What Happens To Facebook After You Die?

[AB Editor]

Dear All,

This question was sprung into my mind from this: http://www.theanswerb...s/Question994133.html

What happens to a Facebook account when you become an ex-facebooker? Can you transfer your farmville livestock out to your family & friends? Could you make notice in your will that Auntie Dorine should not be in receipt of any farmville land because of what she once said about our Shirley at Dianne & Tom's wedding?

And, more seriously, what about for those people who want to keep the account open as a monument to that person? It is certainly better than roadside flowers - but still creepy.

Any spurious information or cold-hard speculation is welcome.

Spare Ed

[zzxxee]

is not writing messages for all to read not public in your opinion ed ?

[AB Editor]

That is odd pixi-!

I'm still concerned about the cows by the way, what about brought assets from games on Facebook, can they be transferred? Can you envision a future where it becomes part of the normal "divvying up".

Related: I "own" several domain names, will their ownership be transferred if I pop my clogs tomorrow?

Also, sorry Lottie!

[ummmm]

I'd just be concerned about all the money I have in my poker account. I don't want OH to nick it...he'll blow it in a few weeks...such a risk taker...lol

[LoftyLottie]

I am private on facebook and have the great total of 7 friends and they will know if I die!!

[NOX]

The Western world is about the only society that has this ' stiff upper lip' Ed. If you go anywhere else public displays of grief are very much part of the healing process. I think things need to be got out into the open for some people and certainly the more personally i've found i've bottled up grief about people the worse it's been and the longer it's taken to deal with things.

[jackthehat]

Do these assets form any part of divorce settlements.............?

It's a thought..........:o)

[AB Editor]

Sorry Zzxxee, I mean writing message to that person, to their inbox. Not on the wall.

//Do these assets form any part of divorce settlements//
Exactly JTH - I suppose if both equally farmed the land... or similar... Clicked the pixels?... it should be an equal split?

[daffy654]

My daughter has been given instructions to inform all forums I use of my death when it happens. She will then cancel/delete my accounts after a while.

[AB Editor]

NOX - ///The Western world is about the only society that has this ' stiff upper lip' Ed. If you go anywhere else public displays of grief are very much part of the healing process///

Can you give some examples? I can think of a lot of extended funeral services (Chinese funerals go on for three days usually I think) but not much in the way of flowers by the roadside/facebook wall posts.

I think part of the problem is the language we all use for death is so Worn (because, well, it's been going on for a while) that when we try and inject life into it it seems "fake".I'll post bookends by Tony Harrison again if we're not careful.

Spare Ed

[zzxxee]

ahhhh i see a little strange but as i have said whatever helps that person get through their grief !

[AB Editor]

///Writing to their inbox??!! Sorry, that is just weird.///

Why? Maybe you've got something to say to them, and this is a way of doing it. You know, maybe you don't need someone else to "like" what you're saying for example? You just need to say it.

Spare

[ummmm]

I don't think it's weird. I wrote my Dad a letter on Fathers day and left it, sealed, on his grave. It's still their...very soggy...but still there.

The wall posts can be nice to read. It's things like 'Hey Mum...thought I'd let you know I passed my driving test'

[zzxxee]

when my kids were little they used to write their great gran who passed on notes, and attach them to helium balloons and send them up to nannys star she sat on so she could catch them.

Now there is facebook how nice for a child to leave a message for a nan or parent who has passed on hoping they will read it.

[zzxxee]

:0) xx pinki

[AB Editor]

Just to be clear, I've written letters to go in the coffin or leave on the grave or burn or similar - not used Facebook. But I can see how it could be considered the same.

Zzxxee, assuming that the message didn't get the Gran-star do you ever wonder where it lands? And what the person thinks the other end? It must be really confusing to begin with - until they work out what it is of course!