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bucolic_frolic

(55,808 posts) Fri May 20, 2022, 10:46 AM May 2022

Not only aren't dead people removed from voter rolls promptly

but dead people in social media live forever!

Media companies have no plan to deal with this!

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Not only aren't dead people removed from voter rolls promptly (Original Post) bucolic_frolic May 2022 OP

Not exactly true FB gives you the option of naming a Phoenix61 May 2022 #1

I don't think it falls on the social media company to constantly monitor and take out dead people's Claustrum May 2022 #2

Inactive accounts, profiles, blogs, groups are a deadweight on social media company sites bucolic_frolic May 2022 #3

That's not true. Claustrum May 2022 #4

Dead people are removed from voter rolls as soon as possible. Merlot May 2022 #5

I don't know what world you live in bucolic_frolic May 2022 #6

Personally, I see nothing wrong with dead people staying on social media. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2022 #7

Phoenix61

(18,887 posts)

1. Not exactly true FB gives you the option of naming a

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Fri May 20, 2022, 10:48 AM

May 2022

legacy person to manage your account if/when you die.

Claustrum

(5,060 posts)

2. I don't think it falls on the social media company to constantly monitor and take out dead people's

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Fri May 20, 2022, 10:52 AM

May 2022

account. They aren't federal agencies where they have the means and the responsibility to do so. Moreover, imagine having to create a team for each country in the world to find out who's really dead. They have enough problem with the endless bots and fake personalities already.

bucolic_frolic

(55,808 posts)

3. Inactive accounts, profiles, blogs, groups are a deadweight on social media company sites

Reply to Claustrum (Reply #2)

Fri May 20, 2022, 11:01 AM

May 2022

They slow down the user experience. I guess they don't remove them because they enhance eyeball metrics. If there's anything worse than a site with 15% inactive accounts from dead users, it's 15% fewer accounts.

Claustrum

(5,060 posts)

4. That's not true.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #3)

Fri May 20, 2022, 11:05 AM

May 2022

They actually like that as they can claim to have 1 billion accounts even though half of that is inactive. I see it in social media sites and game advertisements all the time. It creates an illusion of popularity while their active user base are much smaller. They are also in their annual briefings for investors. They love inflated numbers.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)

5. Dead people are removed from voter rolls as soon as possible.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2022, 02:18 PM

May 2022

Dead people on social media don't post, so no one is affected by their account living on forever. Dead/inactive accounts don't slow down social media, they just sit there.

bucolic_frolic

(55,808 posts)

6. I don't know what world you live in

Reply to Merlot (Reply #5)

Sun May 22, 2022, 02:24 PM

May 2022

It took 3 years to remove my deceased relative. And the question was asked at the polling place. No other government entity caught it.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)

7. Personally, I see nothing wrong with dead people staying on social media.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Wed May 25, 2022, 09:06 AM

May 2022

I find it very comforting to reread posts on one particular one, and know that the person is not forgotten.

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