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Facebook Adds Legacy Contact Feature In Case You Die Before It Does

Posted by samzenpus on from the after-you're-gone dept.

alphadogg writes "Facebook has added an option for users to delegate management of their account for when they die. The idea is to avoid awkward lingering Facebook pages after a person passes on, perhaps featuring images or posts that someone would rather not be remembered by....This isn't the first time Facebook has put thought into what happens to users' accounts when the users die. A year ago the social network outlined a more flexible approach to memorializing accounts. Now memorialized accounts will have the word "Remembering" hovering above a person's name.

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  1. the problem here is ... by swell · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How do you monetize the page of a dead person?

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    ...omphaloskepsis often...
  2. Re:Incorruptable by TheLink · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or have a "deadman switch" trigger a script to update it with preset/random stuff, or have some prankster update it for you: http://tech.slashdot.org/comme...

    e.g. Justin Morg: Oops... Looks like I'm dead. Damn... :(
    Tuesday at 10:00pm

    Justin Morg likes 10 ways to tell that you are really dead
    Tuesday at 10:02pm

    Justin Morg: Anyone have a res handy? Urgent!
                            Justin Morg needs a resurrection! Give him one and you'll get HadesVille points!
    Tuesday at 10:13pm via HadesVille

    Justin Morg: Where's the restore from quick-save option when you really really need it. Sigh...
    Tuesday at 10:17pm

    Justin Morg: On the bright side, I guess I don't have to show up for work tomorrow :) @Boss.
    Tuesday at 10:20pm

    Justin Morg: Hmm, wonder what time the funeral will be tomorrow. I'd hate to be late ;). Haha I kill me sometimes (but not this time, it was Professor Plum with the candlestick!).
    Tuesday at 10:32pm

    Justin Morg: I guess I'll call it a night, no point doing the graveyard shift, don't want to be like a zombie tomorrow...
    Tuesday at 10:50pm

    Justin Morg: Good morning! I'm up! OK not so good and not so up. Oh well. At least the mortician made me smile, put stitches in my side too.
    Wednesday at 7:30am

    Justin Morg likes What's worse than waking up early in the morning? Not waking up at all!
    Wednesday at 7:32am

    Justin Morg: I guess I'll skip breakfast, no stomach for it today... But I'd die for a cup of coffee :p.
    Wednesday at 7:35am

    Justin Morg: Wow, people are actually coming to my funeral!
    Wednesday at 8:43am

    Justin Morg likes a minute of silence
    Wednesday at 9:01am

    Justin Morg: Aww don't cry... OK so I'll really be forever in your debt, but hey I did say the payback's gonna be "out of this world" right? XD
    Wednesday at 9:05am

    Justin Morg likes The Sweet By and By
    Wednesday at 9:10am

    Justin Morg: @MaryNotMarried now's the time to ask that pesky aunt "When's your turn" just like she does to you at weddings... Haha!
    Wednesday at 9:13am

    Justin Morg likes short sermons and even shorter skirts
    Wednesday at 9:20am

    Justin Morg: ok Human Torch time!
    Wednesday at 9:30am

    Justin Morg: getting kinda warm in here... I hate stupid ties and suits.
    Wednesday at 9:35am

    Justin Morg: SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSMOKIN'!
    Wednesday at 9:37am

    Justin Morg: Flame on!
    Wednesday at 9:40am

    Justin Morg: The ultimate fat burning program... Watch the pounds melt away. And never come back- 100% guaranteed!
    Wednesday at 9:45am

    Justin Morg: ok I guess I can fit in that sexy "size nothing" urn now... Check out my new curves... Hey guys, I'm coming out of the closet! Just kidding! Don't look like you've just seen a ghost.
    Wednesday at 9:55am

    Justin Morg: It is very dark. I wonder if grues eat ashes.
    Wednesday at 10:00am

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