Imagine that you are setting in front of your
laptop and accessing the internet, suddenly a reminder from Facebook Timeline
or Google+ circle, in your twitter feed or MySpace stream or even on your
LinkedIn profile shown that someone from your contact is dead!
It's really one of the strange topics that I was reading
yesterday talking about a man was reminded in a private message that one of the
highly respected politicians receiving birthday greetings from him on Facebook
had died last year. A quick update to “Happy
Birthday in Heaven”.
Well, the new generation has grown up with
social media very much a part of their lives. When someone dies, they are no
longer physically here, but their digital self lives on. That’s what the
statistics prove that there are more than 5 million accounts on Facebook that
are inactive due to death. Actually, it is all about policies regarding the
death of its users that many social media let have. For example Facebook,
Google+, twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn and others.
But the question is, when we die who takes control of our social media network? As the writer of the article said “Perhaps a ‘fan page’ or ‘community page’ would be a good alternative to keeping the love alive,” Yes I agree with him because some people like to go through the photos and videos...etc of those they care about and remember them in their good moments.
*Here is one of the services that help to
manage a digital life after death which is My Webwill :)
