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...impulse to create such groups reflects a reflex to preserve someone’s memory virtually. With the boom of social networking sites, the deaths of a number of their users have forced many to translate their mourning into the language of cyberspace. Because Facebook gives one an online existence, users must now account for their virtual loss...
...Duane” Meat ’05-’07 was shot in the chest while taking time off at home in Minneapolis, Minn. Meat died that morning on May 3, nearly six months ago. But until two weeks ago his virtual identity on Facebook remained alive...
...obviously I would like Hui’s profile to be around a little longer,” says Yu. “But if the taking down of Hui’s profile did some emotional damage to some of the people, then I think [the Remember Hui] Facebook group would more than make...
...pointed out Monday that Wang’s profile was taken down, nine days before Facebook.com’s official memorial period. This past week, the profile has been in Facebook limbo, going from online to off in a matter of minutes. As of press time on Tuesday, a search did not bring up Wang’s profile...
...Since Facebook is about real people connecting with their friends, once someone is no longer with us they don’t have control over what their profile is anymore,” she says...