“Memorial” Facebook pages becoming popular 1
Facebook has become such a big phenomenon that even the deceased are finding a home within its pages.
Facebook recently announced it has implemented a new privacy setting that will allow family and friends to turn the online Facebook profiles of their departed loved ones in to some kind of memorial.
The idea for the memorialized Facebook profile had its beginnings when the friend of a Facebook employee was tragically killed in an accident. The deceased also happens to be a Facebook employee. One of the natural directions of the conversations among the officemates was what to do with the deceased Facebook profile.
The memorialized Facebook profile has some features removed. Basically, what is deeemd as sensitive information like contact information and status updates are removed. The profile is also removed from the public search. Only the people who were already accepted as friends before will be able to view the memorialized profile.
Despite some claims of commercialization of the dead, I actually like this idea. It’s a great way of remembering the people that we love who have passed away.
Very good article Brian on a subject that has been highly publicised over the past month.
I recently came across a book called ‘is: The Phenomenon of the Facebook Status’ that gives an insight into life in the 21st century via Facebook Statuses and has been receiving fantastic reviews.
It has a website with a Facebook Status Generator that has been getting a huge amount of hits.
http://www.theisbook.com/status-generator
Keep up the good work mate, looking forward to reading more of your stuff
Words by Patrick on November 2, 2009 at 3:52 am | #