<p>Social media sites, so good at chronicling the ins and outs of our lives, have been uniquely terrible at handling their inevitable end. </p><p>On Facebook, for instance, a reported death has long stuck friends and family with a static and almost ghostly memorial account—one disconnected from the lives of others even as it continued to display posts from the bereaved and the clueless alike. (For a while, accounts of the deceased sometimes mysteriously <a href="http://readwrite.com/2012/12/11/why-are-dead-people-liking-stuff-on-facebook">continued to "like" things</a> as well.)</p><blockquote tml-render-layout="inline"><p><strong>See also: <a href="http://readwrite.com/2012/12/11/why-are-dead-people-liking-stuff-on-facebook">Why Are Dead People Liking Stuff On Facebook?</a></strong></p></blockquote><p>Fortunately, that's starting to change. Today, Facebook is announcing a new feature that lets people choose a representative—a family member, friend, or someone else they trust—to manage

<p>Social media sites, so good at chronicling the ins and outs of our lives, have been uniquely terrible at handling their inevitable end. </p><p>On Facebook, for instance, a reported death has long stuck friends and family with a static and almost ghostly memorial account—one disconnected from the lives of others even as it continued to display posts from the bereaved and the clueless alike. (For a while, accounts of the deceased sometimes mysteriously <a href="http://readwrite.com/2012/12/11/why-are-dead-people-liking-stuff-on-facebook">continued to "like" things</a> as well.)</p><blockquote tml-render-layout="inline"><p><strong>See also: <a href="http://readwrite.com/2012/12/11/why-are-dead-people-liking-stuff-on-facebook">Why Are Dead People Liking Stuff On Facebook?</a></strong></p></blockquote><p>Fortunately, that's starting to change. Today, Facebook is announcing a new feature that lets people choose a representative—a family member, friend, or someone else they trust—to manage

<p>Social media sites, so good at chronicling the ins and outs of our lives, have been uniquely terrible at handling their inevitable end. </p><p>On Facebook, for instance, a reported death has long stuck friends and family with a static and almost ghostly memorial account—one disconnected from the lives of others even as it continued to display posts from the bereaved and the clueless alike. (For a while, accounts of the deceased sometimes mysteriously <a href="http://readwrite.com/2012/12/11/why-are-dead-people-liking-stuff-on-facebook">continued to "like" things</a> as well.)</p><blockquote tml-render-layout="inline"><p><strong>See also: <a href="http://readwrite.com/2012/12/11/why-are-dead-people-liking-stuff-on-facebook">Why Are Dead People Liking Stuff On Facebook?</a></strong></p></blockquote><p>Fortunately, that's starting to change. Today, Facebook is announcing a new feature that lets people choose a representative—a family member, friend, or someone else they trust—to manage

<p>Social media sites, so good at chronicling the ins and outs of our lives, have been uniquely terrible at handling their inevitable end. </p><p>On Facebook, for instance, a reported death has long stuck friends and family with a static and almost ghostly memorial account—one disconnected from the lives of others even as it continued to display posts from the bereaved and the clueless alike. (For a while, accounts of the deceased sometimes mysteriously <a href="http://readwrite.com/2012/12/11/why-are-dead-people-liking-stuff-on-facebook">continued to "like" things</a> as well.)</p><blockquote tml-render-layout="inline"><p><strong>See also: <a href="http://readwrite.com/2012/12/11/why-are-dead-people-liking-stuff-on-facebook">Why Are Dead People Liking Stuff On Facebook?</a></strong></p></blockquote><p>Fortunately, that's starting to change. Today, Facebook is announcing a new feature that lets people choose a representative—a family member, friend, or someone else they trust—to manage

<p>Social media sites, so good at chronicling the ins and outs of our lives, have been uniquely terrible at handling their inevitable end. </p><p>On Facebook, for instance, a reported death has long stuck friends and family with a static and almost ghostly memorial account—one disconnected from the lives of others even as it continued to display posts from the bereaved and the clueless alike. (For a while, accounts of the deceased sometimes mysteriously <a href="http://readwrite.com/2012/12/11/why-are-dead-people-liking-stuff-on-facebook">continued to "like" things</a> as well.)</p><blockquote tml-render-layout="inline"><p><strong>See also: <a href="http://readwrite.com/2012/12/11/why-are-dead-people-liking-stuff-on-facebook">Why Are Dead People Liking Stuff On Facebook?</a></strong></p></blockquote><p>Fortunately, that's starting to change. Today, Facebook is announcing a new feature that lets people choose a representative—a family member, friend, or someone else they trust—to manage

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