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On this day, I launched a private Facebook group for our families.
The group was created -
to test a new service idea -
in the realm of virtual memorialization.
The experiment uses a very crude prototype -
of the specialized software platform imagined -
that could easily exist.
The Facebook groups tool does not make possible -
some of the best possible features.
The site is intended to keep alive -
in the minds of the living -
memories of those who have passed.
Each family member,
who has already died,
going back a limited number of generations,
has a memorial story page.
I've limited it to:
those we were closest to
those we have portrait photos of.
The experiment has been active for nearly two and a half years -
as of this writing.
I'd say it has been a pseudo-success.
Some family members are very active.
Others do not participate at all.
The tool does NOT only feature those who have passed.
Living relatives are featured too:
birthdays &
marriage anniversaries are featured.
It's a minority occurrence -
when a particular day does not have at least one event to feature.
I manually create posts for each day -
that does have an event(s.)
Some participants post comments:
with recognition of specific events -
of those who connect more directly to them.
In the envisioned platform:
everything becomes more automated
participants get to specify who exactly -
they want included in their personalized experience.
The software would give the participant -
100% control of created a customized memorialization world.
Many other features would be available too:
music
sound effects
visualization themes
customization of almost everything
But innovative functionality too:
actual voice-recording memories
actual videos
Q&As
special memorial worlds
wisdom world
etc
The platform exists to assist 'you' -
in preparing for 'your' own memorialization.
'You' get to control what others -
will or will NOT -
be able to experience when 'you' land on their radar.
I can go on and on and on -
about all the new possibility -
that can be created into this type of service/ experience platform.
Imagine, while 'you' are alive,
'you' spend a good deal of time -
preparing for 'your' inevitable physical death.
But now 'you' must plan for 'your' afterlife life.
What will 'you' participate in -
and what won't 'you' participate in?
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