Netizens are upset with Facebook’s new feature that tells users they can communicate with their dead friends. The social networking site’s latest revamp saw an installation of an automatically-generated box which suggests the users to reconnect with people they have been out of touch for a long time.
However, fans are in dismay and think the feature is insensitive. Within a short span of time, dozens of users reported feeling distressed after the feature hinted they could get in touch with their close ones who had deceased. Now, more than 900,000 are campaigning against it by joining a group that demands the site to go “back to normal”.
One of the users of the site, Emma, revealed that the image of her deceased friend was on the page when she logged into the site. “Like many of his friends, I have not deleted his profile as that would feel wierd. I am sure thousands of Facebook users are in the same position,” Sky News quoted her as saying.
“When someone dies there does not seem to be much you can do about their profile. It would be nice to keep it as a memorial, but there is no way of acknowledging what has happened to that person,” Emma added.