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I'm curious what happens when a Facebook user dies. Is their timeline going to have pictures of their funeral at the top then? This is just depressing. Edit: T

by gfodor 15y ago

I'm curious what happens when a Facebook user dies. Is their timeline going to have pictures of their funeral at the top then? This is just depressing. Edit: This is a serious question.

phwd 15y ago
No actually it is memorialized and family members can request removal. https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=13941 https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=13941
jaredmck 15y ago
facebook has had huge problems, in my opinion, with how they react to people dying for quite some time now - a friend of mine died several years back and facebook often asked me to send him a message because we hadn't interacted in a while. haven't seen this sort of thing quite as much in a while (although he does show up as offline from time to time, in my chat list on the right side of the new facebook design) but it's a tricky problem and one that certainly can mar the experience. i imagine it would be far worse if you saw this sort of thing after your spouse, child, or parent died.
- nbm 15y ago
  There's a process to memorialise the account of a user that passes away - help docs at https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=150486848354038 https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=150486848354038 Here's the form for friends: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=deceased https://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=deceased
jojopotato 15y ago
I wonder what facebook will do when a significant portion (let's say 10%) of it's user base has passed away. Is the data of a past life still worth something to them? Will they spend the money to keep it? I bet that anthropologists and sociologists would love to get their hands on historical data. Also, I suppose the data of a famous person might be worth a lot in 50 years, like the publishing of a president's diary. I can see it now "See the hidden facebook messages of Lady Gaga"
- dasil003 15y ago
  If current trends continue, anthropologists will be just about the only people left that may give a shit about anything that happened 50 years prior.

by gfodor 15y ago

I'm curious what happens when a Facebook user dies. Is their timeline going to have pictures of their funeral at the top then? This is just depressing. Edit: This is a serious question.

phwd 15y ago

No actually it is memorialized and family members can request removal. https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=13941 https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=13941

jaredmck 15y ago

facebook has had huge problems, in my opinion, with how they react to people dying for quite some time now - a friend of mine died several years back and facebook often asked me to send him a message because we hadn't interacted in a while. haven't seen this sort of thing quite as much in a while (although he does show up as offline from time to time, in my chat list on the right side of the new facebook design) but it's a tricky problem and one that certainly can mar the experience. i imagine it would be far worse if you saw this sort of thing after your spouse, child, or parent died.

nbm 15y ago
There's a process to memorialise the account of a user that passes away - help docs at https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=150486848354038 https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=150486848354038 Here's the form for friends: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=deceased https://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=deceased

jojopotato 15y ago

I wonder what facebook will do when a significant portion (let's say 10%) of it's user base has passed away. Is the data of a past life still worth something to them? Will they spend the money to keep it? I bet that anthropologists and sociologists would love to get their hands on historical data. Also, I suppose the data of a famous person might be worth a lot in 50 years, like the publishing of a president's diary. I can see it now "See the hidden facebook messages of Lady Gaga"

dasil003 15y ago
If current trends continue, anthropologists will be just about the only people left that may give a shit about anything that happened 50 years prior.