The spread of the Internet has not only a greater connectivity between people result it also brings a change in the management of private and public with it (see blog entry "Private / Public"). users of so-called "social media" perpetuate themselves on Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, or as an avatar on online role-playing game portals and introduce yourself and your life in bright colors. But what happens when the person dies in "real life"?
The social platform "Facebook" put out until 2007 is simply all accounts of deceased users until after a killing spree asked members of the victims concerned with maintaining the pages as a keepsake. Since then, it is available on request by members to put the profiles of the deceased in a "Memorialization" status. Contact details and personal information are no longer visible, friends of the deceased can still View photo albums and leave messages on the whiteboard [1] .
even go a step further other relatives. The recent report of the TAZ "refers to the death," reports the mother of a dead girl, the daughter of a small piece of paper with all its attributes - was left behind passwords. Since then, the mother regularly logged on the account of her daughter at SchülerVZ and there is even a group of mourning in honor of her daughter joined.
grief counselor Thomas Multhaup in the article warns against such behavior: "Wenn im Netz eine Art von Scheinwirklichkeit und Scheinleben aufrechterhalten wird, tut man sich damit auf Dauer keinen Gefallen. Niemand wird digital unsterblich. [2] "
Doch wie es aussieht trifft das nicht in jedem Fall zu. Die Autorin berichtet weiter über eine junge Frau, die nach dem Tod der Schwester Lisa, den Betreiber des Netzwerks StudiVZ vergeblich bittet Lisas Account zu löschen. Trotz mehrmaligem Bitten kann sie nicht verhindern, dass 39 Tage vor Lisas Geburtstag eine „Geburtstagserinnerung“ mit Foto auf ihrer Startseite erscheint, obwohl die Schwester bereits seit zwei Jahren tot ist [3] . To avoid
To such protracted efforts and processes Surviving with the social media platforms, U.S. suppliers have been offering for some time their customers "virtual grave maintenance [4] " to . Companies like "Death Switch" or "Legacy Locker regulate digital discount and offer different services for money, such as sending information to members on production of death certificate to [5] .
In Germany there since 2009, the Berlin-based start-up company "Indivus" which deals with the management of digital estate. When the user makes a indivus with all his accounts and profiles, and notes that after his death what to do with it and who should receive the appropriate access rights. According to the indivus team is a fundamental problem of such companies is the address of the target group. Although "All Internet users also part of the audience, but people are reluctant to deal [sic] with death [6] "
indivus future will be marketed through partnerships with social networks, will want to have the appropriate forms directly from the application [7] . may seem
As strange, at first glance, to publish the Register on a side where party photos or find the love of his life wants to come to terms with death, pushing the more even the thought that such services will come in the future indivus an important function. Finally, social media is popular especially among young people, so that the amount of Accounts whose owners die at the time (thankfully) should still be quite low. What happens, however, with the incredible flood of data when in 40 to 60 years, more and more accounts will be abandoned due to age? I for one find the idea comforting to be able to take care of themselves prior to the whereabouts of my data, as the thought someone could after my death under my name, comment photos on Facebook. But perhaps enough for me posthumous backup then a real envelope, including a list of my accounts and passwords ...
[1] See Hortobagyi, Monica (2007): Slain students' pages to stay on Facebook. USA TODAY. Available online at http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-05-08-facebook-vatech_N.htm, checked on 06.03.2011.
[2] Black Maier, Nicola (2011): Online after death. In: TAZ, 26.2.2011. Available online at http://www.taz.de/1/netz/netzkultur/artikel/1/online-nach-dem-tod/, checked on 03.06.2011.
[3] Ibid
[4] Swan, Ben (2009): Passwords from the beyond. In: TAZ, 21.08.2009. Available online at http://www.taz.de/1/netz/artikel/1/aus-die-maus-2/, checked on 06.03.2011.
[6] Riechers, Kersten A. (2009): Facebook's Form faded. Online identities after death. start-up scene. The magazine for entrepreneurs. Available online at http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/facebooks-formular-fur-verblichene-online-identitaten-nach-dem-tod, checked on 06.03.2011.
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