Results: What Happens to the Profiles of the Deceased?

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KarenBrucker

07/16/2026

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I have people I know on social media who have passed away. 5 on Facebook and 1 here on TW (not social media but same idea). Does anyone wonder what happens to the profiles?
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Of the 5 people who were on my Facebook friends list, 1 profile is gone (I suspect the person's daughter contacted the admins to have it deleted rather than memorialized), but the other 4 remain still there. I noticed they still get birthday greetings, some say heavenly bday and some bday wishers seem oblivious of the person having passed a few years ago. Does anyone know, will these profiles remain forever, frozen in time, or will they ever be removed?
They might be removed?
7%
76 votes
They will live on the server of the social media site forever
10%
116 votes
They will be made into a memorialized page
7%
77 votes
I really have no idea
69%
792 votes
I have not experienced a social media friend passing
7%
79 votes
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Of those who passed I was aware of the circumstances of 3 of them. But I only discovered the other 2 had passed when I hadn't seen them posting for a while and browsed their profile and discovered they were gone. Has this ever happened to anyone else?
Yes
20%
226 votes
No
37%
419 votes
Undecided
11%
127 votes
Not Applicable
32%
368 votes

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