RIP Gransnetters?

I have made out a list of people to be notified, when the time comes. I don’t think that I will be missed on Gransnet though.
When my son stated that he will be away in France, camping with his Scout troop, for my 81st birthday next year I said that I might have ‘popped off’ by then. The reply was a firm, “You are not going anywhere!” I suppose I must do as I’m told!

I'm with Kim. Unless you've met and made friends it doesn't really matter.

I have thought of this, how to let friends GN and others all over the world, when the enevitable happens, there are some good ideas here,I think leaving some information to be found easily is a good idea.Its nice to know what has happened when somebody doesnt write any more.

Really Jenpax?

Oh I don’t knowjenpax
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If you leave your login details for a pre-arranged person to announce your demise, that should stop the fake news (unless, maybe, you fell out). But would they be able to read your previous posts? I don't know if that is possible. But maybe make that person someone you've never made a derogatory comment about, just in case.
I have written my death announcement as a draft email. When I pop off, a friend will log on to my account & send it to the pre-filled eddresses. I've just got to make sure I don't press 'send' by mistake ?
Hmm, maybe I should put the eddresses in the body of the email instead.
As my social life is almost exclusively on Facebook, I expect it will be on there too.
Must fill in my AgeUK book. Been meaning to do that for ages!

I genuinely can’t see that I would be missed if I didn’t post on here for several weeks or months as I rarely if ever get any comments made to anything I put. I am fine with this and think that if I die I wouldn’t expect my DDs to notify social media

You can assign another Google account holder who has rights to access your account if you don't log in for a certain amount of time - the time that would be reasonable to assume you were dead or dying. This person can then find out quite a lot about your contacts if you use Google contacts lists. In my case I have left my PC password with my husband and from there he can see my stored account details and passwords for all the sites I use.

I'm fairly new to gransnet and I sometimes feel like I'm eavesdropping on conversations when I'm not in a position to respond for one reason or another. I like the chatty opinionated woman (and an occasional male) that I've stumbled across on here and you've helped me enormously with some of my worries and life dilemmas .... what size underwear for example. I'd miss you, some more than others but I'm sure I would just keep an eye on the chats from another virtual reality when I've gone

Other than those who physically meet up, I see the demise of those on here as sad but 'unimportant' (I confess to not finding a more accurate word for my thinking) and certainly do not expect to be missed for a moment. This is a decidedly enjoyable outlet. I like it a lot but....... it is virtual. We can make it real if we so choose in many instances but I rather like the concepts and images I have of members based on their contributions here. Interesting............ to

Same here OP. Have lived in UK [natch], Switzerland, South Africa, Oz, Belgium, France and are now contemplating back to UK. We are not on any social media sites [my OH was an IT manager and shudders at the thought of Big Brother]. Any suggestions please?

I often think about this. I know that when 911 happened in the US there were thousands of people desperately trying to find out about friends and acquaintances they'd made on social media - I guess many never found out. I should make a list of people my family should tell should the worst happen.

Age UK have a booklet called life book it is full of useful things to jot down and pass on including who to inform and guests to invite to funeral.

DH has password for my computer and I have a notebook with lots of information written down, in case it is DS or DD needing to access computer.
I leave GN logged in so that DH does not have to hunt for password, I can not imagine him letting anyone know if I croaked it though. He would probably announce it on FB and that is okay as some of my FB friends are also on GN.

I've made out a ' to do' list for my daughter for when I pass on and the location of the notebook with passwords etc., so that she can put a notice her on Gransnet. Hopefully, it won't be needed just yet!

Agreed Gonegirl!
I've just thought that I'm not sure I'd trust any of my DSs to post things after me. Goodness knows what they might put.

Ridiculous idea sorry.
A virtual graveyard is troll heaven.
Trolls could pop on - claiming to be the grieving daughter - and announce the death of any one of us.

Righto trisher. Leave it to me.

Same the other way round. Ok?

When I was very ill in hospital a few weeks ago, it brought this home to me. To quote my no nonsense rheumatologist: Did you think you were a goner?
I have made some lovely friends on GN, who have been so supportive during my spell of ill health.
My husband has access to my emails, not that he would normally read them, but I would hope that he would alert them to my demise! (Not that I plan to go anytime soon. They don't call me Lazarus for nothing.)
From the other point of view, I would want to know if anything had happened to any of my dear friends.

Gonegirl in the event of my demise maybe you could post things for both of us! That would confuse things!!!

I agree, I would like Gransnetters some who have become internet friends to know
Got to disagree with Trisher and Gonegirl about the mysterious disappearance I used to go on a local site and for years there was a lovely lady poster who we all valued and like, one day she stopped posting and from that day probably five years ago, no one has a clue who she was or what happened to her
She may have been ill, we could have supported even visited her, she may have died, she may have just moved away, or perhaps someone said something that hurt her but whatever it was we were all left hanging and it wasn’t nice

I like the idea of a virtual graveyard.

Perhaps we could all plan virtual funerals that other GNers could, "attend". We could choose the most outrageous music for the ceremonies.

My DS and DGDs often joke with me about death. If they annoy me I tell them they are are out of my will.

I think it's important to get used to the idea of death.

Statistically I'm more likely to die first. Obviously they are going to be devastated at losing wonderful me but they will be a bit prepared for it to happen so may not suffer quite so much.

My maternal grandmother died when I was 14. I really was not aware of human death before (except in accidents); had not even known she was ill. I was not allowed to go to her funeral. I had difficulty accepting that she was dead.

My dear DIL cannot contemplate death for those she loves, (it gives her the creeps). I am trying to educate her.

Anyway have always been an iconoclast.

she can go on as you and inform us all.
That could lead to a hair-raising moment, Nonnie!

Am part of a group of GN friends who have become good friends away from GN and we have regular meet ups, and email and chat to each other, so if I fell off a horse after too many G&T’s or whatever, DH would see emails and let them know.In turn, they could let GN forum know.That’s one way to do it.

That's similar to trisher. We do think alike sometimes.