What happens when a little (online) piece of you dies?
I recently learned that an acquaintance was the victim of a Gmail phishing scam, leading to the deletion of her account and four years of mail. I lost all my 2006 MyBlogLog and Minerva mail, and understand this sense of loss at a visceral level.
Not long after, I read a moving blog post from someone who had their massive Flickr presence deleted under similar circumstances.
Dave Winer has questioned “who will maintain my online presence after I die?” It seems even worse to have to live through it yourself.
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