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This is a selection from (the) mortalitybook, a web experience that explores what it means that WE die, but the imprints we leave on the internet don't. Fall into it starting May 3rd, 2012 at http://themortalitybook.tumblr.com/.
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(the) mortalitybook click this #14
Poking is even more annoying when you’re dead
-Don G. Don’s experience moving on from his parents’ deaths is more traditional; his parents barely interacted with the internet.
-Don
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But still–
it’s very similar to the way the world is shifting… …What if no one goes through the digital equivalents of your attics, cellars, cabinets, and garages? What if happens if no one does anything at all? While it’s probably “impossible” in the future, right now it can still happen.
If no one reports your death to Facebook,
well, everything stays the same.
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-Diana M.
How do we feel about this?
-Diana
If even for just a little a while– our digital presences are still helping
the living.
And hurting them, too.
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-Joshua Y.
Joshua’s grandfather is still contacting him from the grave–
and he’d prefer it not to be that way.
-Joshua
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Just like it’s possible that we’ll be marketed after we die, the consumer system strikes again as
takes over our digital identities.
-Joshua
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The constant reminders of Joshua’s grandfather’s death (Viagra ads included) are not only an annoyance,
they’re a burden. Let’s face it– death upsets us. Whether it’s our grandparents that we adored or our grandparents that we just couldn’t stand, it simply hits home. The lasting conventions of social media will continue to remind us of death’s heavy hand in our lives.
-Joshua
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