Is it appropriate to share the death of a loved one on these social networks? Well, we share birthdays, engagements, weddings and every other possible occasion in our lives so why not death?
I was recently thrown into total disbelief when I was invited to a Facebook group called “In loving memory of…” I was invited in the early hours of the morning and did not quite take note of what this group was all about. Now when invited on a FB group, any post/change to the group is emailed to you, so as you can imagine my inbox was flooded emails of confusion, disbelief and condolences.
I then decided to have a look at what was going on. The person said to have died created the group. Confusion ran wild through posts and comments and seemed to cause a lot of stress. Luckily having recognized a “mutual friend” I discovered that it was indeed the person mentioned and who’s profile it was had in actual fact passed on. It was his brother who had created the group almost immediately after his death.
But, is this morally correct, to spread such devastating and heart-breaking news on a means of social networking?
Social Media has indeed changed the way we communicate and these days, anything is possible!
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