Gravebook
Submitted by infojunkie on Wed, 2009-10-28 15:24.
People die. When netizens or their relatives die, it is natural to want to preserve their memory, just like we do in physical life. So far, I have mostly seen Facebook groups that are dedicated to the memory of the departed, usually created by a friend of theirs. This space allows for people who knew the deceased to stop by and leave a comment. But as the Internet gets older, and generations of netizens come and go, it will be necessary to build a better infrastructure for Web cemeteries. To provide spaces that are recognized to contain the digital remains of people, including semantic data on their life and death, elegies, legacies, physical burial location, etc. Look at the digital cemetery for a crude example.
In the news today
Facebook to preserve accounts of the dead