Are the dead taking over Facebook?

Re:Are the dead taking over Facebook? by duxup on Monday April 29, 2019 @10:45AM (#19778795)

My Grandfather died 3 years ago.

Still haven't taken him off my favorites contact list...

Google has a system for sending your account to someone else after a timeout period. I thought it was a great idea until I got to the part where you're given an opportunity to add a message.

Thinking of my kids / wife / family what went form an administrative task got really heavy suddenly... i stopped at that point.

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Re:Are the dead taking over Facebook? by NotSammyHagar on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @12:42AM (#19794569)

You could copy my sorry but I'm dead message, it really is like this:

Hi <insert names>, I loved you all very much but I guess I died. Don't worry about me. I set this up before I died so you could get into my accounts and settle things. Enjoy your lives while you can!

Love <me>

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Re:Are the dead taking over Facebook? by dsfyu404ed on Monday April 29, 2019 @01:40PM (#19780622)

I just included instructions like "you should probably export this all in case you need it".

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Re:Are the dead taking over Facebook? by NotSammyHagar on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @12:40AM (#19794565)

10 years ago my mom died and I can't bring myself to remove her from my contacts.

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Re:Are the dead taking over Facebook? by pbhjpbhj on Monday April 29, 2019 @04:19PM (#19782213)

Facebook have a system like that too, enabling access for someone else after one dies.

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