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Ian Forrester | @cubicgarden
Ian Forrester | @cubicgarden
@cubicgarden@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago

Question for the #Fediverse

Imagine, if you could do something on the Fediverse after you died, using your letter of wishes/will.

What would you do?

For example, you could leave a nice public status but also send DMs to friends. Maybe post fav pix on Pixelfed a compilation of fav tunes on Peertube/Funkwhale?
Heck even start a grief bot for a short while to help those who are in shock?

Thoughts?

Best may end up in #fosdem2026 with credit - https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/VGXMXE-machine_readable_wishes/

FOSDEM 2026 - Fedi legacy

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James Cridland
James Cridland
@james@bne.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

@cubicgarden Quite a big difference between “a last post after six months of illness” and “a last post when I suddenly dropped dead”. The former wouldn’t come as a surprise; the latter certainly would. I’d worry that anything I wrote would look weird.

After a death in the podcast community last year, I wrote this thing - https://podnews.net/article/digital-legacy - which may (but probably won’t) be of interest.

Podnews

Make sure your podcast keeps going even if you can’t

Some simple steps to make it easier for others to pick up the pieces in the event of your death or illness
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Terence Eden
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@Edent@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 9 hours ago

@cubicgarden looking forward to seeing your talk 😀

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Ian Forrester | @cubicgarden
Ian Forrester | @cubicgarden
@cubicgarden@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

@Edent Thank you, its should be very interesting and really looking forward to hearing where the open source setup could be applied to the fediverse

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Ian Forrester | @cubicgarden
Ian Forrester | @cubicgarden
@cubicgarden@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

@Edent Thank you, its should be very interesting and really looking forward to hearing where the open source setup could be applied to the fediverse

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Konrad
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@retrocomputing@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 10 hours ago

@cubicgarden I'd rather do something for the Fediverse while I'm still here :)

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Ian Forrester | @cubicgarden
Ian Forrester | @cubicgarden
@cubicgarden@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

@retrocomputing Of course but.. if you had one last chance?

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Stefan Bohacek
Stefan Bohacek
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 11 hours ago

@cubicgarden Interesting question!

I like the idea of posting one last message, but I'd have to think about what it would say a bit more.

The way I try to use social media, other than posting about my own work, is to encourage and inspire people, spread hope, and share calls to action on things that are important to me.

So my last message would probably follow that, just one last reminder to stay hopeful about the future, and be there for the people who need us.

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Ian Forrester | @cubicgarden
Ian Forrester | @cubicgarden
@cubicgarden@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

@stefan Thanks, its one I think about too.

Likewise, what I would post is a difficult one. I also have a final blog post which I have setup, which would go out on the fediverse too,

I do like the final words of hope

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Stefan Bohacek
Stefan Bohacek
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online replied  ·  activity timestamp 28 minutes ago

@cubicgarden My additional challenge is that I run my own Mastodon server. So, once I'm gone, and my credit card expires, I'm taking everything with me.

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