would I know if you died?

An interesting and valid point (and a gory story). I have started putting my passwords to the sites I'm a member of into a small address book - convenient, because it is alphabetically tabbed and can be kept in a drawer by my desk. My daughter and son know what it is and where to find it so that they can do the necessary when I'm no longer able to post (or collect money) for any reason. I know of only a handful of people who wouldn't have any other way of knowing of my passing and I believe that only a few of them would be seriously concerned.

I will not English, can make friends here?

It is a good idea to let any close relative know about your on line activities. I think if I die many of on line friend would not immediately come to know about it.

This is actually a pretty sad subject but it may well go under the same category as writing your will early in life. I think it is a good thing to let your friends know should something happens to them as they may find some closure. You could even write a letter and keep it safe to be posted should something ever happened to you.

It is something that isn't often spoken about. How would anybody I know online, know if I went toes up tomorrow? My missus and my kids don't know my online friends - So who would inform longtime internet friends? Quite morbid really

It's good practice to keep your computer and the sites you use open and known about. Frankly though a computer site is about as private as a postcard. Passwords aren't all that private either as a rule we use a close relative or pet's name. A computer stores everything on it's hard drive so programmes and passwords are accessible to a computer expert. So, a morbid thought, but a good idea, but computer activity is accessible.

You are true. We have a lot of friends here and there in different sites, just like online friends and a very few are really become closer in the later part of life. Some years (6-7) before I become a member of a site and in the initial stage, I was not much sure of how to go ahead and by-mistakenly I send a friend request and she accepted also. But we were not much in touch or hardly talk online or communicate. The facebook was not so common like of these days. However, I used to observe people there and see the activities over there. Recently I got a mail from this person's brother saying that 'this particular person is on comma and her list days were counted. Please pray for her and he got you people's contacts from her web site and assuming that you all are her friend, please pray for'. And again few days later I got one more message saying that her condition is improving and thanking for the prays. I don't know what happened later on and didn't got any message. I said it, because of your words and it reminded about his incident too. As you said, I have few best friends in myLot and all were in touch. Few are provided their mobile nos and mail ids too. Anyway, as I don't like the new face of myLot, I stopped here all the activities and I found relevant to speak with you here in this matter. We all have to die, and it can happen any of the moment ahead. If any people have so much of intimacy and wish to have a nice relationship, I think such people must have communicated in any way, and it will work out better.

years ago, i had a friend who wrote a lot for magazines and some supplemental reading for schools. when her health deteriorated, she learned to scan all her articles and learned how to post them online. i was able to view it once but have forgotten the name now. she also set up a yahoogroups for us. she was the glue that held us together. some of us have been to her house. some didn't attend her wake because they owed her money. she emailed us her will but i couldn't open the document. her partner and her best friend were able to settle everything but they said the royalties for her books will stop. maybe i'll follow owlwings in using an address book but will also use email as backup. i'll address it to all my sisters. one of them also has a paypal account.