tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post6832960618232089249..comments2023-08-16T18:56:13.685+10:00Comments on diary of a suburban gardener: what happens to our blogs when we die?Sue Catminthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-79278399779440334422012-04-28T08:33:59.016+10:002012-04-28T08:33:59.016+10:00Ohmygoodness. Things I'd never even THOUGHT a...Ohmygoodness. Things I'd never even THOUGHT about, Catmint! Thanks for this post! And thanks for your recent visit. :-)Shady Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-20501040099859722112012-04-27T09:42:50.502+10:002012-04-27T09:42:50.502+10:00Dear Cheryl, we're on the same page (or screen...Dear Cheryl, we're on the same page (or screen)<br /><br />Dear Johanna, yes sad, but for me it is good to know the reason the blog is finished. <br /><br />Hi Pauline, you're ahead of me. I guess I'm using this post to do my thinking.<br /><br />thanks diana, as ever, you are such a source of info trails and ideas ...<br /><br />Hi C and S, this comment made me laugh and ponder. I think I've accepted total loss of control over the garden in the future - so why should the cybersphere be any different?<br /><br />Hi Steph, nonbody but me gardens either - and basically that's how I like it. (You can admire, you can help ... )<br /><br />Dear Faisal, I guess there are 2 issues: one last post informing us readers that you've died. Then the issue of deleting the blog. <br /><br />anyway, let's make the most of our parallel virtual and non virtual existences while we've got them ...<br />cheers, catmintSue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-86580105038157783892012-04-27T06:09:04.335+10:002012-04-27T06:09:04.335+10:00Important issues, Catmint, that haven't been a...Important issues, Catmint, that haven't been addressed. For myself, I don't want to leave any 'footprints' behind, but there's no way of knowing I'll have time to get the scrubbing-brush out. There needs to be some guaranteed way that accounts can be deleted entirely through the intercession of a third party.Gardener in the Distancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478393904059307841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-68049141681972966782012-04-24T11:31:12.391+10:002012-04-24T11:31:12.391+10:00Catmint, that's a good thought... makes me thi...Catmint, that's a good thought... makes me think of mine... you see, nobody else but me gardens in my household...Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867061279916535777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-53997827025783693852012-04-24T07:19:31.282+10:002012-04-24T07:19:31.282+10:00Fascinating and thought provoking.... I hadn't...Fascinating and thought provoking.... I hadn't given it a thought. I've been more concerned about what will happen to my garden when I die! But you made us all aware of something we definitely should consider.Cathy and Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985161421939096681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-19180966157931458572012-04-23T23:10:44.761+10:002012-04-23T23:10:44.761+10:00There is also a British blog archive. A select few...There is also a British blog archive. A select few. I think Fan My Flame is one. And all the blog to book options - if you want a journal for family and friends?<br /><br />Francis of Faire Garden was also musing on the future of her blog, but that was way back. Hope you will be able to pick up normal life and get gardening again!Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-48009590006976675302012-04-23T17:00:58.080+10:002012-04-23T17:00:58.080+10:00Strange, I was talking to my husband about this ju...Strange, I was talking to my husband about this just a couple of weeks ago. I decided that I wanted either him or my children to do a last post for me and then to close my bog. Obviously we will have to think about it some more!Paulinehttp://leadupthegardenpath.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-19438941403737415942012-04-23T09:52:52.542+10:002012-04-23T09:52:52.542+10:00Sigh. One of the bloggers I was following actuall...Sigh. One of the bloggers I was following actually died last year, and her daughter posted about her death on the blog. Quite sad.NotSoAngryRedHeadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11483848154656500575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-92216494929363706252012-04-23T09:25:17.924+10:002012-04-23T09:25:17.924+10:00Dear Chris, I am OK, thanks for asking. Like you, ...Dear Chris, I am OK, thanks for asking. Like you, I have thinking about this for a while. But as for the timing of the post, who knows whether the events of the past few months have influenced it?<br /><br />Dear Ian, I didn't know that about libraries. Now that could solve the problem. If libraries were interested, we could just leave the password details to them, and they could organize the rest? If we wanted, we could even give them the wording for the final post.<br /><br />cheers, cmSue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-17249171053799380802012-04-23T09:17:19.007+10:002012-04-23T09:17:19.007+10:00Thank you for opening my eyes to this...I want my ...Thank you for opening my eyes to this...I want my daughter Denali to do my final post.ConsciousGardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12253940238405185012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-78934441698574638772012-04-23T09:12:53.492+10:002012-04-23T09:12:53.492+10:00thanks Cathy.
