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- akshay626, on 02/21/2009, -1/+131In my will i will require that my facebook account is maintained and updated just to screw with people.
Status update: "is hungry and can go for a cheesburger, but can't has cheezeburger because he is dead" - inactive, on 02/20/2009, -1/+109It's been years since my grandfather died, but we still occasionally get mail offers for credit cards and loans in his name. Every time we receive one it's at least mildly upsetting, though not nearly as bad as when a telemarketer called about him.
Despite the fact that it is now "friends only," they should immediately remove the page from the internet. It's disrespectful to override the wishes of the family, and Facebook should be ashamed. The more and more I see of the way this company operates, the more I want it to wither and die.
But, based on their history of generating revenue, I think that's not going to be a problem. - ssjaken, on 02/20/2009, -6/+114Facebook certainly has gotten alot of negative press lately due to their "Policy". They should listen to Spike Lee and "Do The Right Thing".
- whataSAMF, on 02/21/2009, -1/+92I wish there was a "dislike button" on facebook.
Because I dislike alot of the ***** they've been giving us lately. - tmonsta1, on 02/21/2009, -0/+71remind me to close my facebook account before I die
- j0rd0n420, on 02/20/2009, -0/+50If it is not in his will, I think Facebook should respect the families wishes.
- gdenne, on 02/21/2009, -2/+43Is Facebook *wanting* people to hate them?
- AFelsinger, on 02/20/2009, -1/+34doesn't matter if he wanted it or not. when you're dead, if it's not written specifically in your will, relatives make the decisions. frankly, i'm sure the dead guy would prefer whatever his family feels most comfortable with. he's already dead, after all.
- bradharrelson, on 02/21/2009, -0/+32Executor of the state has full control over issues like this. She just needs to get a lawyer involved at this point.
- AFelsinger, on 02/20/2009, -0/+25well, it seems like they don't "let you"
they MAKE you - joshzam, on 02/21/2009, -0/+19Unless you plan to take up base jumping sometime soon, Facebook will be gone long before you are.
- footodors, on 02/21/2009, -1/+20I want to be stuffed and left on my recliner.
- xptoast, on 02/21/2009, -0/+18Solution...hire a hacker to get the password and stuff. Then pass on that info to the family. The family then goes and deletes the page.
Problem solved. - analogkid01, on 02/21/2009, -1/+19No breastfeeding pics, all your content are belong to us, and we still see dead people...banner year for Facebook so far!!
- JEWestbrookJR, on 02/21/2009, -0/+18My ex girlfriend died a couple years back (not while we were dating, but the death of ANY ex has a huge impact). Her family wants her facebook gone, they won't do anything about it. I always stumble upon it when browsing classmates and it ruins my day... such thing happened today :(
- misterjangles, on 02/21/2009, -0/+18I can understand if facebook has a policy to require proof and prevent people maliciously deleting somebody's profile by reporting them dead. But, putting the account into "memorial" mode despite the family's wishes is really creepy.
makes me wonder if i should be making my own plan for this situation. don't want to think about it, though! - inactive, on 02/21/2009, -1/+18FB's new motto "All your corpses belong to us"
- d2002, on 02/21/2009, -0/+17Stay classy facebook.
- Decoy84, on 02/21/2009, -1/+16Per Facebook's TOS we'll have to start adding "Facebook power of representation" clauses in our wills.... WTF? So I can claim the estate of my dead relative after death but not their Facebook account?
- Mackofalltrades, on 02/21/2009, -1/+15I logged in to digg you up. You brightened my day fellow digger.
- tmonsta1, on 02/21/2009, -0/+14so you're saying I should postpone jumping off that bridge this weekend?
- bradharrelson, on 02/21/2009, -0/+14They were paid $60M USD in a settlement.
- SeaICIubber, on 02/21/2009, -0/+13I'm already doing this with my Digg account...
- PacGamer, on 02/21/2009, -3/+15Facebook is dead to me.
- skybythelight, on 02/21/2009, -2/+13Never put anything on the internet you don't want there after you die.
- inactive, on 02/21/2009, -0/+10word
- metalkills, on 02/21/2009, -5/+14This just in. Facebook now changing name to Disgracebook due to bad press and an admittedly lame premise
- Samurai77, on 02/21/2009, -0/+9Ding Ding Ding we have a winner!
