My brother died unexpectedly last month and his social media accounts are still active with people posting memories and condolences, but we can't access them to manage anything and some family members think we should leave them alone while others want them memorialized or deleted. It's becoming this weird ongoing source of tension when we're all still just trying to grieve.
More people experience this than they realize.
Death in the digital age creates new forms of shared mourning and memory-keeping that families must navigate without roadmaps, often revealing different values about privacy, permanence, and letting go.
“Where Are You with Digital legacy — your online presence after death?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.