Comments on: When Somebody Dies in Your Social Networking Circle http://www.techipedia.com/2006/when-somebody-dies-in-your-social-networking-circle/ tamar weinberg is a digital marketing specialist, social media consultant, and tech geek at heart Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:06:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tamar Weinberg http://www.techipedia.com/2006/when-somebody-dies-in-your-social-networking-circle/#comment-112678 Tamar Weinberg Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:22:03 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/11/29/when-somebody-dies-in-your-social-networking-circle/#comment-112678 Kimball, that's so sad. :( Thank you for sharing your story with us. Kimball, that’s so sad. :( Thank you for sharing your story with us.

]]> By: Kimball Page http://www.techipedia.com/2006/when-somebody-dies-in-your-social-networking-circle/#comment-112676 Kimball Page Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:16:52 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/11/29/when-somebody-dies-in-your-social-networking-circle/#comment-112676 I just felt the need to share what happened to a Facebook friend of mine. I ride with a couple motorcycle groups here in LA, and I remember chatting with Stefan once or twice only maybe 2-3 months ago. So I added him as a friend on Facebook. I remember he was funny, quirky, with an accent you couldn't figure out where he was from. And so I was following him on Facebook. Then about three weeks ago I got this strange message from a lady saying "URGENT!! do you know anything about my brother they say he is dead!" It was his sister in Romania. We in the group knew nothing about Stefan, we still don't know what happened, other than that it was a motorcycle accident. This was a huge shock for the group, and everyone in the group reached out to Stefan's sister through Facebook, added her as a friend, sent pictures of Stefan, and tried to give her some closure. His family is coming over from Romania to take his remains back for burial in Romania. I still cry, thinking about him. He was so young. But I would have known nothing were it not for Facebook. His sister simply contacted me because I was one of his friends on Facebook. She needed to know more about his life, since she was in Romania and he was here in Los Angeles. I just felt the need to share what happened to a Facebook friend of mine. I ride with a couple motorcycle groups here in LA, and I remember chatting with Stefan once or twice only maybe 2-3 months ago. So I added him as a friend on Facebook. I remember he was funny, quirky, with an accent you couldn’t figure out where he was from. And so I was following him on Facebook. Then about three weeks ago I got this strange message from a lady saying “URGENT!! do you know anything about my brother they say he is dead!” It was his sister in Romania. We in the group knew nothing about Stefan, we still don’t know what happened, other than that it was a motorcycle accident. This was a huge shock for the group, and everyone in the group reached out to Stefan’s sister through Facebook, added her as a friend, sent pictures of Stefan, and tried to give her some closure. His family is coming over from Romania to take his remains back for burial in Romania. I still cry, thinking about him. He was so young. But I would have known nothing were it not for Facebook. His sister simply contacted me because I was one of his friends on Facebook. She needed to know more about his life, since she was in Romania and he was here in Los Angeles.

]]> By: John Cena http://www.techipedia.com/2006/when-somebody-dies-in-your-social-networking-circle/#comment-43450 John Cena Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:42:07 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/11/29/when-somebody-dies-in-your-social-networking-circle/#comment-43450 It is very painful, when somebody dies in your social network. But we need to be aware about these incidents. --------------------------------- John <a href="http://www.widecircles.ca" rel="nofollow">Wide Circles </a> It is very painful, when somebody dies in your social network. But we need to be aware about these incidents.
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]]> By: Tamar Weinberg http://www.techipedia.com/2006/when-somebody-dies-in-your-social-networking-circle/#comment-173 Tamar Weinberg Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:18:37 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/11/29/when-somebody-dies-in-your-social-networking-circle/#comment-173 Helene, if it helps, I just found this article, which states: "The Web site has been down since Nov. 20, which creator Mike Patterson of San Francisco attributes to heavy traffic. He said the site should be back up in a few days after it gets more bandwidth from its host site." http://www.examiner.com/a-423478~Memories_live_on_at_online_death_archive.html I'm not sure how long "a few days" really is, but hopefully you can finish your paper soon. Helene, if it helps, I just found this article, which states:

“The Web site has been down since Nov. 20, which creator Mike Patterson of San Francisco attributes to heavy traffic. He said the site should be back up in a few days after it gets more bandwidth from its host site.”

http://www.examiner.com/a-423478~Memories_live_on_at_online_death_archive.html

I’m not sure how long “a few days” really is, but hopefully you can finish your paper soon.

]]> By: Tamar Weinberg http://www.techipedia.com/2006/when-somebody-dies-in-your-social-networking-circle/#comment-172 Tamar Weinberg Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:11:04 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/11/29/when-somebody-dies-in-your-social-networking-circle/#comment-172 I have no idea, really, but there's a copy of it in Google's cache and you can probably find some more information (though without pictures) on web.archive.org (e.g. http://web.archive.org/web/20060516145724/http://www.mydeathspace.com/ ) I have no idea, really, but there’s a copy of it in Google’s cache and you can probably find some more information (though without pictures) on web.archive.org (e.g. http://web.archive.org/web/20060516145724/http://www.mydeathspace.com/ )

]]> By: Helene Vadsten http://www.techipedia.com/2006/when-somebody-dies-in-your-social-networking-circle/#comment-169 Helene Vadsten Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:42:59 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/11/29/when-somebody-dies-in-your-social-networking-circle/#comment-169 What happened to mydeathspace.com? I was in the middle of a university paper with the mydeathspace site as topic, when it disappeared. What's happening? Is it coming back? Help!! What happened to mydeathspace.com?
I was in the middle of a university paper with the mydeathspace site as topic, when it disappeared. What’s happening? Is it coming back? Help!!

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