Have you ever thought about what will happen to your online presence after you have died? What will happen to your weblog, your Facebook status update, your tweets, or your uploaded photos on Flickr? What happens to this version of you that you've built with bits after you have gone? Who will have access to which parts of it, and for how long?
The New York Times posted a long article, written by Rob Walker, about the fact that not many people have given serious thought to these questions. Maybe that's partly because what we do online still feels somehow novel and ephemeral. Or maybe it's because pondering mortality is simply a downer.
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http://www.kwint-ia.nl is the site from my brother who was killed in Afghanistan in june 2004.
It is still around
I'm sad to hear about your brother's death, Rik. Especially since he was with Doctors Without Borders and was there to help people. He's a hero.
Good point. I'd like my blog to have an end-post. Something simple like, sorry, he checked out. Thanks for coming.
I hv thought of that a few times, but never decided what to do :)
I've actually thought about this...I think anyone who thinks about death must have wondered about this. Look forward to reading the article.
Rik, so sorry about your brother.
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