In an article titled Web Sites Set Up to Celebrate Life Recall Lives Lost in the New York Times today, an overview is given of what has been happening online when members of the vibrantly networked MySpace are suddenly no longer alive to participate. This is a look at networking that evokes sadness, but may add to understanding of the role and impact of virtual connectivity that increasingly pervades our lives.
In an article titled Web Sites Set Up to Celebrate Life Recall Lives Lost in the New York Times today, an overview is given of what has been happening online when members of the vibrantly networked MySpace are suddenly no longer alive to participate. This is a look at networking that evokes sadness, but [...]
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@ 21:03
It appears technology hasn’t just aided our lives, it has created parallel ones. Online we form identities, email addresses, blogs, myspace’s and webshot albums. We become perhaps truer forms of ourselves since we record most of these in our own terms, anonymity and or the online forum allows us to express who we are in a manner we are often not able in our reality. It is therefore not surprising that as we ‚Äòbecome’ online we ‚Äòpass’ too, it’s a sad thing to consider, but a reminder that sooner or later our time is up.
James