My friend Greg has built up a good following on his account www.twitter.com/woywegian and the other day his wife popped her head around the door and asked him how much life cover would she get if he died.
This got me thinking because she walked off with a big smile. Poor Greg I thought, 3 more weeks of twittering and then he'll be gone. I could see myself coming to his office to find him slumped across his desk, computer on, halfway through a posting "I don't feel very well at the mo..." and gone. No more. End of his twittering. Hours spent building up a loyal following and now what happens. All those tweeps gone forever!
Now, Greg and I are good friends, but I don't know his pass word. He has over 1,300 followers and boy what a waste to lose them. Should I ask him for his password now or maybe I should ask him to kindly leave it to me in his will. Do you tweet a last message " RIP my friend you were such a great guy" or maybe tweet him a picture of some flowers? On his gravestone we could leave twitter details so visitors could tweet their respects. Greg spent so much time gaining followers, that when he downloaded an iPhone app to twitter from, he had to put a plaster on his thumb because of a blister. 20 hours a day 7 days a week. Now that is dedication
So, my questions. are 1). What happens to a twitter account when you die?
2) Can you leave your password to someone ?
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Online profiles probably need to be addressed like all the other issues that need to be taken care of in the event of death, but ensuring there is a Directive written to ensure that person's wishes are respected in the event of their death.
In view of the interest aroused in my passing I wish to assure all followers that @woywegian is very much alive.
ReplyDeleteDiscussions with my lawyer have resulted with sealed instructions as to my @woywegian twitter account and food tasters have been employed.
Seriously I have seen tweets enquiring about a tweep who has dropped off the perch or in some other way migrated to new climes leaving their flock restless and unfulfilled. perhaps a postumous tweet can be set up, linked to a 'play in the event of my demise" podcast. This could perhaps be keyed to an autorelease if the account is not logged into for a set numer of hours,days,weeks.
I wouldn't personally mind getting a tweet from beyond.
@woywegian