It's interesting (and sometimes heartbreaking) to see how social media and death come together. A guy I went to highschool with died last year and his facebook page evolved into a kind of shrine where his friends and his family would post things about how they missed him and said (kind) things they might not have to his face. There were also people who didn't know him well who expressed their sorrow, but it seemed to me that while some of it was genuine, it was also a way for them to show that they were sensitive to and aware of the tenuous grasp we have on life. As far as I know, the page is still active. I wonder if it will stay that way, or if eventually it will be shut down. It's very strange to wander through the records of other people's mourning and I don't know if it's entirely healthy; it seems almost like all that previously etheric grief coalesced into something more solid than it would have if it had been allowed to dissipate as it would outside of social media.