I caught this in the news recently.....
Even after you die, your Facebook account can live one. Facebook will now allow users to designate someone as their "legacy contact" to manage their account after death.
No need to worry now about what'll happen to your beloved Facebook account. It won't have to just sit there and languish as your relatives try to convince Facebook that you are deceased.
If you haven't read about this, read about this:
To me, this idea makes a lot of sense.
Why? This sums it up:
Facebook for many of us fills a void that used to be filled by phone calls, letters and postcards — postcards from the turn of the last century (1899-1900) seem eerily like the text messages, tweets and Facebook posts of today.
Old letters and scrapbooks can be an invaluable resource for those of us who want to find out more about our dearly departed, whether just to remember the good times or even something as important as settling an estate.
With Facebook serving as a channel for that information these days, however, the information that used to exist in physical form can vanish as quickly as a broken hard drive or a dead URL link.
(Harrison AR Daily Times)
(Harrison AR Daily Times)
Yup, for many of us, Facebook is our diary.
Happenings.
Stories.
Photos.
Memories.
Oh yeah.... and the occasional video of a dancing llama.
That said, deleting a Facebook account is pretty much the same as burning a diary.
And burning a diary is a stoooopid idea.
Good move Facebook.
Your move now, Facebook user.
Out for now......
Matt