Facebook has recently announced that when people pass away, their profiles can be “memorialized” by friends and family. It’s an interesting concept. What should we do with online information about our loved ones? Facebook has taken some care to remove more sensitive issues (status updates, contact information, suggested friends list, etc.), but I’m not sure that’s a perfect solution. When someone dies–particularly if it’s a tragic situation–people deal with their grief very differently. Certainly, some people will like the fact that they can remember the person via Facebook, while others will not wanted to be reminded of the loss at all. As we migrate more and more of our lives online, questions like these are going to become even more difficult.
Read more from the BBC or from the Facebook blog.
