Got this entry off a blog going by the pseudonym - Lawyer Voyeur.

"I was cruising on fri*ndster the other day, when I spotted a friend that I hadn't spoken to in ages. I felt like a proper cad for not contacting him for years, so I dropped him a message, asking him how he was etc. and I didn't think very much of it till a week or two later when I received a reply. Not from him. From his girlfriend. Who told me that he passed away a year ago. Shite. That's how it made me feel. I know it's impossible to keep in touch with everyone and we weren't really close, but it made me feel the pinnacle of neglect.What else could I say? That I'm sorry? That I didn't know that he passed away a bloody year ago? Some chum. You can tell a man by the company he keeps. I don't think I've kept mine very well. "

Two points came to mind right off..
1) I'd feel awful if that was the response I got from msging an old friend on fri*ndster.
2) WHY is the girlfriend keeping the account going? And more disturbingly checking regularly to answer her dead beau's mail? How'd she have is password and all anyways? On the other hand if he was dead and she didn't have his password, then the fren msging him would get pissed off about the cold shoulder wouldn't he... until he finds out why. Heh.

Anyway that got me thinking. In this age of overwhelming dependence on technology, what would you do to his/her fri*ndster/msn mess*nger/email account/mobiles if your significant other passed away?