Interesting read on death and legacy in an era of social media, which includes our Attackpoint community. It's estimated that 8,000 Facebook users die every day and that over 30 million have already died. Some day they will outnumber the living Facebook users.
Although it isn't mentioned in this article, some experts recommend that people leave permission to access their social media accounts to particular people in their wills, along with any pertinent instructions. When Dad passed away, we deactivated his Facebook account but you can also memorialize it. This allows people to visit the page and read past entries based on their permissions at the time of the person's death, but the person can't receive friend requests and he/she will no longer appear in groups, friend suggestion lists, etc. The third possibility, as described in this article, is that the Facebook profile remains active, giving the eerie impression that the person is still out there in cyberspace. They'll still appear on the "People You May Know" and "People You Could Invite to Join this Group" lists.
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