Comments on: What Will the Web See When You Die? http://www.ideashower.com/blog/what-will-the-web-see-when-you-die/ A launchpad for new ideas for the web Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:03:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Will http://www.ideashower.com/blog/what-will-the-web-see-when-you-die/#comment-3227 Will Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:12:06 +0000 http://www.ideashower.com/?p=120#comment-3227 This is sad. I hate suicide. I hate how the web makes death so public. I think death is the one thing the web should, well, leave alone. By the way, question for you Nate... do you snow board? Haha. I would probably fall 6 times in 4 seconds. I ski, though... This is sad. I hate suicide. I hate how the web makes death so public. I think death is the one thing the web should, well, leave alone. By the way, question for you Nate… do you snow board? Haha. I would probably fall 6 times in 4 seconds. I ski, though…

]]> By: Annelies Gijbels http://www.ideashower.com/blog/what-will-the-web-see-when-you-die/#comment-3005 Annelies Gijbels Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:12:16 +0000 http://www.ideashower.com/?p=120#comment-3005 "But why should it? Should we be worried that if we put up a joke that others will take that as our character definition? Or should we expect journalists to be more conscious of the type of content they are sourcing from?" Personally, I do think that journalists should be able to separate a funny online profile from a serious personal description. I do not find it wrong to go looking for information about the person on the internet, however a journalist should err on the cautious side whenever actually publishing something. (Or at least, that's what should have been taught him). @John Baker: You're right, you will probably never find out what has been written about you after your death. (If afterlife, heaven and so forth do not exist). But it obviously concerns Nate while he is still very alive and kicking. I can also imagine the impact it has on the family of the deceived. Therefore, I do think it is something worthy of bringing in the spotlight. “But why should it? Should we be worried that if we put up a joke that others will take that as our character definition? Or should we expect journalists to be more conscious of the type of content they are sourcing from?”

Personally, I do think that journalists should be able to separate a funny online profile from a serious personal description. I do not find it wrong to go looking for information about the person on the internet, however a journalist should err on the cautious side whenever actually publishing something. (Or at least, that’s what should have been taught him).

@John Baker: You’re right, you will probably never find out what has been written about you after your death. (If afterlife, heaven and so forth do not exist). But it obviously concerns Nate while he is still very alive and kicking. I can also imagine the impact it has on the family of the deceived. Therefore, I do think it is something worthy of bringing in the spotlight.

]]> By: Abi http://www.ideashower.com/blog/what-will-the-web-see-when-you-die/#comment-2548 Abi Thu, 29 May 2008 01:15:00 +0000 http://www.ideashower.com/?p=120#comment-2548 What you are saying applies not only when you are dead but also when you are alive. How much can people really find out about you just by searching online? Is that personality the real you? For most people including me, it is not (as you say). That's why its important to have a lot of content (as opposed to tidbits scattered around the web) so that people can see your true self better despite the occasional joke. What you are saying applies not only when you are dead but also when you are alive. How much can people really find out about you just by searching online? Is that personality the real you? For most people including me, it is not (as you say). That’s why its important to have a lot of content (as opposed to tidbits scattered around the web) so that people can see your true self better despite the occasional joke.

]]> By: MN Headhunter/Paul DeBettignies http://www.ideashower.com/blog/what-will-the-web-see-when-you-die/#comment-2484 MN Headhunter/Paul DeBettignies Tue, 20 May 2008 04:10:51 +0000 http://www.ideashower.com/?p=120#comment-2484 I have not thought about the online legacy. In my mid 30's if I keep a moderate web presence there will be a lot of things to read one day. Maybe I need to say smarter things. And a lot of pics with Goldy Gopher will be found. I have not thought about the online legacy. In my mid 30’s if I keep a moderate web presence there will be a lot of things to read one day.

Maybe I need to say smarter things.

And a lot of pics with Goldy Gopher will be found.

