Huffington Magazine Issue 32 | Page 59

HUFFINGTON 01.20.13 DARE DELLICAN’S INSTAGRAM THE VIRTUAL CEMETERY after he committed suicide. It’s easy to track who joins a social network, but it’s hard to keep up with who dies. Some accounts exist in perpetuity. Others are shut down by friends and family who have access to passwords or prove their relationship to the dead, or by social media companies because of inactivity. Facebook is largely hands-off with dead users unless there are specific requests from families. One unique site, MyDeathSpace. com, tracks social media profiles of the dead and maintains an e [