What happens when somebody who has a Facebook/Myspace/Bebo profile dies?

[Paranormal Kitty]

Usually their friends will leave a bunch of comments in memory of the person. If no one can get into their account, it will be deleted after a certain amount of disuse assuming the site does that. Friends or relatives might also ask for it to be taken down. If the site has no rules on how often a person must log in before the account is deleted and no one asks for it to be deleted, I assume it would just stay in cyberspace forever.

When I was researching the alt.suicide.holiday newsgroup for a sociology paper, some of the sites had links to web pages and profiles of members who had committed suicide and they were still up, usually filled with remembrances from friends and family.