Death on Social Networks

Deaths of users on websites such as Facebook are new problems in social networking sites. What does Facebook do when a user passes away? This is a difficult issue on social network sites. In the beginning of Facebook, most of the users death were tragic because there was a younger generation on Facebook. Now it is changing as more people come online, there is now an older age group on Facebook of users who will die of natural causes. Though a user may die in real life, their Facebook page will live on forever, leaving families and friends an of online somewhat interactive memorial, where users can view old pictures and comment on their wall about missing them or a story to them. It is very weird to look at Facebooks of those who pass away. The memorializing of deceased users on facebook began in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting. Facebook memorialized those users that passed away, as well as many people devote status's to family and friends in difficult times.