Would your online friends be able to find out if you kicked the bucket?

Gekko · 30-04-2008 01:04AM #1

Bit of a random question, but here goes.

It's prompted by a uni lecturer a friend of mine used to stay in touch with via email.

He died suddenly and as he had only stayed in touch with my friend by email, the lecturer's family were only able to notify my friend some weeks after when they were sorting through his belongings and found an email he had printed out with my friend's email address on it.

Bearing in mind that perhaps you are the only person with the passwords to your email accounts, bebo/myspace/facebook/linkedin/other social networking site, - and if you got hit by a bus or something - would any of your family or close friends be in a position to contact any of your online friends to let them know?

Sorry it's a bit long-winded, but I guess I'm curious!

useful_contacts · 30-04-2008 01:10AM

:pi always wondered that, if i died would there be messages in my inbox from online friends calling me ignorant cos i havnt answered there last 20 emails lol

Id say no mine wouldnt

Rb · 30-04-2008 01:11AM

It'd make it onto Boards pretty quickly if I died.

Don't use bebo or any of that shít so it'd probably take longer for my offline friends to find out than the people I know on Boards.

useful_contacts · 30-04-2008 01:15AM

rb_ie wrote: »

It'd make it onto Boards pretty quickly if I died.

Don't use bebo or any of that shít so it'd probably take longer for my offline friends to find out than the people I know on Boards.

RB wheres your "Leave RbS Sigs alone" sig i miss it

staker · 30-04-2008 01:17AM

this 1 makes my skin creep. guess no 1 online would know i'm dead but what about all those active accounts floating around out in cyberspace???

RedXIV · 30-04-2008 01:18AM

I thought about this ages ago actually and as a result put all my passwords with the respective accounts in my safe box in my room. be easily cracked open i suppose, it's an old combination lock but means if i do pop off, the list (with instructions not to haunt people) is there

Think i'm just greedy and want a massive blowout of a funeral

ayala corp · 30-04-2008 01:23AM

well i guess if i died that would be the least of my worrys
considering i wouldnt be able to worry in the first place

but interesting topic hmm makes you think

:(god i feel so insignificant

like a dot in space

orestes · 30-04-2008 01:23AM

I actually died three weeks ago. And not one of you fukkers came to my funeral :mad:

Now I'm gonna haunt boards and haunt it good, you brought this on yourselves!

congo_90 · 30-04-2008 01:28AM

yay i love hauntings! its like a friend ya cant see.

on a more serious note. i have mentioned it to friends who are offline and on because sometimes i don't see certain offline friends for over a week so ya never know. when i said it to a certain friend they became misunderstood and thought i was suicidal. so i didn't ask them again...

Rb · 30-04-2008 01:35AM

useful_contacts wrote: »

RB wheres your "Leave RbS Sigs alone" sig i miss it

Oh don't get me started on what happened it:mad:

useful_contacts · 30-04-2008 01:37AM

rb_ie wrote: »

Oh don't get me started on what happened it:mad:

im here if you need a friend

*sniggers*

thefinalstage · 30-04-2008 01:52AM

I have all my passwords and e-mails on my will.

Overheal · 30-04-2008 01:54AM

thelastangryman wrote: »

I have all my passwords and e-mails on my will.

theres a thought.

Steve · 30-04-2008 01:58AM

boardsies don't die - they reincarnate as someone else.

Ask 6th.

Lazarus2.0 · 30-04-2008 02:15AM

ayala corp wrote: »

well i guess if i died that would be the least of my worrys
considering i wouldnt be able to worry in the first place

but interesting topic hmm makes you think

:(god i feel so insignificant

like a dot in space

It's the internet - we're all dots in space . "Oh ! Such and such is dead . He was funny/annoying/boring . I'll head over to AH or feedback to cheer myself up . " [/thinks] .... and within the hour you'll be lolling or lurking as per usual .

30-04-2008 02:18AM

Last December some boardsie's noticed my absence (probably glad!), one posting an enquiry on TCN where I frequent. My flatmate posted to let them know I was in hospital. So if I croaked, ye all would probably get a virtual wake invite.

staker · 30-04-2008 02:24AM

a cheap piss up for your next o' kin

Crumble Froo · 30-04-2008 02:31AM

my online friends (most of whom wouldnt be on boards) would almost definitely find out, as they're all on the same sites where my boyfriend and two of his mates hang out. i reckon one of them would mention it.

what i'd be worried about is how many of htem i'd find out about if they died.

as for boards... hmm, im not sure, i know there's some people on here with accounts and stuff, my bro, childhood friend, but i dont know if anyone would think to pop in and let people know.

phantom_lord · 30-04-2008 06:08AM

useful_contacts wrote: »

RB wheres your "Leave RbS Sigs alone" sig i miss it

sigpo is pretty lame, prob just people that were bullied in school venting their frustrations.

MonkeyTennis · 30-04-2008 07:59AM

mb posters dont die their post count just stabilises:pac:

Sherifu · 30-04-2008 09:09AM

phantom_lord wrote: »

sigpo is pretty lame, prob just people that were bullied in school venting their frustrations.

Sigpo weren't responsible for that afaik.

In answer to the OP, probably the ones I wanted to know would.

beautiation · 30-04-2008 09:18AM

On emo forums you probably can't log off for your lunch without the place thinking you've sliced your wrists open and having an e-funeral.

super_furry · 30-04-2008 10:44AM

I died twice and no-one noticed. Bastards.

30-04-2008 11:59AM

Respawning in 3, 2, 1...

WindSock · 30-04-2008 12:05PM

Well I always imagine myself to die heroically. I think someone here would start a thread saying 'Girl died while saving others from sinking boat, she is our national hero' Then someone would point out-OMG, thats WindSock!
Then will come the WindSock appreciation threads and tribute acts.

funk-you · 30-04-2008 12:23PM

I have no friends:(:pac:

-Funk

6th · 30-04-2008 12:26PM

Bsed on previous experience I'm guessing it would take about 20minutes for the wholeworld to know I was dead.

This isnt the first time this thread has been done but everytime it pops up its a good lol.

Insect Overlord · 30-04-2008 12:43PM

My ex girlfriend and my my longest serving male friend both frequent boards so it would probably get mentioned, moved to the CW forum, spammed and locked pretty quickly! As for bebo, facebook, etc, nobody has left me a comment in over a week, so I don't know if word would spread much on those media.

(what a morbid topic!!)

ryukobain · 30-04-2008 01:58PM

Yes except the invisible ones.

Latchy · 30-04-2008 02:02PM

Gekko wrote: »

Bearing in mind that perhaps you are the only person with the passwords to your email accounts, bebo/myspace/facebook/linkedin/other social networking site, - and if you got hit by a bus or something - would any of your family or close friends be in a position to contact any of your online friends to let them know?

Now that to is somthing i have thought about a bit cuz who is going to respond to all those unanswered pm's and emails ?

Overheal · 30-04-2008 02:14PM

If I recall it wouldn't be the first time a friend or family member has signed on as a dearly-departed boardsie to issue us the bad news.

Would your online friends be able to find out if you kicked the bucket?

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