# Social Media Mourning Websites Like i-Memorial Promise to Keep You Connected Well After Death By Omar Yusuf | Published 2011-09-14 | Unique Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/i-memorial References: [gizmodo](http://gizmodo.com/5839994/the-dead-live-forever-on-the-internet) & [chipchick](http://www.chipchick.com/2011/09/i-tomb-i-memorial.html) i-Memorial and i-Tomb are a duo of morbid websites dedicated to the dead and those who expect to pass on in the near future. After passing away, what do you expect will happen to your [Facebook](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/social-media-backup-platform) account or [Twitter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/resurrected-social-media) profile? You could leave the username and password in the trusting hands of a close friend, but now websites like i-Memorial are taking on these tasks. The website allows you to leave behind [last words, thoughts and well-wishes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/postdatame) for people in upcoming generations to cherish. In case you miss being poked by a now-diseased friend, i-Tomb is also a social networker that allows users to leave messages for the close ones that have passed on. Ostensibly a permanent chronicle of human life, the Internet will allow us to cheat death by living on beyond our deaths in the memories of strangers, foreigners or descendants with considerable ease. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.5/10 - Popularity: 15% | Activity: 23% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Unique](https://www.trendhunter.com/unique) > [Bizarre](https://www.trendhunter.com/bizarre) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Digital Afterlife:** There's an opportunity to create digital platforms to preserve and share memories and experiences of those who have passed away. - **Post-mortem Social Networking:** The rise of post-mortem social networking platforms offers an interesting space for creating new digital and social experiences around death. - **Mortality Management:** New trends and innovations in digital legacy management are emerging as more people consider their digital afterlife and dealing with the complexities of data after death. ### Who This Affects Most - **Social Media:** Social media giants can create features that provide ways for users to memorialize and honor the deceased, keeping their digital legacy alive. - **Online Legacy Management:** Companies can create digital legacy management platforms that provide services to manage social media, email, and other online accounts after a person's death. - **Funeral Services:** Funeral and memorial service providers could incorporate digital solutions to provide enhanced grieving experiences and digital memory preservation services for clients. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Posthumous File Sharing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bequeath.md) - [Digital Memorialization Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/remembermeai.md) - [AI Posthumous Digital Communication](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/continyou.md) - [Digital Guestbook Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/visitation-book.md) - [Post-Mortem Wireless Detectors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/in-memoriam.md) - [Private Memory Archiving](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lifenote.md) - [Digital Time Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/digital-time-capsules.md) - [Digital Memory Albums](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/heart-memories.md) - [Private Family Media Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lalo.md)