The Memmento website launched just this week allows members to create online obituaries. According to the curators, the project will allow for the creation of eternal memorials, commemorating the deceased in a free and accessible manner.
Users of Memmento can design personalized pages for their loves ones. Visitors also play a huge role as they are invited to light candles, lay flowers or post messages. Links dedicated to icons like Audrey Hepburn, Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson have already attracted an excess of attention with long lists of posts and support.
The concept of a virtual cemetery is rife with merits. Mourners get the chance to unite as one, upholding the memories of the departed by virtue of a tasteful, respectful and resourceful platform.
What's Driving This Trend
- Virtual Cemeteries
- Creating online obituaries and eternal memorials for the deceased in a free and accessible manner.
- Personalized Memorials
- Designing personalized pages for loved ones and engaging visitors to participate in commemorative activities.
- Community Mourning
- Uniting mourners to uphold the memories of the departed through a tasteful and respectful online platform.
Who This Affects Most
- Funeral Services
- Disruptive innovation opportunities in providing virtual cemetery services and online obituary platforms.
- Digital Platforms
- Opportunities to create personalized memorial websites and develop virtual community spaces for mourning and commemoration.
- Social Networking
- Incorporating features for mourners to connect and engage in commemorative activities within online communities dedicated to honoring the deceased.
