Victoria Noe

Award-winning Author, Speaker, Activist

Dying: There’s an App for That

It had to happen sooner or later.
Remember Murder She Wrote and other mystery TV shows and movies? Someone - usually a wealthy, mean, vindictive person - leaves a video for viewing by his/her survivors. There are shocking revelations - perhaps motive for that person’s murderer?
Well, Facebook - recognizing how digitally addicted we all are - has a new app: “If I Die”.
I love that name: “If I Die” - like we have a choice. J
Here’s an article from today’s Chicago Tribune:
It’s a great idea for control freaks (like me). You control what your final Facebook status update will be. You create a video to be posted when (sorry, it’s when not if) you die. Three Facebook friends have to confirm your demise before it can be posted.
Here’s the Facebook app:

I guess there really is an app for everything.