the 'If I Die' app
New Facebook app allows for life after death
From allowing users to post photos, share links, browse interests and, more recently, track news, Facebook pretty much has it all when it comes to being the tip-top contender for social media.
However, how would you like to preserve your life ? on Facebook? A new Facebook application called "If I Die" allows you to continue your presence on the social media site even after you die.
The app, developed in Israel, requires you to choose three "friends" to confirm your death, and from there, you can continue to preserve your life on Facebook.
According to the technology website Mashable.com, co-founder of the application Eran Alfonta said, "We all have things to say and don't necessarily have the audience with the patience to hear us. Actually we all want to leave something behind, we all want to leave a stamp behind us."
"If I Die" allows users to do just that.
Users are able to create any number of Facebook posts and messages and can even poke their friends on a schedule that will be published posthumously.
After a person's three "friends" confirm that he or she has died, the app begins to disperse the actions specified by the initial user.
This guarantees that loved ones receive the messages left behind by the deceased.
"I think it's a great way to say goodbye to people, especially since life can be so unexpected.
This is a sure way to know that you can tell certain people the things you maybe never get the chance to say before you die," junior Ally Saltz said.
Alfonta anticipates that the application will have over 100,000 users within the next couple of months.
Even he has started to create a timeline to send messages to his loved ones after he passes.
Perhaps it will become the new way many record their farewells before they pass.
http://www.smudailycampus.com/news/n...3#.TxbskPnN2uM
New Facebook app allows for life after death
From allowing users to post photos, share links, browse interests and, more recently, track news, Facebook pretty much has it all when it comes to being the tip-top contender for social media.
However, how would you like to preserve your life ? on Facebook? A new Facebook application called "If I Die" allows you to continue your presence on the social media site even after you die.
The app, developed in Israel, requires you to choose three "friends" to confirm your death, and from there, you can continue to preserve your life on Facebook.
According to the technology website Mashable.com, co-founder of the application Eran Alfonta said, "We all have things to say and don't necessarily have the audience with the patience to hear us. Actually we all want to leave something behind, we all want to leave a stamp behind us."
"If I Die" allows users to do just that.
Users are able to create any number of Facebook posts and messages and can even poke their friends on a schedule that will be published posthumously.
After a person's three "friends" confirm that he or she has died, the app begins to disperse the actions specified by the initial user.
This guarantees that loved ones receive the messages left behind by the deceased.
"I think it's a great way to say goodbye to people, especially since life can be so unexpected.
This is a sure way to know that you can tell certain people the things you maybe never get the chance to say before you die," junior Ally Saltz said.
Alfonta anticipates that the application will have over 100,000 users within the next couple of months.
Even he has started to create a timeline to send messages to his loved ones after he passes.
Perhaps it will become the new way many record their farewells before they pass.
http://www.smudailycampus.com/news/n...3#.TxbskPnN2uM
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