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Post by alexgg on Jan 31, 2012 7:26:50 GMT -5
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16801154Video in link.I just found this somewhat interesting, and it shows how technology can be esspically with these social websites. Iv'e never had anything like this happen to me, yet. But I know it would be very sad to see (in any case) but to be reminded everyday I can see why they may want to take the profile down or otherwise.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jan 31, 2012 9:41:34 GMT -5
A friend of mine died over a year and a half ago. Her Facebook profile (where she was very active) has now disappeared from the Internet since she has been inactive on Facebook for over a year. Seeing her profile disappear brought up some of the pain. I don't even want to think of all the pictures she had posted there that are now likely gone as well. Her family may never get them. Sad. Yet her MySpace page lives on apparently forever.
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Post by Oskanowski on Jan 31, 2012 9:47:44 GMT -5
I always thought it was pretty hilarious seeing everyone "remember" certain dead people over Facebook, I get that it's their way of.. grieving? I guess.. Still kinda funny because in the end it's all a huge waste of time. They'll post long stories and what not, maybe one of their friends will log in and change their picture from them partying at the beach to smiling next to a telephone pole. I dunno. Maybe I'm just an bunghole and don't get it.
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Post by Angel Beast on Jan 31, 2012 10:35:17 GMT -5
A friend of mine died over a year and a half ago. Her Facebook profile (where she was very active) has now disappeared from the Internet since she has been inactive on Facebook for over a year. Seeing her profile disappear brought up some of the pain. I don't even want to think of all the pictures she had posted there that are now likely gone as well. Her family may never get them. Sad. Yet her MySpace page lives on apparently forever. If someone in her family knows her password they should be able to log on and retrieve those pictures, since Facebook pages never truly delete they just go inactive till someone activates it again. |
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Post by RSCTom on Jan 31, 2012 10:43:36 GMT -5
I always thought it was pretty hilarious seeing everyone "remember" certain dead people over Facebook, I get that it's their way of.. grieving? I guess.. Still kinda funny because in the end it's all a huge waste of time. They'll post long stories and what not, maybe one of their friends will log in and change their picture from them partying at the beach to smiling next to a telephone pole. I dunno. Maybe I'm just an bunghole and don't get it. Not too far off from how I feel about it, honestly. I'm a bit more leniant than you are about it haha. But you're pretty close. People make far too huge of a deal over social networking, especially in those situations. A nice note here or there is fine if it's one of the family members, it is nice to see them say something. It's also give or take, really. These are things that are better left between the family and friends grieving the person and not 'shared with the world.' Some people just want that person to be known by everyone, I suppose. Recently one of my little cousins lost a friend of theres to an accident in high school and because of his account, I don't know, I'm not really sure, I saw a ton of "WHY?!?! GOD WHY DID SHE HAVE TO DIE?!" Pop up in my feed. I'm not sure I see the point of that but that generally goes for any human emotion on FB for me. Complaining 'publicly' about having a crappy day is just as bad. At least shoot for some vagueness. |
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jan 31, 2012 10:52:13 GMT -5
A friend of mine died over a year and a half ago. Her Facebook profile (where she was very active) has now disappeared from the Internet since she has been inactive on Facebook for over a year. Seeing her profile disappear brought up some of the pain. I don't even want to think of all the pictures she had posted there that are now likely gone as well. Her family may never get them. Sad. Yet her MySpace page lives on apparently forever. If someone in her family knows her password they should be able to log on and retrieve those pictures, since Facebook pages never truly delete they just go inactive till someone activates it again. No one knows her passwords. She was only 20 and passed unexpectedly. They literally woke up one day and found she had passed. I had to help them hack her computer so they could get her pictures off of there. It was sad. |
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Post by Eat Defeat. on Jan 31, 2012 12:07:17 GMT -5
I'm going to activate the daily Twitter horoscopes to my Twitter page & make it live forever!
Honestly: My accounts probably will live forever cause I only a couple of my family members know about my FB acc & nothing else.
