Posted by: ourmbcblog | March 21, 2010

You and your Facebook profile: till death do you part?

We’ve all posted blogs or uploaded photos or videos at some time. But what happens when we die? Will this digital trail that we’ve left behind haunt others forever? Is there no way to control our life on the Web after we’ve passed away?

Well, that’s where Lisa Granberg and Elin Tybring saw a whole in the market! They founded MyWebWill, which is a service that allows people to choose what happens with their accounts when they die. A bit gruesome, I’ll say, but, nevertheless, it sounds very useful.

MyWebWill offers both a free version (that simple deactivates your profile) as a premium version that allows you to customize your settings, for example a final Facebook-comment or profile picture.

In this video, the ladies explain it themselves:

Posted by Kelly Desmidt

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