The "reconnect" feature is ill-conceived, poorly executed, and once again demonstrates Facebook's arrogance in telling its users how they should manage their relationships. How can it not occur to them that some people are probably not connected for a reason? I remain mystified why this service is so immensely popular.
George Gumpert
· 1 month ago
So, when exactly do I make sure to contact Facebook to memorialize an account? Upon knowledge of the death? After finding out, but before the wake? During the wake? After the funeral?
I imagine a future where funeral homes will include "Notify popular social networking sites of your loved ones' death" in their packages. I also envision a future where those will be the only entities allowed to do so.
...weird.
Jerry Zambrano
· 1 month ago
Yeah, weird is right. I just commented on conferring with my family. I think it should be a family decision. But that it has to be done... and what's to prevent Facebook from changing their policy and choosing to delete the page of persons that have had their names submitted via their form/application.
J.
Name
· 1 month ago
I'd just like you to know that I did not know about this feature, but for me it is GREAT. My sister recently passed away and was an avid user of facebook. People are still posting to her page as a way to grieve. This is a wonderful thing. It's great, when I'm having a hard day to go look at her facebook page and see that she is so very loved and there are so many others that are missing her too.
George Gumpert
· 1 month ago
I do think it's a good feature, though I feel there may be a more efficient and more sensitive way of doing it. If someone in my family died, I certainly wouldn't be thinking "oh yeah, I have to contact facebook." There's enough loose ends to tie at that time.
The more I think about it, the more I realize I may have only been half-joking about the funeral home thing. It probably wouldn't be a bad service to offer.
aooho
· 1 month ago
The more people leaving facebook the better. damn this feature
Jerry Zambrano
· 1 month ago
Yes. Reconnecting with deceased friends or relatives is very insensitive. I was recommended to a relative that recently passed away, and she is already on my friends list. Despite my recent comments on her page, the suggestion still came through yesterday.
J.
advocatus
· 1 month ago
A good, tactful blog post. Also, provides a good reminded for everyone that will (hopefully) eliminate this issue.
Jerry Zambrano
· 1 month ago
Thanks again for the post. - I'll be conferring w/my family for our lost cousin's page. "Facebook's | Memorialized Deceased person form: http://bit.ly/1wURJ4 - "
Bob
· 1 month ago
I don't understand the big deal about this and why everyone has a problem with it. Okay, Facebook recommended you reconnect with a dead friend/relative, so what? Click the little X and move on. People are too sensitive these days. Get a grip.
Ben
· 1 month ago
Agreed.
Name
· 1 month ago
That's crazy. I just got a suggestion to post on a friend's page this morning who passed away a few months ago. And then you guys posted this.
You read my mind, Mashable!
rustylive
· 1 month ago
What's annoying is that their contact service sucks. I've had two accounts for the past 4 years, and I keep getting friend requests for an account I can no longer access. What's really funny is that I was able to make an account with the same address more than once, but I only get notifications from the first account.
Tilmont Lionel
· 1 month ago
Well the only problem is that people will want to memorialise accounts of living persons just for the fun of it ...
ryankuder
· 1 month ago
Does FB have a process to verify that a person is actually dead? If anyone can contact them and "memorialize" someone, there could be some serious pranking coming on. And what happens when I click to a friends memorialized page? How does FB let me know the person is dead? I imagine that would be a pretty crappy way to start a day:
Me to Steve's Wall: "Hey, Steve! Seeing as you just got back from Africa, I thought you'd like this article on giraffes that I found. How have you been?" Facebook: "Sorry, Steve is deceased." Me: "What?! Noooo!!! (sob)"
Proper
· 1 month ago
Unfortunately, I just found out through this feature that a friend (albeit not a particularly close one) died last month. So yeah, that sucks.
"Welcome to Facebook, Batman! Here are some suggestions for you: Reconnect with your friends, Thomas and Martha Wayne!" "MY PARENTS ARE DEEEEAAAAAADDD!"
Henry
· 1 month ago
great article i have always met this kind of problem thanks for giving the useful information
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I imagine a future where funeral homes will include "Notify popular social networking sites of your loved ones' death" in their packages. I also envision a future where those will be the only entities allowed to do so.
...weird.
J.
The more I think about it, the more I realize I may have only been half-joking about the funeral home thing. It probably wouldn't be a bad service to offer.
J.
- I'll be conferring w/my family for our lost cousin's page.
"Facebook's | Memorialized Deceased person form: http://bit.ly/1wURJ4 - "
You read my mind, Mashable!
Me to Steve's Wall: "Hey, Steve! Seeing as you just got back from Africa, I thought you'd like this article on giraffes that I found. How have you been?"
Facebook: "Sorry, Steve is deceased."
Me: "What?! Noooo!!! (sob)"
"Welcome to Facebook, Batman! Here are some suggestions for you: Reconnect with your friends, Thomas and Martha Wayne!"
"MY PARENTS ARE DEEEEAAAAAADDD!"
i have always met this kind of problem
thanks for giving the useful information