I know this is probably ten kinds of fucked up; but I’m a little miffed that if I were to die an untimely death, nobody in my circle would know to give you guys a heads up.
It just kind of makes me wonder how the heck are we always finding out about our fallen Dopers. I assume they must be very vocal to their friends and family about this place.
Something I am not. I don’t want my friends and family posting here. (Too much emotional baggage.)
My husband is a member and occasionally reads and rarely posts. But I tell him about interesting threads, and about users who have died, so he’d know to inform the board.
I’m Facebook Friends with a couple of regular Dopers. I suspect that if/when I die an untimely death, it will make it to Facebook, and they’ll report it here.
I don’t know that any of my family members would think to log on and tell y’all, although they do know that I post here.
Money could be made from a program or iPhone app in this area. If instructed to by a third party, the phone posts an “x has died” message on all social media, and more importantly, deletes all your porn
A version for the elderly could have a dead man’s switch, which automatically texts your next of kin if they don’t check in every so often (for all I know, this one exists).
When I stop posting here, nobody on this site will know whether it’s because I’ve died or not. My brother and my wife are aware that I post here, and they both have been made aware of my user name in the past, but it’s extremely unlikely they’d think to come here and make an announcement in the event of my sudden demise.
Well, I don’t have much of a history here, but yes you would be told when I died, presuming I am still a member of this forum by then and that anyone was even interested in knowing where I went. I came to this message board by way of another Doper.
No, there’s no way you would possibly find out if I die since I haven’t told anyone who posts here my real name and none of my friends in real life would probably think of coming here to announce it. If I go like 5 years without logging in or posting, you can probably assume I’m dead and start mourning me.
There are two members with whom I exchange emails several times a week. Both of them know enough about me to figure out how to contact my wife if I stopped responding to emails or texts. I’m pretty sure one of them would inform the board of my demise.
I have a co-worker that also posts, I think he came here because of a link I sent him. I don’t know how often he even reads or if he remembers my username, so I answered no above.