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Re:Facebook suggests I "reconnect" with a dead friend by skybrian on Sunday July 11, 2010 @04:07PM (#1506031)
Yes, we know how it works. Someone was looking at what happens in the common case and didn't think of this edge case. It's a reminder that social situations are complex and though we try, it's impossible to think of every edge case.

That's why you need a way for people to report bugs to you, a way to quickly disable features that aren't working, and a process to fix them.

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Re:Facebook suggests I "reconnect" with a dead friend by pbhjpbhj on Sunday July 11, 2010 @05:16PM (#1506147)
>It's a reminder that social situations are complex and though we try, it's impossible to think of every edge case.

If they implement a tag to show someone has died what are they going to do about the zombie apocalypse/second coming?

Edge cases.

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