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Most of us will leave behind a large ‘digital legacy’ when we die. Here’s how to plan what happens to it
(theconversation.com)
this post was submitted on 25 May 2025
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My mother passed away before the internet evolved into something a middle aged woman would enjoy using.
I went searching for anything I could find, and I did manage to come across an ancient website for alumni of her highschool where her name and email were listed. Sort of blew my mind, she'd obviously come across the website and emailed the admin to add her contact info.
This would've been 8 or 9 years before Facebook blew up. Man, she would've loved Facebook and Farmville. She'd probably be doing Wordle every day and be a Rachel Maddow wine mom if she'd survived.
How much I wish she'd had a significant online presence so I could look her up and sort of connect with her again in some way.