Insider/Kai Xiang Teo
- Online platforms purging inactive accounts made me worry about my digital afterlife.
- Digital-legacy tools such as MyWishes give you some control over your online presence after death.
- I used it to plan my digital afterlife and found the experience both difficult and cathartic.
Today, as platforms increasingly reckon with the inevitability that dead accounts will eventually outnumber those of the living, digital-legacy companies have emerged to fill the gap.
Having spent most of my life documenting my thoughts, feelings, and experiences online, I want my digital legacy passed on, rather than forever blocked off.