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I tried, and failed, to 'memorialize' my fathers Facebook page. It became more and more full of crap from unhinged friends and distant relatives posting things

I tried, and failed, to 'memorialize' my fathers Facebook page. It became more and more full of crap from unhinged friends and distant relatives posting things they think he would have liked. I left Facebook over a year ago, and this is one of the things that drove me away. I could no longer stand seeing posts of shit videos with the tag line "Donny would have loved this!", just so the poster could score some likes from the clan.

StevePerkins 11y ago
That's truly awful, but can't people still post to 'memorialized' pages anyway? I have a dear friend who passed several years ago, and I believe her page was memorialized... but people still post "Miss you" messages every year on her birthday.
- beeboop 11y ago
  That, along with "Donny would have liked this" posts both seem rather nice to me. It's seems a little cynical to assume they're doing it for likes from other family members. I think it's a nice and natural way to reminisce with your family about those who have passed on. I think it'd be heart warming if people posted about me on my FB years after I passed away.
  - ethanbond 11y ago
    It is cynical, but it's also some well-founded cynicism, given that people do such wild things for the Likes.
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