Pretty creepy to me. The idea of being able to memorialize someone is good, but in my opinion there are better ways of doing it.

Legacy.com has been around for years.

Creepy

Its not something I would particularly use, but I think it is a great way for people to remember loved ones and help each other cope with grief.

There's also a site called mydeathspace.com. It's for people to "memorialize" the people who have died and who had a Myspace account.

There was a deal about that when I was a year out of high school because people were featured on there literally minutes after they were pronounced dead by the police here. It was just creepy. There were about 4 suicides that year too.

can't imagine this will be a very active network with the profiles being of the dead and all.

I'm not sure. At first, the idea seems bizarre, but I guess if people want to do online tributes to someone..

I think the idea seems great - but I shudder to think how it will be used in practice.

There's something kinda like this already: http://mydeathspace.com/

I don't think we should judge the way people choose to grieve. If it helps them cope with the loss of a loved one then I think it's great.

Personally, I think this is creepy. I know we all have different ways of dealing with grief, however this just seems too much.

It's not that creepy, it just screams LAZYNESS. Like - drop by my grave and leave some flowers personally if you care that much, fool.

it was odd and a little off-putting when i discovered mydeathspace.com a few years back, but maybe this is how we are going to be going about dealing with deaths. it seems our advances in technology help us express ourselves, even in grief, with slideshows and virtual memorials. for instance, i rarely read a newspaper anymore. i'm not sure how obituaries got started, but this might be a next step. this may be the way we will find out about deaths from distant friends and family in the future. it seems to me, it's really very helpful with the grieving process for many.

when my grandmother died at the age of 83, 4 years ago, i thought how cool and novel that her obituary was accessible on the internet (through a service associated with the local city paper), to be sent to loved ones in the philippines where she was from. she was a really lovely and amazing woman and i was quite proud to let the whole internet know that.

Wow Laura220 that's pretty creepy. And this whole thing in general seems a bit weird.

Contrary to current coverage, a social networking site or online community for remembering the dearly departed is hardly a revolutionary creation of Jeff Taylor of Monster.com. Respectance.com started in 2006. As the first social network for memories it has allowed users to create tributes for family members, friends, icons, etc., and invite others to pay their condolences. The following blog sheds some more light on the matter:

http://blog.respectance.com/2008/05/14/first-on-the-block/

There are dozens of funeral homes that already offer this service on their own websites. Most newspapers also offer this service since everything is digital (you can view just about any article, etc. online). Pretty much this stuff has been around since the internet was created.

I love it seeing as how that physical space to create a tribute is always limited and more people can access it than a physical place. I create one for my good friend who passed away and it gives us all a chance to share memories.