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Jun 11
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What we often don’t realize when signing up for all these accounts, though, is how difficult it can be to permanently delete our accounts when we’ve had enough. Some require complicated, multi-step processes that can stretch over the course of days (or weeks). Others take less time, but still require multiple steps by the user.
Below we’ll take a look at the account deletion processes of popular websites and services, and how easy or difficult they make it. Then we’ll discuss why sites make things so complicated, and some things to consider when designing your own deletion policies.
Link: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/…
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Jun 11, 2010 @ 12:30:20
I wonder if these website along with email providers ever purge accounts that haven’t been logged into. I actually know a few people who have died that still come up on Facebook.
Saw this on CNN about the growing trend of your ‘Online Death’
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/18/death.online/
Jun 11, 2010 @ 12:38:18
If you contact Facebook with proof they are supposed to mark your account appropriately.
As far as what happens to you after death, I had seen that same article and also came across another website that claims to properly manage your online existence, based on your wishes, after your dead. I just can’t find the blog post I did on it…