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Post by Cammi Oh on Jan 31, 2012 15:06:27 GMT -5
I can see facebook pages becoming a shrine to someone who has passed on. Death is a part of life and grieving the dead helps us heal. Why not post a message on someone's site when they die? It is a "internet" way of saying goodbye.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2012 16:24:52 GMT -5
I have it set that if I die early, a friend has my password and will occassionally send my friends random sexy messages.
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Jan 31, 2012 16:32:25 GMT -5
I had a friend who died unexpectedly in his sleep at 28 years old. Went to sleep and never woke up. His mom and dad used his Facebook as a way to notify people, contact people, and announce funeral arrangements and such. It was very strange seeing almost daily posts for 2 weeks or so after he died.
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Post by 3Lephant (Naptown Icon) on Feb 1, 2012 17:24:58 GMT -5
I always thought it was pretty hilarious seeing everyone "remember" certain dead people over Facebook, I get that it's their way of.. grieving? I guess.. Still kinda funny because in the end it's all a huge waste of time. They'll post long stories and what not, maybe one of their friends will log in and change their picture from them partying at the beach to smiling next to a telephone pole. I dunno. Maybe I'm just an bunghole and don't get it. Lose your brother and you might start to see the need |
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Post by Oskanowski on Feb 1, 2012 17:56:34 GMT -5
I always thought it was pretty hilarious seeing everyone "remember" certain dead people over Facebook, I get that it's their way of.. grieving? I guess.. Still kinda funny because in the end it's all a huge waste of time. They'll post long stories and what not, maybe one of their friends will log in and change their picture from them partying at the beach to smiling next to a telephone pole. I dunno. Maybe I'm just an bunghole and don't get it. Lose your brother and you might start to see the need |
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Post by aggressiveperfectpoor on Feb 2, 2012 12:49:39 GMT -5
I can see facebook pages becoming a shrine to someone who has passed on. Death is a part of life and grieving the dead helps us heal. Why not post a message on someone's site when they die? It is a "internet" way of saying goodbye. Couldn't have said it better myself friend. |
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Feb 2, 2012 13:24:52 GMT -5
Part of me thinks that when someone disappears from the Internet completely they are even more dead than they were before. Don't know if that makes any sense at all.
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Post by RSCTom on Feb 3, 2012 17:27:29 GMT -5
I can see facebook pages becoming a shrine to someone who has passed on. Death is a part of life and grieving the dead helps us heal. Why not post a message on someone's site when they die? It is a "internet" way of saying goodbye. Couldn't have said it better myself friend. It just comes back to that idea of everyone living 'virtually' for me. When a friend I had died, my ex and all her friends were writing her 3 page long essays of their thoughts, feelings, and anything else they could on her facebook wall. Sure it probably definitely helps to get all that out, so I can't say it's too awful. But eventually with all due respect to them and anyone who has done it, day in and day out it just started to look introverted and bluntly, crazy. Why not use that time and effort to strengthen the relationship, either in person or by phone, with someone else who is suffering with the loss of that person? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2012 18:47:39 GMT -5
I think it's completely understandable to use facebook as a "shrine" to grieve and what not. I mean, if you want to express your condolences but aren't available (say work cuts in, or you aren't in the same state or whatever), why not go on facebook and say a few words? Plus I know people who have passed away and their parents kept their facebook page active because they loved reading all the messages and wall posts they received from people who knew the deceased.
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Post by juicewinslow on Feb 5, 2012 21:13:14 GMT -5
One of my friends just died about 3 days ago. Her Facebook is still up.
I like looking at her pictures, but it also makes me sad. It's kinda cool to read everyone's comments about her and truely see how much she meant to everyone. Her funeral was yesterday, I couldn't make it down to Florida... so the Facebook page is about as close as I will be able to get to a dedication to her.
I'm not friends with any of her friends, so I have to grieve alone. Facebook has made it a bit easier honestly.
I know some other dead people who are on Facebook... friends of freinds... that I have hung out with. It's pretty morbid when Facebook recommends that you become friends with a dead person.
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Post by BoJack Hogan on Feb 6, 2012 11:42:24 GMT -5
When people post on a deceased person's Facebook, it is similar to a virtual wake. I have nothing against it. Its a matter of personal preference, just as it should be.
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your dumbass “list”.