Now Facebook profiles after death can be controlled by someone you assigned or you can permanently delete it with the new Facebook Legacy Contact Feature.
Primarily available only in the US, Facebook profiles after death setting comes after many users have requested a revision on the memorial page policies.
Facebook profiles after death setting was also the answer that one father from Missouri was requesting according to BBC. After his son's death in 2012, he wanted to make a video for his son from his Facebook but unable to access it, he wasn't able to do it.
He then made a YouTube video calling Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook saying, "All we want to do is see his movie. I know it's a shot in the dark but I don't care." It was followed by a call from FB saying that they're going to make a video just for them.
He was also assured that they are going to look at how they can help families who have lost loved ones. It led to creation of Facebook profiles after death setting.
"This experience reinforced to us that there's more Facebook can do to help people celebrate and commemorate the lives of people they have lost," a spokeswoman states to BBC via email.
With Facebook profiles after death setting, the user can permit someone like a family member or friend to manage their event after their death. The assigned person can update the profile and cover photo, respond to new friend requests and write a post at the 'memorialized timeline.'
The user can also allow the assigned person to download an archive of the posts, photos and profile information they shared publicly on Facebook profiles after death setting.
Many users have requested for something like Facebook profiles after death setting when families and friends wanted to archive friend list, photos, and posts. They also requested to change profile photos or access it for posting funeral details as reported by TIME.
However, Facebook profiles after death, Facebook Legacy Contact Feature was not an instant solution that you may have thought of. It required long process of tax court orders due to privacy laws in many jurisdictions.
What do you think about the new feature of Facebook profiles after death? Are you interested to check it? Here's how you can access the Facebook Legacy Contact Feature.
Go to Facebook page setting, hit 'security,' and edit your legacy contact. Now you can choose to delete your FB account after death or select from your friends whom you will be entrusting your account as the social media executor.
The legacy contact message says, "Since you know me well and I trust you, I chose you. Please let me know if you want to talk about this." You can send it right away to activate your Facebook profiles after death feature.
Now your memories can stay with your virtual ashes. Just don't forget to activate Facebook profiles after death feature now.