Tag Archives: Social Networking

“If I Die” Facebook App

Facebook App Allows Users to Leave a Message for Loved Ones After Their Death

The “farewell message” has made its way to social networking. A new Facebook app allows users to schedule a message or messages to post to their wall after they have died. After installing the app, a person chooses three Facebook friends … Continue reading

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Grief, Loss, and the End-of-Life Experience in the Age of the Tweet

How do our online networks effect the way we address real-life death?

“Here it is. I’m dead…” Earlier this year, Derek Miller published to his blog a farewell post—the day after his death. Before this, Miller had been blogging about his fight with metastatic colorectal cancer. SevenPonds recently published a Just Passed … Continue reading

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