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A trans woman has some photos of her and her partner on her profile. She and her partner die in a car crash. Her profile is memorialized. Her family gets Facebo

• TeMPOraL 11y ago
  That's why I think that accounts shouldn't be "memorialized" but "frozen in time". Once the person dies, all that data should become a matter of public history record. No alterations.
  • pmoriarty 11y ago
    Better yet, their account should just be closed and the content be taken down permanently. If someone else wants to "memorialize" them, they should just do so on their own active account, using whatever content they deem fit.
    • TeMPOraL 11y ago
      I disagree. The default should be to preserve the record of a person, not trying to erase them from history and pretend they never existed.
      • pmoriarty 11y ago
        What happened before Facebook? Did dying people get "erased from history" and did everyone just pretend they never existed? You don't need a Facebook page for people to know you existed.
        • TeMPOraL 11y ago
          It's the general principle - don't erase records of things that really happened.
  • lukevdp 11y ago
    "memorialized" accounts are frozen and can't be logged into anymore. People can still post on their wall.
• DanBC 11y ago
  There's nothing at all trans about this profile. It's a very simple case, and it's very common. About 2 women a week are killed by current or former partners in the UK.