I've always wondered about who gets control of my social media accounts after I die. Will my social media updates live on forever and become immortal? Or will they disappear into the nether regions of the internet in some kind of digital graveyard? In What Happens To Your Social Media Profiles When You Die? special Infographics outline what happens to our digital lives when we die.
The wonderful infographic designed by WebPageFX begins by asking you to take into account In this day and age most everyone has a social media account. I guess the real question is if social media accounts get deleted or managed by someone else? The articles info graphic is split up into four parts and details the process.
- Part One talks about ownership rights. Who gets to have access to my profiles? Facebook,Twitter,Pintrest, Linkedn, and Google all agree to respect the deceased. Nobody can touch your profiles unless you authorize someone to take control of it before you die
- Part Two outlines the amount of time a profile has before a social media outlet deactivates the account.They all vary. Google waits nine months whereas Pintrest never deactivates.
- Part Three asks if others can claim a deceased's username. All but Facebook and Linkedn say no.
- Part Four lists the requirements for deactivation of an account. Which is very important for members of the diseased.
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