Sabre Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Every so often, I check a bunch of artists, writers and what not to see what new stuff they have posted. Unfortunatly more and more people disappear without a trace, without a word. Some have been gone for over a year, causing people such as me to assume the worst. However, due to the limitations of the internet, there is no way to know for sure. Do you have plans to inform the internet should you die? At what point do you consider someone dead? Edit- Also, what happens to their work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psygonis Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 That is definitely an issue. But it would be hard to regulate. The most simple way would be to give kind of special identification code to the persons, and they'd have to store it in a way that their relatives can access their online occurrences and notify the internet of their deaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 That is definitely an issue. But it would be hard to regulate. The most simple way would be to give kind of special identification code to the persons, and they'd have to store it in a way that their relatives can access their online occurrences and notify the internet of their deaths. An online dog-tag perhaps? Engrave all your passwords onto a steel tag and wear it around your neck? I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticQuery Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 There's always the possibility of leaving a set of instructions where a family member/close friend would find them in the event of a death; those directions would give them passwords, where and what to post, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drasiana Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Good question. I've become more "irl friends" with some of my internet friends by now that I think they'd know and be able to spread the word that way. It does suck when people you like up and vanish from the internet though D: Edit- Also, what happens to their work? Like, their art and stuff? It's still theirs unless they transfer the rights to next of kin or sommat (I think). It'll become public domain after a certain time period depending on your country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xortberg Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Does this belong in the counter point? Doesn't seem like much debate here, really. I could be wrong, but it just seems like more of a Lounge topic And yeah, I've seen this plenty. I actually just recently happened upon the DA page for a fanfic writer I used to be a fan of until she completely disappeared a few years back. She's still alive, but barely posts anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asper Sarnoff Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Happens way too often. One particular guy I'd like to have a talk with have been MIA for almost two years now. I've taken my measures myself however. In the case something happened to me, you'd be informed, and could start the celebra... eh... grieving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlow Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Happens way too often. One particular guy I'd like to have a talk with have been MIA for almost two years now. Khlondhi right? I also miss him. He was cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asper Sarnoff Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Khlondhi right? I also miss him. He was cool. Ah yes, him too. (For everyones information, he was the guy that drew my avatar.) He did drift more slowly away though. I was referring to Little Dragon, which dissapeared without a trace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlow Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 It's really hard, but I guess if the worst happens, they would be things posted on the more public sites (FB, Twitter) and I guess since I think it's courteous to do it on the own person's page, some people from other sites which I'm friends on those sites will notice and that would start a chain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thu'um Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 we talked about this a while ago, i left K9 in informing the internets of my death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rin Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 It's sad to say I've thought about this before; I'm closer to my online friends than my real life ones, and it would be nice to let them know if something happened to me. /: I've thought about leaving a little note in an obvious spot that can be opened and read after I die. But hopefully, that'll be a long time off, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drasiana Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 A pretty good example of this is the Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name webcomic artist. She disappeared without leaving any notices sometime in February and apparently hasn't been online since. Not on her Twitter, deviantART, etc....It's alarming considering that she didn't warn anybody and hasn't let anybody know what's going on, so all her fans are worried that, uh, she might have died. Website is still up though, so....?? Her publishers released a statement saying she's fine. I still think it was a bit of a dick move, not bothering to tell ANYONE about where she was going or what had happened. Just a "I need to take a hiatus" would have been nice. But she apparently has a history of not completing webcomics and has been actively drawing fanart for other comics, so it basically just looks like she "skipped town" on her fanbase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faisul Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I think that only a few select individuals in my acquaintance online would be informed of my death. As for everyone else I might know on the interbutts it'd be like I just disappeared. Don't really have all that many e-friends and in the event of my death I think my closest family would be too busy grieving/making funeral arrangements anyway to post an eulogy on goddamn facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redeemer Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I