When you die, who's gonna inherit your "digital legacy"?

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Ratjaculation: Aug 3, 2007

Applewhite posted:

What's your bf with the huge dick's username?

# ? Jan 4, 2022 15:47

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# ? May 3, 2024 00:35

Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

Ratjaculation posted:

hi

Be really careful w/ Computer Viking they are a treasure.

# ? Jan 4, 2022 15:52

Ginette Reno: Nov 18, 2006; How Doers get more done; Fun Shoe

Who is gonna curate my digital legacy of poo poo posting

Which one of you will carry this on for me

# ? Jan 4, 2022 15:53

Icochet: Mar 18, 2008; I have a very small TV. Don't make fun of it! Please don't shame it like that~; Grimey Drawer

I'm going to be an NPC in the upcoming video game Star Citizen

# ? Jan 4, 2022 16:25

kntfkr: Feb 11, 2019; GOOSE FUCKER

hopefully, not my children. they don't need to see those kinda things

# ? Jan 4, 2022 16:49

duck monster: Dec 15, 2004

I'm fine if they just throw me in a bin and light it on fire. Its not like I'll be around to care about it.

Seriously though, write a will ppl. Find an online guide to writing one, and do it. Because goons are getting old and we're probablty all gonna get murdered by covid or antivaxxers or fascists or something. Whatever gently caress, I just wanna make sure my family is cared for.

The best way to care for them is to bury them alive next to me, so I can lord over them in the afterworld.

# ? Jan 4, 2022 16:54

CocoaNuts: Jun 12, 2020

kntfkr posted:

hopefully, not my children. they don't need to see those kinda things

Hopefully not images pertaining to your avatar...

# ? Jan 4, 2022 16:55

duck monster: Dec 15, 2004

Icochet posted:

I'm going to be an NPC in the upcoming video game Star Citizen

Thats a round about way of saying you dont expect the afterlife to happen.

# ? Jan 4, 2022 16:55

Meme Poker Party: Sep 1, 2006; by Azathoth

Who wants my art collection?

# ? Jan 4, 2022 16:57

Computer viking: May 30, 2011; Now with less breakage.

Ratjaculation posted:

hi

Fun as that would be, he does not have an account - and that may be for the best.

# ? Jan 4, 2022 17:02

Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

duck monster posted:

Seriously though, write a will ppl. Find an online guide to writing one, and do it.

Better still, do your heirs a favor and hire an attorney.

# ? Jan 4, 2022 17:17

Full Metal Jackass: Jan 22, 2001; Rabid bats are welcome in my home

My posts will be lost in time....like tears in the rain.

# ? Jan 4, 2022 17:20

kntfkr: Feb 11, 2019; GOOSE FUCKER

Can i leave my assets to my family and my debt to some piece of poo poo like Bezos? I've always planned on it but I also plan on slapping any lawyer that tells me I can't and I'm on probation rn tia

# ? Jan 4, 2022 17:22

Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

kntfkr posted:

Can i leave my assets to my family and my debt to some piece of poo poo like Bezos? I've always planned on it but I also plan on slapping any lawyer that tells me I can't and I'm on probation rn tia

Just form a shell company and transfer all your debt to it then have the company declare bankruptcy.

# ? Jan 4, 2022 17:27

Computer viking: May 30, 2011; Now with less breakage.

While you're at it, why not do a leveraged buyout of your own estate? Getting someone to lend ~~you~~ the independent company doing the buyout the money may be a problem, of course.

# ? Jan 4, 2022 17:49

Robo Reagan: Feb 12, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

when i die i bequeath all my posts to you guys and you can destroy them and mock me in whatever way seems most fitting

# ? Jan 4, 2022 17:51

Lucky Guy: Jan 24, 2013; TY for no bm

gonna print out every one of my shitposts and scrapbook them, so my grandkids can set the scrapbook on fire to stay warm for a few minutes longer as they huddle around a burning oil drum amongst the remains of a civilization shattered by climate change and world wars

# ? Jan 4, 2022 17:57

Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

Lucky Guy posted:

gonna print out every one of my shitposts and scrapbook them, so my grandkids can set the scrapbook on fire to stay warm for a few minutes longer as they huddle around a burning oil drum amongst the remains of a civilization shattered by climate change and world wars

Yeah was gonna say, the idea that there's gonna be any sort of "digital legacy" seems pretty optimistic.

# ? Jan 4, 2022 18:05

Gutcruncher: Apr 16, 2005; Go home and be a family man!

I should make sure my names and passwords for all my videogame clients are in my will. My only regret would be that I�d be too dead to see when my elderly wife finds the REAL good poo poo in my Steam library. :chanpop:

# ? Jan 4, 2022 18:13

Jay_Zombie: Apr 20, 2007; We're sealing the tunnel!

So is this like... the digital equivalent of cleaning out your dead dad's house and finding his great big box of giant strap on dildos and rear end toys?

