Saturday, April 16, 2016

What happens to our online selves when we die?

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/923bbd88-0225-11e6-ac98-3c15a1aa2e62.html
On March 19, Anna Sergeeva, a beautician working in Dubai, took a cheerful selfie from her seat on a plane that would crash in Russia a few hours later, killing everyone on board. She uploaded the photo to her social media profile, and the image has since circulated widely online. We see some of the outfit she chose for the flight: a comfortable light grey hoodie with a soft grey T-shirt to match. Her expression contains that archetypal selfie blend of coyness, good humour and subtle doubt.