There are a surprising number of people using social media these days; the number grows significantly everyday all over the world. With the whole world getting online and older generations going digital, there comes a time when your online life will live on even when you don’t. That’s right, folks, now you can have your social media world taken care of after you pass on. Although most people don’t like to think about death, there are emerging companies who will take care of your social media world once death occurs. They have all of your “digital assets,” from social networks, blogs, e-mails, financial accounts, and other Internet properties you might have. This takes a great amount of trust to allow someone to have your online identity to say the least so most sites charge a fee for their services. With most of these sites being safe and secure, they allow one trusted person that will get all of your information from passwords to account numbers and they are able to cancel/move/delete your online world.
There is also a company that allows people to write letters, make videos, and send pictures to your loved ones after you have passed on. There is a code given to one person and when that code is typed in after you die, the emails are sent out as a last goodbye. The companies name is “The Great Goodbye” and the problem they are running into is getting people to accept what they do as a company and actually have people sign up.
There are a lot of issues in this world with getting people to think about death. Getting people to sign up and not think of it as too “off the wall” has been a PR challenge for these companies. If these companies keep pretending like it’s no big deal, then maybe the world will come around also. As for me, I’ll stick to clinging to my youth and leave my Facebook to deactivate after one year of no use.
