Facebook: Digital Graveyard Have you ever stopped to think about how many dead people's profiles there are on Facebook? After reading this interesting article from BBC, I have come to realise that the amount of people who have passed away and still "live" on Facebook is huge, in fact, mind-blowing. 30 million users had died within eight years since the launch of Facebook in 2004. Moreover, the numbers are just going up as days go by, given the fact that more than eight thousand Facebook users die each day, according to some statistics. Additionally, social media not only changes the concept of dying, but also of mourning. In the past, when someone's loved ones passed on, people used to mourn them by taking a moment of the day to take a look at photographs, to go to the cemitery or even to think about happy moments they had spent together. However, now, with all the technology we have, you can simply go over to their Facebook page to see their thoughts, memories and events of their lives because in a weird way, your Facebook profile is sort of an autobiography. Furthermore, there are some accounts that show whether the owner has passed on, but there are others which Facebook doesn't recognize their deaths. Therefore, they just continue alive for most people on the social media. Nevertheless, what if we could live forever? Versions of our digital soul have been promised by a bunch of companies. Having softwares that contain our memories, ideas and stories; where people can ask us questions and be answered after we are gone might be a reality some day. In my opinion, these programs are a double-edged sword, on one hand they would allow us to get to know a little bit about people that have already departed like our great grandparents, for instance. On the other hand, it might make the process of moving on even worse for some people. In summary, no one needs to forget his or her deceased, but the acceptance is part of moving on, understanding that even though the dead leave this world, they still live on in our hearts and memories is important. For now, there's no solving this problem of dead data and soon, according to some studies, there will be more dead Facebook users than living ones. Anyway, the feeling of coming across somebody's dead profile is kind of creepy, if you ask me.