Slides for my talk at re:publica 2015, 06.05.2015 Approximately 1/30 of all Facebook-Accounts already belong to deceased users and the numbers are rising. About 10.000 Facebook users die every day. And Facebook, of course, is not the only relevant platform. Death has long since arrived online – but how should we handle it? What happens with the digital legacy of a user? Does the digital death always follow the physical death?

1. DIGITAL DEATH AND DIGITAL AFTERLIFE

2. How many of you think they‘re
going to die at some point of
time?

3. How many have written their
last will?

4. How many have planned their
digital afterlife?
Source:
h*p://www.seo-­‐i.co.uk/blog/

5. WE ENCOUNTER DEATH ONLINE

6. BUT WHAT ABOUT OUR OWN DEATH?
Source:
h*p://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/08/heres_a_comic_death_thats_a_real_spoiler.php

7. WHAT HAPPENS WITH OUR ACCOUNTS?

8. 3 BILLION INTERNET USERS

9. 2 BILLION USE SOCIAL MEDIA

10. 1. 4 BILLION USE FACEBOOK

11. Source:
www.inflexwetrust.com
10.000 FACEBOOK USER DIE EVERY DAY

12. 1 OUT OF 30 ACCOUNTS BELONG TO DEAD USERS

13. 2010 2040 2070 2100 2130
IF FACEBOOK KEEPS GROWING..
Living Users
Deceased Users
Crossover in 2100

14. Living Users
Deceased Users
IF FACEBOOK STOPS GROWING..
Crossover in 2065
2010 2040 2070 2100 2130

15. THAT’S ME IN 50 YEARS

16. WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR ACCOUNTS AFTER WE PASS AWAY?

17. WHY SHOULD I CARE? I‘M DEAD ANYWAY.

18. BUT, WHAT IF...?

19. h*p://cdn.24.co.za/files/Cms/General/d/2829/13ddd2057d3f4b19943103c595f0db2b.jpg
BUT, WHAT IF...?

20. BUT, WHAT IF...?

21. SURVIVING PARENTS

22. WHAT HAPPENS WITH MY ACCOUNTS?

23. LOG-IN DATA

24. JUST DELETE EVERYTHING?
Hier
sNmmt
ausrichtun
nicht

25. MEMORIAL-MODE?

26. JUST LEAVE IT AS IT IS?

28. FIGHTS WITHIN THE FAMILY

29. GRIEVING FATHER

30. MEMORIALIZATION REQUEST

33. Gäbe
es
eine
Möglichkeit
ein
screenshot
zu
machen
auf
dem
es
weniger
Text
gibt?

34. CAN‘T LOGIN TO GOOGLE

35. CAN‘T LOGIN TO GOOGLE

36. CAN‘T LOGIN TO GOOGLE

37. CAN‘T LOG IN TO GOOGLE

38. WHAT HAPPENS WITH ALL OTHER ACCOUNTS?

39. SECURESAFE

40. PERPETU

41. NETARIUS

42. MYWONDERFULLIFE

43. MANY DIFFERENT APPROACHES

44. Quelle:
Dennis
Skley
–
„Unverständnis
...“
(on
Flickr)
DIFFICULT SUBJECT

45. ?
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
Quelle:
Georgi
C
–
„White
dream
(2/2)“
(on
Flickr)

46. Source:
h*p://www.lazygamer.net/esports/why-­‐esports-­‐coverage-­‐in-­‐south-­‐africa-­‐sucks/)

47. BUT HOW TO MAKE IT RIGHT?

48. USER TESTS

50. ITERATIVE PROCESS

51. A/B-TESTING

53. WRONG TIMING

54. WRONG RECIPIENT

55. CONFIRMATION OF DEATHIS THE PERSON REALLY DEAD?

56. LIFETIME OF LEGACY PROVIDERS

57. NEED FOR STANDARIZATION

58. NEED FOR SIMPLIFICATION
Source:
h*ps://deadcatholicwalking.wordpress.com)

59. INCREASING RELEVANCE

60. INCREASING RELEVANCE

61. INCREASING RELEVANCE

62. THANK YOU
Agnieszka M. Walorska
agnieszka@creativeconstruction.de
Telefon: +49 (0)30 / 4004 1922
www.creativeconstruction.de