]]> By: John Baker http://www.ideashower.com/blog/what-will-the-web-see-when-you-die/#comment-2389 John Baker Fri, 02 May 2008 05:46:20 +0000 http://www.ideashower.com/?p=120#comment-2389 Why are you stressing? The real question is: If you're dead, why/how would you even care if someone was mis-reporting about who you were? Whoopity doo! If you're dead, you can't care. If you're alive, just be who you are. Stop worrying about what people think about who you are after you're dead. Why are you stressing? The real question is: If you’re dead, why/how would you even care if someone was mis-reporting about who you were? Whoopity doo! If you’re dead, you can’t care. If you’re alive, just be who you are. Stop worrying about what people think about who you are after you’re dead.

]]> By: Dave http://www.ideashower.com/blog/what-will-the-web-see-when-you-die/#comment-2378 Dave Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:30:02 +0000 http://www.ideashower.com/?p=120#comment-2378 "Should we be worried that if we put up a joke that others will take that as our character definition? Or should we expect journalists to be more conscious of the type of content they are sourcing from?" Working in education, I hear a lot of adults tell students that they need to be very careful about what they post in online profiles. I've always thought that the real danger wasn't what students post but narrow-minded readers -- employers or college recruiters who would dig into their personal lives until they could decide that someone so sinful couldn't ever fit their organization. At some point, we have to trust our audience. I'm going to try to be a good guy and I'm going to share the truth about my life. I'll hope that most of my audience understands and the rest don't really matter -- that's not the type of organization I want to work for or the company I want to keep, anyway. “Should we be worried that if we put up a joke that others will take that as our character definition? Or should we expect journalists to be more conscious of the type of content they are sourcing from?”

Working in education, I hear a lot of adults tell students that they need to be very careful about what they post in online profiles. I’ve always thought that the real danger wasn’t what students post but narrow-minded readers — employers or college recruiters who would dig into their personal lives until they could decide that someone so sinful couldn’t ever fit their organization.

At some point, we have to trust our audience. I’m going to try to be a good guy and I’m going to share the truth about my life. I’ll hope that most of my audience understands and the rest don’t really matter — that’s not the type of organization I want to work for or the company I want to keep, anyway.

]]> By: Mike Desjardins http://www.ideashower.com/blog/what-will-the-web-see-when-you-die/#comment-2377 Mike Desjardins Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:06:51 +0000 http://www.ideashower.com/?p=120#comment-2377 A friend and colleague of mine committed suicide about five years ago. I found it rather eerie that his web site stayed up for a while after his death. I found myself visiting it, perhaps I was half-expecting new content to magically appear. Eventually the site just disappeared. At the time I wondered if I should keep a copy of it and host it as sort of a tribute to him, but in the end I decided it was better to let the site go with him; keeping it was like the parents you read about who lose a child and can't bring themselves to redecorate their room. In this age of caching pages and leaving parts of yourself scattered over the social web, it's interesting to think that digital bits of your life will live on long after you die. Our lives are ephemeral compared to the magnetic tapes and spinning disks that prop up the web. Anyway, I've drifted way off-topic from your post, sorry 'bout that! Great post. You have to wonder, though, where the blogging ends and the journalism begins. Are the journalists lazy? Or are we (the bloggers) the journalists now? A friend and colleague of mine committed suicide about five years ago. I found it rather eerie that his web site stayed up for a while after his death. I found myself visiting it, perhaps I was half-expecting new content to magically appear. Eventually the site just disappeared.

At the time I wondered if I should keep a copy of it and host it as sort of a tribute to him, but in the end I decided it was better to let the site go with him; keeping it was like the parents you read about who lose a child and can’t bring themselves to redecorate their room.

In this age of caching pages and leaving parts of yourself scattered over the social web, it’s interesting to think that digital bits of your life will live on long after you die. Our lives are ephemeral compared to the magnetic tapes and spinning disks that prop up the web.

Anyway, I’ve drifted way off-topic from your post, sorry ’bout that! Great post. You have to wonder, though, where the blogging ends and the journalism begins. Are the journalists lazy? Or are we (the bloggers) the journalists now?

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