thanks Hermes, for link telling how...thanks Cathy.<br /><br />thanks Hermes, for link telling how to notify Blogger of a user death - if we want to. It's interesting to think we're providing data for future historians. <br /><br />Dear Bernie, that sort of thing doesn't appeal to me either.<br /><br />Hi Lucy, I think that's all i want: someone to post a message saying goodbye, this is the end of the blog.<br /><br />Hi Joy, now there's some interesting creative ideas. If you send your password to reincarnation you can continue your blog yourself.<br /><br />Dear Wendy, I'm sorry I often seem to write about stuff that is alarming for you, like death and insects.<br /><br />Thanks Diana.The Gini Dietrich post is very relevant to this topic - and very clear. It's at http://spinsucks.com/social-media/protecting-your-online-you-after-you-die/#more-11464 in anyone wants to check it out.<br /><br />Hi Jess, cyber-relationships can't replace real-life relationships but I feel they enrich my life. I laughed at what you wrote about your mother. I don't have to worry about that with my mother. She will be 100 this year and when it comes to a computer she doesn't know which side is up.<br /> <br />cheers, cmSue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-76388403208308717622012-04-23T08:29:07.083+10:002012-04-23T08:29:07.083+10:00A somewhat morbid topic don't you think.Buck u...A somewhat morbid topic don't you think.Buck up old chap as the British would say.<br />The Macquarie library in Sydney is adding blogs to its collection in the same way books are a valuable resource of information.Florez Nurseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00675642756554004737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-85771282222409538312012-04-23T08:13:40.416+10:002012-04-23T08:13:40.416+10:00WOW!!! I've thought about this often. And I&...WOW!!! I've thought about this often. And I'd like my spouse to write my final blog to my readers to end the blog properly. Or like in the Hobbit, they could continue the story.....but who knows? I'm like you....I suppose I could make money off of it but it's more sentimental and my way of sharing my ideas and art. I would leave my password in a notebook....but I would hope that it would continue. I'd like to leave money to maintain the pictures on the site for years and years afterwards....it's definitely a more formal diary of our lives. A digital will.....that sounds like a good dinner topic tonight. Thanks for the post. And hope you are okay and that this was just a random thought:) ChrisRohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-64159004960350227802012-04-23T03:31:43.849+10:002012-04-23T03:31:43.849+10:00I have thought about this, as I have abandoned a t...I have thought about this, as I have abandoned a travel blog I wrote for years and, due to its early entre and travel theme it had a lot of readers. I was not particularly personal as I am in my garden blog, but even then, when I quit posting I got an enormous serge of "I used to sit at my miserable job and look at your photos, videos and read of your adventures, this is a loss in my life" It was wild. They asked at that at least leave the blog up (it was the days of paid webspace before the proliferation of blogger and ilk). I did not, but eventually transfered it to someplace they could see it.<br /><br />Now I know more, and with gardening blogs, we are all a bit 'closer', its a smaller community and it feels more like friends. I ALWAYS notice when one of my gardening online buddies goes missing. And in the meantime, I try my best to never write anything I wouldn't want my mother to know. That pretty much keeps it safe for the rest of the world!<br /><br />PS. I hope you are okay!Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524574998937986323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-5872864867632792192012-04-23T03:15:07.272+10:002012-04-23T03:15:07.272+10:00Gini Dietrich has a recent post up about this. (I ...Gini Dietrich has a recent post up about this. (I didn't read it, but yes I have thought about it)Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-80158476474151646552012-04-22T22:36:26.897+10:002012-04-22T22:36:26.897+10:00This idea has crossed my mind a time or two in the...This idea has crossed my mind a time or two in the past year. I thought about starting a post that sums up my life/thoughts and scheduling it to post a year or so into the future - with the hope that I will be changing the post date as time goes on. The only trouble with this being I try to respond to as many commments as I can.... Catmint, you've given me something to think about. For now, I guess I'll put a letter in the safe deposit box with all my passwords and let my family sort it out. Or check into reincarnation and see if I can send all this to myself in the future... Happy Sunday.c. Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957567318434101293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-60516977195910053852012-04-22T21:35:27.483+10:002012-04-22T21:35:27.483+10:00It crosses my mind from time to time - about blogs...It crosses my mind from time to time - about blogs. But I hadn't thought about mail.<br /><br />It would be good, if I were to die, to have someone leave a note on my blog to say what's happened rather than have everyone leaving worried messages hoping I am ok when I am not. (Literally 'not'!)Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-77678248752948441522012-04-22T20:49:14.800+10:002012-04-22T20:49:14.800+10:00It is something to think about. I know I had a fr...It is something to think about. I know I had a friend who died just at the end of last year and her Facebook account is still open. <br /><br />There were many sympathy messages left on her page at the time, and that did give some a chance to say goodbye I guess. While I suppose some would say it's nice to drop by to read posts and see photos on her Facebook page, to me it does feel a little inappropriate somehow. Maybe that's just me!BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-28098371268419454522012-04-22T19:47:36.046+10:002012-04-22T19:47:36.046+10:00As with fb it is ill-defined
http://blog.entruste...As with fb it is ill-defined<br /><br />http://blog.entrustet.com/digital-executor-toolbox/how-to-delete-blogger-account/how-to-notify-blogger-of-a-user-death/<br /><br />The trouble is, as with emails, they are not actually your data in the small print. Future historians will have such fun with no letters to work from.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174929999542605112.post-42494076428908315752012-04-22T19:25:14.622+10:002012-04-22T19:25:14.622+10:00Very thought provoking post.Very thought provoking post.cathy@homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10280998274935488909noreply@blogger.com