The Reddit Death Bot Predicts How Long You Have Left to Live

Death on social media is a topic that has yet to be fully codified within society. Facebook pages become memorials to those we’ve lost, but in some cases, that’s not enough. Some are starting to put thought into what will happen to their accounts after they pass. But how many users want to be reminded of their eventual death?

Last_cakeday_bot is the product of a group of Redditors with an odd mission. Redditors u/doos Crabby-mike-aka-bloody-mike, Jinsho C* and Avinash Dwarapu worked together to create a bot that would respond to users mentioning their age in a post.