Your cyber-possessions post-mortem

webecedarian · 17 Mar 2014, 05:16 AM

Bequeathing the Keys to Your Digital Afterlife

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/te...-too.html?_r=0

kijinbear · 17 Mar 2014, 08:20 PM

Should probably merge thread with http://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?t=63998

drew · 17 Mar 2014, 09:58 PM

See my answer in the older thread that
get linked to above. I prefer we merge those threads.

webecedarian · 27 Mar 2014, 03:04 AM

Personally, I disagree about merging. I think that the longer threads get, the less likely they are to be read thoroughly. Especially as they get older. And it gets even worse as threads stray away from the original subject, or when broad threads become narrow, or vice versa.

drew · 27 Mar 2014, 08:26 AM

Oksy I don't mind we keep them as are then.
No big deal to me personally. I have implemented
one aspect of this post mortem.

I gave my sister access to another forum than EMD
so she could log in and send a post that I've made
thanking all who have cared for me despite that I
where annoying to them me too frequent poster.
Too low quality of the posts too.

I don't really know about how legal this thing is.

Some owner of a forum may bark loud telling me that
they would prefer I did this on some domain that I own.

I can see the point of that so maybe such get regulated
in near future. I have not thought of what more one could do.

So my Sister will log in in my username and using my psw
and then make a copy and pate of a pre.pared text about
how much I appreciated what they did for me jn thatforum.

Any suggestion how to follow up? Ooops the reason this
bacame so acute where that my Cancer Doc an Onkolog
and he gave me at most one year to live and that was way back in
2013 December. So 12 months minus 3 are 9 months
left to live and that is if I follow their prescriptions
and I fail at that and are too reluctant to follow order.

drew · 15 Apr 2014, 02:53 PM

Update to my personal story.

There is good news and then not so good news

The good news are that I have some
10 months more to live statistically.

Then it depends on my body being
a typical statistical fighting the illness body or a
a weak give up too easily weakling body.

I fear that the worst is more likely. My body is by nature
the one that rather stop fighting the illness instead of
taking it on head on. How does the saying goes?

Then there is not so good news or surprising news
that surprised me at at least.

Deadly disorder some 6 to 10 % dies due to suicide
based on their failure to cope with life having
severe versions of mood swing from their
"Borderline" Personality Disorder. (BPD) .

Ha! I had no clue that I had that trait. To my big surprise
when I look at the criteria for BPD then all nine criteria
fit in rather nicely but I did not got aware o fthat until yesterday.

My body kept it hidden as obvious.
I read the list of criteria some years ago
and some decades ago too. and found no
similarity with my bad behavior and BPD.

Wow the body are that good at hiding facts?

I have no idea if we have local treatment for BPD.

Everybody on US forums tell me it is not curable
but the most effective way to cope with it is
to many skills from Buddhism based psychology.

I don't want to do that but we have promised
Edwin to not talk about religion so I let it hang
in midair there. Cliff hanger. By the way. It is named DBT in case
a misunderstanding need clarity.

So what to do with all the online content
That I have flooded this forum with? Too much to delete manually.

So in case I go totally silent within 10 months
and never get active again then you know
that cancer took my life.

Tsunami · 16 May 2014, 12:18 AM

I don't want to sound mellow or naive here, but there have been people who were told they had only a few months left to live... 2 or 3 years later, they were still alive and still relatively active. Of course these may be exceptions, but your body may be stronger than you and/or your doctor thinks it is. I know we're talking exceptions, but some people live a lot longer than the doctors were officially telling them they'd had left. Some people outlived that prediction by several years.

17 Mar 2014, 05:16 AM	#1
webecedarian Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 485	Your cyber-possessions post-mortem Bequeathing the Keys to Your Digital Afterlife http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/te...-too.html?_r=0

17 Mar 2014, 08:20 PM	#2
kijinbear Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: ~$ Posts: 652	Should probably merge thread with http://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?t=63998

17 Mar 2014, 09:58 PM	#3
drew The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,626	See my answer in the older thread that get linked to above. I prefer we merge those threads.

27 Mar 2014, 03:04 AM	#4
webecedarian Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 485	Personally, I disagree about merging. I think that the longer threads get, the less likely they are to be read thoroughly. Especially as they get older. And it gets even worse as threads stray away from the original subject, or when broad threads become narrow, or vice versa.

27 Mar 2014, 08:26 AM	#5
drew The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,626	Oksy I don't mind we keep them as are then. No big deal to me personally. I have implemented one aspect of this post mortem. I gave my sister access to another forum than EMD so she could log in and send a post that I've made thanking all who have cared for me despite that I where annoying to them me too frequent poster. Too low quality of the posts too. I don't really know about how legal this thing is. Some owner of a forum may bark loud telling me that they would prefer I did this on some domain that I own. I can see the point of that so maybe such get regulated in near future. I have not thought of what more one could do. So my Sister will log in in my username and using my psw and then make a copy and pate of a pre.pared text about how much I appreciated what they did for me jn thatforum. Any suggestion how to follow up? Ooops the reason this bacame so acute where that my Cancer Doc an Onkolog and he gave me at most one year to live and that was way back in 2013 December. So 12 months minus 3 are 9 months left to live and that is if I follow their prescriptions and I fail at that and are too reluctant to follow order.

15 Apr 2014, 02:53 PM	#6
drew The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,626	Update to my personal story. There is good news and then not so good news The good news are that I have some 10 months more to live statistically. Then it depends on my body being a typical statistical fighting the illness body or a a weak give up too easily weakling body. I fear that the worst is more likely. My body is by nature the one that rather stop fighting the illness instead of taking it on head on. How does the saying goes? Then there is not so good news or surprising news that surprised me at at least. Deadly disorder some 6 to 10 % dies due to suicide based on their failure to cope with life having severe versions of mood swing from their "Borderline" Personality Disorder. (BPD) . Ha! I had no clue that I had that trait. To my big surprise when I look at the criteria for BPD then all nine criteria fit in rather nicely but I did not got aware o fthat until yesterday. My body kept it hidden as obvious. I read the list of criteria some years ago and some decades ago too. and found no similarity with my bad behavior and BPD. Wow the body are that good at hiding facts? I have no idea if we have local treatment for BPD. Everybody on US forums tell me it is not curable but the most effective way to cope with it is to many skills from Buddhism based psychology. I don't want to do that but we have promised Edwin to not talk about religion so I let it hang in midair there. Cliff hanger. By the way. It is named DBT in case a misunderstanding need clarity. So what to do with all the online content That I have flooded this forum with? Too much to delete manually. So in case I go totally silent within 10 months and never get active again then you know that cancer took my life.

16 May 2014, 12:18 AM	#7
Tsunami The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 2,341	I don't want to sound mellow or naive here, but there have been people who were told they had only a few months left to live... 2 or 3 years later, they were still alive and still relatively active. Of course these may be exceptions, but your body may be stronger than you and/or your doctor thinks it is. I know we're talking exceptions, but some people live a lot longer than the doctors were officially telling them they'd had left. Some people outlived that prediction by several years.