# ? Jan 4, 2022 18:13

Crusty Nutsack: Apr 21, 2005; SUCK LASER, COPPERS

apple is behind on this one, facebook has had this for years now

# ? Jan 4, 2022 18:19

Wilkins Micawber: Jan 27, 2005; as we leave this existence
looking for another; Fallen Rib

My engram will be copied And I will join the infinite of the Great Merger with Mark Z's Metaverse. There, I will live eternally in your favorite live services (for 6 mo)

# ? Jan 4, 2022 18:26

Mozi: Apr 4, 2004; Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die; Nap Ghost

if you give me a billion dollars today i will give you a receipt certifying that you have sole ownership of my posts after my death

# ? Jan 4, 2022 18:31

Wilkins Micawber: Jan 27, 2005; as we leave this existence
looking for another; Fallen Rib

Ratjaculation posted:

I have a set up much like the hatch in Lost

If I don't enter a code once a day my entire internet presence is automatically deleted. All my posts here, all my social medias, my niche porn bookmarks and the weird edgy reviews i used to write when i was 19

also there is a handsome scotsman

Desmond from Lost running to the terminal in utter panic, sweat streaming down his face as he tries and fails to enter the code in time. The Hatch momentarily darkens before the scene is bathed in an eerie red light. The Numbers on the board whir and shuffle as various dick hieroglyphics click into place.

# ? Jan 4, 2022 18:38

Icochet: Mar 18, 2008; I have a very small TV. Don't make fun of it! Please don't shame it like that~; Grimey Drawer

I demand that von yospos scatters my posts at sea

# ? Jan 4, 2022 18:39

How Rude: Aug 13, 2012; FUCK THIS SHIT

Idk but the one thing that follows my mind if I die is how my parents will react to the huge collection of dildos and fetish gear I have in my apartment when they have to sort out my belongings. Especially since they are right-wing protestant brainwashed fox news watchers.

Just lolling at my dad picking up a dildo and determining its value with the executor of my will.

# ? Jan 4, 2022 18:40

Spinz: Jan 7, 2020; I ordered luscious new gemstones from India and made new earrings for my SA mart thread

Remember my earrings and art are much better than my posting

New stuff starts towards end of page 3 of the thread

I want all my threads linked that are in the gold mine plus my cocktale waitress thread all stickied on all the forums for a week

That's all

# ? Jan 4, 2022 18:47

A Fancy Hat: Nov 18, 2016; Always remember that the former President was dumber than the dumbest person you've ever met by a wide margin

At my funeral they're going to run all my posts on this forum on a big movie screen. That should scare away pretty much everyone so my wife can chuck my body in the ground and not have to wade through a million well-wishers.

# ? Jan 4, 2022 18:49

Fredrik1: Jan 22, 2005; Gopherslayer; Fallen Rib

I will donate my digital legacy to a childrens hospital

# ? Jan 4, 2022 19:10

Colonel Cancer: Sep 26, 2015; Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

How Rude posted:

Idk but the one thing that follows my mind if I die is how my parents will react to the huge collection of dildos and fetish gear I have in my apartment when they have to sort out my belongings. Especially since they are right-wing protestant brainwashed fox news watchers.

Just lolling at my dad picking up a dildo and determining its value with the executor of my will.

Ever heard of Deadman dildo switch

# ? Jan 4, 2022 19:36

Mooey Cow: Jan 27, 2018; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Pillbug

I bequeath all my posts to forums poster Orkin Mang. My av will go to my son, forums poster Lil Swamp Booger Baby

# ? Jan 4, 2022 20:07

William Bear: Oct 26, 2012; "That's what they all say!"

I've been thinking about this for a while. Eurogamer wrote a thoughtful piece a few years ago about how Steam's terms of service prohibit people from transferring your account, even upon your death.

quote:

If you take a look at Section C of the Steam Subscriber Agreement, you'll see it includes the following
paragraph:

"Your Account, including any information pertaining to it (e.g.: contact information, billing information,
Account history and Subscriptions, etc.), is strictly personal. You may therefore not sell or charge others for the
right to use your Account, or otherwise transfer your Account, nor may you sell, charge others for the right to
use, or transfer any Subscriptions other than if and as expressly permitted by this Agreement (including any
Subscription Terms or Rules of Use) or as otherwise specifically permitted by Valve."

In the simplest terms, this means that without express permission from Valve you can't just give your Steam
account to another person. Even if you were to write it into your will that you wanted this to happen, without
that permission, it wouldn't hold up upon your death. Earlier this week I spoke to a lawyer who specialises in the
video game industry to confirm that this is, in fact, the case.

"Steam's position is that you can't pass it on," explained Alex Tutty, a partner at Sheridans Law Firm. "Which is
the default position for pretty much everyone who licenses software. Then they also do say that they'll consider
things on a case-by-case basis, so if somebody dies, they will consider proof of death and whether there'd be a
legitimate interest in saying you could transfer it.

[...]

The issue with these digital libraries is as the end users, when we buy a game or a piece of software digitally,
what we're actually buying is the license to use that content. According to the terms and conditions we've agreed
to, these licenses can be revoked if we break our side of the bargain, which includes transferring the ownership
of our accounts, even upon death.

[...]

I tried sending my request via an unrelated support page and received the
following response a couple of days later:

"Hello Chris, Steam accounts and licenses are not transferable. Steam support can't provide you with any
permission that would change this. We also can't provide assistance regarding your will or what steps should be
taken in the event of your death. Thanks for using Steam, Thor."

[...]

"I think they're definitely going to need to catch up," said Tutty. "I also think they're going to need to catch up on
a more practical basis because everyone is going to just pass on in their wills, their passwords. You'll be left with
a situation in which their terms don't reflect the reality of what's going on. As soon as you end up in that
situation, you begin to look slightly redundant.

"If everyone is flouting the rules of your terms, then your rules are powerless. If you're not going to do anything
about it then arguably they shouldn't even be applicable."

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-10-06-what-happens-to-your-steam-account-when-you-die

This isn't fair! I might die, but I want my Steam account to live forever!

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Bad Purchase: Jun 17, 2019

when i die, an army of 1000 posters will be buried with me

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