You know, Facebook has been a great way to reconnect to others from childhood, work, and even just to keep in touch with your friends. It's cool to keep in contact with others and see photos and posts of your (not too distant) family and friends. However, lately I've been thinking about Facebook with relation to death. Since 2009 I've been a member of Facebook and in that time frame, there have been 4 Facebook connects that have moved on to the after life or as I call it "checked in at the upper room".
Since that time, I've seen "friends of (insert name here)" or "In memory of (who dunnit)" and I know that family or friends sometimes take over the departed person's page. And in some cases they use the page to let other's know of that person's death and then they retire the page.
SO, with all that said, most recently, I've had a FB connect that passed on- it was quite shocking and sad to learn of his sickness and then learn of his demise. But what was even more shocking is the activity that is still popping up in my feed about a week after he's moved on to the "Upper Room Suites".
This has led me to note ONE major thing:
When folks die, let them take their facebook/twitter and linked in pages with them:
I'm going to put a clause in my will that in the event of my early demise (I assume I won't be using facebook at 90+ I won't give a damn nor will I care what restaurant you & your grandchildren went to) to take down my damn page! As a matter of fact I'm probably going to end up screaming it before I die "Don't be on my page, liking shit and hanging out on Facebook under my profile, I'm dead get the hell off my page, cuz I sure as hell ain't worried about it!"
This guy has been deceased for over a week but I'll be damned if he ain't the most active deceased person on social media I've ever seen. I mean, he's really goin' to town on his Facebook page, he's liking Hawaii, he's adding friends, he's liking band pages, musicians, products... I mean... it's like he's still alive! I saw that mess and had to stop myself from saying "Oh really? He likes Hawaii!?"
And most recently, on Linkedin he even added a connection. I mean he is keeping his professional contacts up-to-date, even in the afterlife. I gotta step my game up! I'm alive on earth and haven't had a new connect in about 3 weeks, he's playin' cards with Elvis & Moses and he manages to get a new connect!??? What am I doing wrong.
But...
One good thing has come out of this... laughter amidst the tears...
