Computer Sciences expert and founder of Revolution Web Omar Al-Hamdy said the longevity of people's digital life can extend beyond people's real life existence. "Before the digital age, people used to prepare for their nearing death by writing wills, paying off their debts and making sure their conflicts and feuds are settled with the people around them. Now almost everyone has two lives, one is physical and the other is virtual, "said Al-Hamdy. He said people often play up a persona online that is more active and dynamic than their real life persona. "Bloggers who have their own domain name will lose it after their death. The domain provider will send out an email or a notification, after months and sometimes years of inactivity, asking if the person behind the username wishes to continue his blog. If the website receives no response, it assumes that the username holder does not desire to continue and disables his or her username, "said Al-Hamdy. He added the company behind the blog website will delete all of the posts of the user. "The posts will still be searchable on Google for a while but after a few months the posts will vanish completely. However, if the user is posting through a free blogging service such as Blogger by Google or any other such service, the posts will remain and never vanish unless the service provider's policy states so, "said Al-Hamdy. He added Facebook is one of the most popular social media sites and one of the most intimate. "Facebook is the website that we use to share our lives and intimate moments with our friends and family. Facebook has an option to name some of the user's friends as the recommended friend to contact. That designated friend has partial access to the user's account after their death, "said Al-Hamdy. He added the designated friend will be able to post on as the user on their wall, accept friend requests, update personal photos and change the profile picture. "The designated friend also has the option to delete the account after the user's death. However, Facebook has an extensive procedure to do so. If the designated friend opts to delete the account because of the user's death, Facebook then sends a confirmation to other designated friends from the account to make sure that the death of the user is true and that the decision is permanent, "said Al-Hamdy . He also said Facebook has the option to commemorate the deceased user. If the relatives and friends of the user opt to commemorate his account, Facebook will freeze the account as is to let people remember the person and his posts. "Twitter does not have any special features for the user's death. A Twitter account is never deleted until the relatives of the deceased send a request to Twitter asking to delete the account. To delete an account due to death on Twitter, the relatives or friends of the deceased user must send a death certificate to prove that the user had died, "said Al-Hamdy. He added Twitter does not differentiate between users in terms family members, friends and acquaintances. "Instagram is similar to Twitter in that sense. One's Google account is the most important account to think about after one's death. It is connected to many services including Gmail , YouTube, Blogger, Google Drive, Google Plus and others, "said Al-Hamdy. He also said Google enabled a new feature in 2013 which enables users to decide what they want done with their account after they stop using it for a number of years. "The feature offers a variety of options including to keep the posts as is, enable another user to have access to the account or to delete the account permanently. All of the posts and videos through Google will remain and never be deleted unless the videos breach a policy or the user opts to have them deleted, "said Al
