Just wondering... What happens when you stop using a site you've registered for. You tried out your own Brightcove Channel, you posted a few photos on Flickr, you registered an avatar on second life, you built a My Space page, and then you stop visiting the site. Are you still counted as a member? Is your site still considered active for metric info or ad sales purposes? How long do you continue to exist on the web before someone or some program notices that you are inactive and finally deletes you from the web. And while all this stuff is virtual, the memory it occupies is real and could be better utilized.
And so the easy answer might be, is to be proactive. Unsubscribe from the respective sites and delete the information. But what happens if you die first, leaving so much clutter. Does your Facebook info stick around for 10 more years? Just wondering...
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