Dead Bloggers
I am not planning on shuffling off this mortal coil, running down the curtain and joining the bleedin' choir invisible, but I have been wondering about what happens when bloggers die and go to heaven or hell or whatever. There are well over 100 million blogs, most of them inactive, and it makes me wonder whether these inactive blogs are run by chaps who are off pining for the fjords, or if they have passed on, gone to meet their makers.
Should I leave my password to someone so that s/he can post my obituary, written by me of course? Should I just fade into oblivion, leaving legions of people to wonder just what happened to me? Should I blog from the other side? Should I will my blog to someone and hope that they will be as funny as me?
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12 comments:
tough questions, fish....it wouldn't be the same without you. maybe you should have your blog cremated and spread somewhere?
The only person I know who knows about my blogs is hubby. He thinks it's crazy, so I know he wouldn't be interested to come let everyone know if I have passed on.
I did hear of a blog (not a blog I read, but the blog-of a blogger-of a blogger) where the gal did pass on, and I think her mother posted it.
My daughter would post it on her blog, and the word would spread.
Hubby isnt interested in my blog so he wouldnt let everyone know. But let friends know and let them post it if they have blogs or what not. Just where people arent leaving comments on dead blogs. Well nice idea. Lets keep this in mind for some day down the road. I am not ready to go yet.I have much to offer my little world. Maybe not the whole world but my little one with my friends and immediate family. Tweets.
You read MyDeathSpace.com, don't you? (Shhh... I do.)
I've never heard of MyDeathSpace.com. I guess I'll have to investigate.
that would be cool if we can blog from the other side! brr...
I thought you quit blogging last year!
mrsmogul: i was in rehab :-) no, not really: it was more of a hiatus brought about by a severe blogging malaise.
I think that would be cool if we could blog from the other side but I dont want to lose anyone else in my life right now. I know we dont know each other personnally but I am glad to be one of your commenters. Tweets.
Weirdly enough there are two sites which I used to visit, infrequently mind you, in which the bloggers really died.
The first time this happened was maybe six months after I started blogging, at a site I visited maybe every couple of weeks. There had been nothing there for a couple of months and I hit it up one last time there was a large obit and memorial there; it was very strange. It happened again last summer at a design site I would look at once a month or so.
I think when bloggers are letting their blogs go they should post something. Those things are going to hand around out there for infinity.
Actually, I've thought about this before. But now since you posted this, I've been thinking about it more. I think I should give somebody else permission to post on my blog. Just for this reason. Maybe.
Maybe I should do that too. Not that I am feeling mortal at the moment.
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