Re:Are the dead taking over Facebook?
by Circuits on Monday April 29, 2019 @12:19PM
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An old high school friend of mine died a few years back and I am still getting birthday notifications on Facebook. His profile just sits in limbo, a record of his activities the last few weeks before he died.
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Re:Are the dead taking over Facebook?
by CharlesColeman on Monday April 29, 2019 @12:24PM
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> His profile just sits in limbo, a record of his activities the last few weeks before he died.
I think there's some way to notify Facebook of his death so they can "memorialize" his profile. Then, according to his settings, it will either be deleted or converted into a memorial managed by some contact he elected.
Re:Are the dead taking over Facebook?
by WildGreenLeave on Monday April 29, 2019 @12:43PM
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I just realized that in less then a month it is gonna be the first time it is my brothers birthday after he passed away...
I will check this account, thank you!
Same for me. I contacted Facebook about this and they asked for a family member and a death certificate. My friend's family mostly are illiterate and from a small village, so I asked FB if a news clipping(of accident) and obituary from local newspaper would do, they refused. After some communication, I left it. I have since left Facebook but other mutual friends say they still receive his birthday notifications every year.