When a Death App Comes to Facebook

Death and social often seem like opposing paradigms. At least, that’s how it feels on Facebook, where the death of a user is often awkward. So now, there’s an app for that. It’s Sanctri, and it’s Facebook’s memorial park.

Naturally, it can feel a bit pessimistic, but as a Facebook user, I have seen the passing of three friends and the posting of countless other deaths on Facebook. I have often wondered how it might look when more and more Facebook users approach that time of their lives when deaths are more common than pregnancy.

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