{"id":6905,"date":"2017-01-10T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=6905"},"modified":"2018-07-28T14:20:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T18:20:43","slug":"facebook-prematurely-declares-users-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/facebook-prematurely-declares-users-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Prematurely Declares Users Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hugely popular social media site Facebook has made many a faux pas. There was the time they sent users a well-intentioned album to mark their year in pictures. It was meant to be a fun, reminiscent journey in memories, but they failed to anticipate that not everyone had a great year. Some people lost loved ones, and these albums became a grim reminder of difficult times better left to the archives. A recent glitch declared millions of users dead \u2014 including Facebook&#8217;s own founder, Mark Zuckerberg. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whoops!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early in November, a bug caused a bleak tremor to sound through the cyberverse (and likely a wave of anxiety and panicked phone\/text outreach to countless friends and family) when it turned a large number of active profiles into commemorative ones. The commemorative status was first introduced in 2015 and is applied to a profile after a loved one is declared to be deceased in order to memorialize and preserve their memory. The word &#8220;remembering&#8221; is placed before their name along with the thoughtful statement &#8220;We hope people who love &lt;name of the deceased&gt; will find comfort in the things others share to remember and celebrate her\/his life.\u201d Facebook&#8217;s own CEO was among the wrongfully and prematurely RIP&#8217;d, though this was promptly amended by a spokesperson who alerted users to the unfortunate glitch. A chilling and macabre error nevertheless, especially for those still living who were privy to their own site&#8217;s wake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/twitter-decide-shut-vine\/\">Why Did Twitter Decide to Shut Down Vine?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To deal with the confusion and inevitable alarm, many took to Twitter to reassure the world they were alive and kicking. Often with humor, those affected users gave a shout out to the platform, posting &#8220;Hello yes @Facebook I am not dead. What is happening?&#8221; and &#8220;Does Facebook think I&#8217;m dead?&#8221; Some users responded directly on the site asking about what was going on, or joining in on the joke by posturing as their own ghost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook was quick to rectify the awkward error and released an update and apology to inform their user base that the issue was resolved. 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