- AlienMushroom, on 02/21/2009, -1/+10"Zuckerberg" looks somehow similiar to "douchebag".
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doUChEBaG - inactive, on 02/21/2009, -0/+8Man now I want a facebook account just so i can do that.
- DarkCloud515, on 02/21/2009, -0/+8How is it so *****'in hard for companies - and on a side note, our government - to do the right thing. It really isn't that hard.
- doublsh0t, on 02/21/2009, -0/+8maybe we should add amendments to our future wills which mention something about this sort of thing.
OR include our passwords to various accounts in a postscript lol - AngelaQ, on 02/21/2009, -1/+9How do we know that the deceased didn't want Facebook to keep making money by selling his personal data to advertisers who would contact him to try to sell him stuff?
- teamgwho, on 02/21/2009, -0/+7having lost a friend at age 35 to a stroke, I can say that knowing that this persons myspace page is still up on the internet brings mixed feelings. I am sure there are some folks who will go back and visit and re-read their posts and it helps them to keep the memory alive. There are others who will revisit and it only makes their anguish worse. i know that if I had strong feelings one way or the other it would me be my right to feel that way.
If the deceased expressed stated a preference either to remain online or to have their information removed, those wishes should be followed. In the absense of a stated preference, the right to leave it alone or to delete remains the right of the family. Everyone uses social networks differently. Some people actually know the people on their flist personally, others know virtually none of these person IRL. I don't think anyone can claim to "know that so and so would've wanted to >insert preference here<" unless they actually stated it beforehand.
And who the hell thinks to mention facebook in their will?
Well, after this incident, I'm sure a lot of people. I know I'm going to mention it.
Now that i think about it, i remember thinking a few weeks back about writing some sort of post-death post and providing it in a sealed envelope (with my username and password of course) to a relative with instructions to post it upon my death. (I'd give this to someone who isn't a big internet user and who wouldn't open the envelope to sneak a peak of course... )
A voice from beyooooond the graaaaaveeeeeee.....
Or would that just be too creepy? - inactive, on 02/21/2009, -1/+8actually it's better NOT putting anything up on the internet at all
- Biscuitz, on 02/21/2009, -5/+12You can't "delete" a facebook page anyway, you can only "deactivate it"
- bradharrelson, on 02/21/2009, -2/+9All we have to do is click Thumbs Down and we don't have to see your comment anymore. Voilà!
- andyb747, on 02/21/2009, -0/+7wow.
- twiztidsinz, on 02/21/2009, -1/+8You and all the other trolls should ***** die.
Preferably in a fire. - MavRevMatt, on 02/21/2009, -0/+6"Whoever inherited his computer now has all of his passwords and stuff. Just use the computers "remember" password feature to login and delete the account."
If he saved his passwords then they certainly could. But not everyone saves passwords, and even if they do there should be a master password in Firefox. - HamatoKameko, on 02/21/2009, -1/+7If I'm dead, I don't see how I would really care.
- yuutokun, on 02/21/2009, -0/+5Too soon.
- PhilBG, on 02/20/2009, -7/+12Let his soul rest in peace!
However, I kinda feel sad for Facebook with all this negativity around it lately but, honestly, it brought it itself with all these f*ck ups :) - atomic811, on 02/21/2009, -4/+9I want everything I put on the internet to stay up as long as it does. It is my only sense of leaving something behind.
- juvigt, on 02/21/2009, -0/+4"I emailed their 'privacy' division, attached a copy of his death certificate and asked them politely to remove his membership."
They didn't say no, but they didn't say yes, either. They should have done as she requested and not against her wishes.
***** Facebook. - jtechs, on 02/21/2009, -0/+4I think you should stop asking her then...
- dweebish, on 02/21/2009, -3/+7Sickening.
- HamatoKameko, on 02/21/2009, -0/+4This would be great if it were an option. Unfortunately, it appears to be a requirement.
- diaa0111, on 02/21/2009, -0/+4I'm not so sure that it is that idea. The terms of service that he agreed to before passing away has precedence (if I am not mistaken).
*Update: I found this link online. It's about Texas, but still explains what generally happens if you die without a will. http://www.houstonlawyersdirect.com/2008/01/18/dyi ... - dagamer34, on 02/21/2009, -0/+4And we thought that Facebook didn't "own" our content but they won't let you delete your page. Taking down their "new" policy doesn't mean they stop acting like it's not around!
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