Twitter Introduces The Dead Into The Virtual World
Connecting to the dead (Another way of telling that: “to take advantage of our social anxieties of death”) is going to be an everyday affair; all it now requires is a Twitter account and you are all set to interact with your loved and dear ones who are no longer alive. A recent Gurdian post explains: Why death is not the end of your social media life »
Services such as LivesOn and DeadSocial plan to keep your friends and family updated on your Twitter and Facebook pages, even after you have passed away.
The growth of digital legacies is already throwing up legal and ethical issues. Facebook has already gone to court to oppose the idea that families can force it to hand over data. However the brighter side to this development is, people can find it as a small way to live on and it shall create something of value for those who are still alive.
[Above image: Last week’s Black Mirror featured a grieving woman who uses a digital service to communicate with her dead boyfriend.]
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