More Thoughts On A Dead Man’s Online Life

by Patrick on August 19, 2009

Back in May I thought about what happens to your online life after you die.

While a few of you left comments on what you would do, it appears that a variety of different services have sprouted up to handle this very question. I stumbled upon a Time Magazine article (via Life Hacker) talking about Managing Your Online Life When You’re Dead.

Reading the article  I found it really creepy thinking again about all the things we’ll leave behind online when we leave this Earth.

Would consider enrolling in a service like Deathswitch?

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  • http://www.themartinichronicles.wordpress.com Casey

    Then there’s the issue of whether the service provider for your online site will even allow someone to come clean up after you. Unless someone knows your password, sites like MySpace won’t allow family members on to make memorial pages, update info, etc.
    .-= Casey´s last blog ..Boobs and Boredom =-.

  • Nicole
  • http://francobeans.com f.B

    i dunno. that’s pretty creepy. so yeah; maybe.
    .-= f.B´s last blog ..somewhere between superstition and certainty =-.

    • http://www.dmbosstone.com Patrick

      It’s just weird that Deathswitch will continue to e-mail you until you stop answering- it’s like a line in a movie.

  • http://thepqnation.com/showandtell Jaime | Fast Times

    No. That’s creepy. I would just hope that the people I interact with would let each other know, since my online life is not separate from my real life.
    .-= Jaime | Fast Times´s last blog ..…in which the Empire State Building brings me to my knees… =-.

    • http://www.dmbosstone.com Patrick

      I think that’s why these services are sprouting- because our life online is just as important as our life offline.

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