Drop dead and still be social

Social media addicts, rejoice! Now, not even death can keep you from updating your status. Thanks to companies like DeadSocial, you can live on through your Twitter and Facebook feeds.

Founder James Norris touts DeadSocial as a way to “be able to say those final goodbyes.” Their services cover tweets, Facebook posts and LinkedIn posts.

This service is free and, according to their site, will always remain free. The service, currently in beta, will have the ability to publish text, audio or video messages from the deceased’s social media accounts. Users will also have the ability to send a series of messages or schedule messages in the future for an anniversary or birthday, for example. All messages are public right now, but DeadSocial plans to offer private messaging options in the future.

During the early beta stage, Norris noted that younger users were more likely to make jokes about their deaths while older folks tended to create more emotional messages. Messages are limited to six per week. DeadSocial users are required to appoint an executor over their account.

Messages are only guaranteed to be scheduled for the next hundred years, but users have the option to schedule messages 400 years in the future. The company plans a full launch for the service in March 2013 at the south by Southwest festival.

If I Die is a similar service that features a hilarious video explaining what they do. But what if you want an app that will carry on the very essence of who you are? Enter _LivesOn, a twitter service that monitors your Twitter habits to mimic your syntax. As the tool gathers information, a shadow Twitter account posts a daily tweet that the algorithm determines matches the user’s habits. You can favorite tweets to help train the tool…while you’re still alive.

Do you plan to post posthumously? Cool or creepy? Let us know what you think of these services in the comments.

Photo courtesy of morgueFile.