Thanks to a new social networking site in Hong Kong you don’t need to put much effort into having an online presence — you don’t even need to be alive. In fact, that’s the point.
The Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has created a website where friends and family-members can set up memorial profiles for their dearly departed. Profiles can feature a eulogy, photos and videos, and visitors can post memories or comments.
Apparently not everyone in Hong Kong is a fan of the website — some criticize the informal nature of online mourning, especially for a culture with such traditional practices. But considering the already growing presence of memorial Facebook pages it was perhaps only a matter of time before a site emerged that was solely dedicated to remembering the dead. (via New York Times)