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Re:Facebook is Great for Dead People by zhoutong on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @10:38AM (#2560264)
The tone of this article is pretty strange. Is Facebook really a great thing for dead people? Or is it simply ironic to have dead people's profiles being more active than living people's?

Anyway, I agree that Facebook shouldn't suspended dead people's profiles (and they can't technically). Social networking account is a part of one's life, just like a diary, a photo, or anything memorial. It shouldn't be cleared away.

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Re:Facebook is Great for Dead People by michaelaiello on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @01:53PM (#2560984)
Don't want to be spammy here but we recently asked quite a few folks "what do you want to have happen to your on-line accounts when you pass away" and there was a split for many of them. Some people want their accounts suspended/deleted when they pass, some want them left alone, some want them passed on to their families.

http://www.blog.lifeensured.com/account-handling-after-death...

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Re:Facebook is Great for Dead People by cormiston on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @03:09PM (#2561309)
Mike - very transparent and noble of you to post this survey! Thanks.
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