Digital Death Tag Archive
What are digital deaths and digital legacies?
Given that so much of our lives are now online, it’s no wonder that we now have a phrase for when we die there – digital …
What happens to your cloud when you die?
As technology has evolved, we’re now able to do things we would never have thought possible a decade ago. Take cloud storage for example – being …
How to host an online funeral
As losing someone you’ve bonded with through online communities is becoming more common, so too are online funerals. Our previous article focused on how to cope …
Dealing with a Facebook profile after someone dies
When someone dies, deciding what to do with their Facebook profile may not be the first thing on your agenda. But when Martin died suddenly, his …
How Twitter has changed tragedy
I remember aimlessly scrolling through Twitter when the first tweets came through from the Boston Globe reporting of explosions at the 2013 Boston Marathon. After the …
Sharing death on social media – can it go too far?
We now check Facebook upwards of 14 times and spend over 2 hours a day on social media. It’s safe to say it has truly become …
How we ritualise death in a digital world
From the 40 day mourning period we see in the Muslim faith, to white being the colour of mourning in China – all religions and cultures …