品,性格内向的人、抑郁症患者、失业者以及其他身处困境的群体也是如此。”
"There is a fear that people living alone might die unnoticed, with no one to call for help. I sometimes wonder, if I died alone, who would collect my body?" said another.
另一位网友写道:“独居的人总会担心,自己可能在无人察觉的情况下死去,连一个能求助的人都没有。我有时甚至会想,如果我独自死在家里,会是谁发现并处理我的遗体?”

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Some have been quick to bash the app's less than cheery name - saying that signing up for it might bring ill fortune.
有些人很快开始吐槽这款App那听起来不太吉利的名称——认为注册这种名字的产品可能会招来霉运。
Others have called for it to be changed to something with a more positive spin, like "Are you ok?" or "How are you?".
也有人呼吁将其改成更正面、积极一些的名字,比如叫“没事吧”或者“还好么”。

最新消息,死了么APP发布消息称,经团队审慎决策,“死了么”APP将于即将发布的新版本中,正式启用全球化品牌名Demumu。
对于改名原因,创始人郭先生表示,一方面考虑到外部的舆论压力,另一方面也是为产品未来的全球化发展奠定基础。
对于名字的意思,郭先生表示,前两个字母“De”取自英文单词“Death”,用以紧扣“死亡”这一核心概念,而后半部分的“mumu”则旨在营造一种亲切、可爱的“Q萌”感。

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