may leave a note for my sister to share the news of when I die. Then again, I have no idea when that will be. Put it this way, if I actually vanish without saying anything, something bad has happened. I never leave without saying so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkstarfox Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Honestly, if I die, I'd be a lot more concerned for the affairs of those off the internet then on. I live in real life, not the internet. The real world, family and friends, is where life is at, the internet is just a entertaining distraction for the mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psygonis Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Well... When you have an actual Internet exposure, you can have precious things on the web too you know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkstarfox Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Yes but nothing on the internet can compare to holding a woman in your arms while whispering sweet nothings in her ear. Nothing. Precious moments are best in real life where you can see, hear, smell, and taste emotions. On all levels of being, reality always beats virtual reality in intensity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Fox Runner Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I've thought about this before, and I wonder how I would let you guys know if I die or something. I like a lot of you guys, and if I leave SF-O I'll be sure to tell you all. If I up and vanish without a trace, something bad has happened. If I were to die, I wouldn't want you guys to think that I skipped out like some jerkoff. Especially for one person here in particular, but I already have a contingency to let her know if I died or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psygonis Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Yes but nothing on the internet can compare to holding a woman in your arms while whispering sweet nothings in her ear. Nothing. Precious moments are best in real life where you can see, hear, smell, and taste emotions. On all levels of being, reality always beats virtual reality in intensity. That's very touching but in a world that stores, access and process data more and more only digitally "in the cloud", people can tend to have a whole part of who they are on the internet only. Especially when it comes to artists and stuff. No one's saying that a blog is "worth" more than shared memories, but it's *also* a part of people, which may have some kind of value of its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxMcCloud Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 We had a situation where a student had passed away here at the college, and the mother came to us along with the Dean of the college. She needed us to reset her son's passwords to pretty much everything. It was really tough to work on the machine considering that some of the stuff we came across on the machine was not....happy. I hated working on that machine considering I had a very sad lady over my shoulder watching everything I did. I went home from work that night... really sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkstarfox Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 That's very touching but in a world that stores, access and process data more and more only digitally "in the cloud", people can tend to have a whole part of who they are on the internet only. Especially when it comes to artists and stuff. No one's saying that a blog is "worth" more than shared memories, but it's *also* a part of people, which may have some kind of value of its own. I guess so. Technology is always advancing and becoming a bigger part of our daily lives. But as I get older, I spend less and less times with the internet and those kinda mediums. I don't go on Face Book, I don't blog, and this about the only community of hobbyists I spend any amount of time with. I would have no qualms about leaving the internet. My job, and my style of life, do not require the internet to live. However I do not begrudge those who do live that style of life. I bring that up because if I died there is no one on the internet who would be particluarly upset about my passing. IRl, yes, internet, no. And I think that is the way it should be. Friends are best when you can hear them laugh, no when you see them "lol." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psygonis Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 We got your point, but the topic of the thread is how to ensure that these who have valuable assets on the internet (even if you, my fair kkstarfox have none) will not be lost forever is they die unexpectedly and how to let people that care know about it. Imagine you love a singer, he/she dies, you're not notified and you long for his/her next single forever, pointlessly... That's what this is about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icy Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I remember the old topic we had about this. I think I replied, not sure… I do think about this from time to time. A lot of my best friends are online and I can't imagine not letting them know somehow that I'm dead. I have a big password-protected file with all my account names and passwords on every site I go to, and perhaps I will leave a hint someday to my sister of what it is. No point in telling anyone now because then they might get curious too soon. Point: I'm not going to die for a very long time anyway, and a lot of my accounts/passwords will have changed by then I'm sure. The Internet might not even be around, so I never really worry much about this. As for accidents? I'm not going to be in any accidents, so there. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkstarfox Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Well if you don't hear from some one for more then a month or two, its safe to assume that they are dead for all intents and purposes. Though, if you are concerned, you can write a will an indicate that the next of kin should notify all friends (internet or otherwise) that you have kicked the bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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