A few death trends in honor of Halloween
October 31st, 2009
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In honor of Halloween, I would like to bring you a truly morbid post by pointing out two interesting trends in the realm of death this week.
First, TIME Magazine had an article this week, “What Happens to Your Facebook Profile After You Die”. Apparently if a user dies and the family can submit proof like an obituary, the profile can either be removed completely or converted into a memorial. The user then won’t show up in Facebook’s suggestions, and information like status updates won’t show up in Facebook’s news feed. This came out of complaints by users who were getting suggestions to reconnect with deceased users.