First off, let me clarify that I am not currently expecting to pass beyond the rainbow anytime soon. However, as we have bid "see you later" to a number of beloved friends and users of the site, I can't help but think ahead about what I would like to happen with my account and the items I've collected should I unexpectedly pass away without the ability to make my own arrangements. It breaks my heart a little when I think of dealing with this.

I know that accessing another's account or having multiple accounts is strictly forbidden. So how should we properly go about handling emergencies where people should know about our absence, or death, god forbid it, takes us away forever?

I have a verbal agreement with a user (My own sister in law) that should I pass, she may go into my account and send my things to my friends. If either of us is severely injured, we are to contact eachother's contacts and let them know asap. And I have this agreement to do so for her as well. However, we both aren't sure how we should go about this kind of thing that would be in alignment with subeta's rules and guidelines.

SO I'm just here to ask...what does the staff recommend for setting up someone to handle end of life things on an account so that the person handling it does not get banned? Do we submit a paper showing our wishes? Do we...just doccument it and keep it to present to staff should that happen? Please advise. <3

I think this is a very important conversation to have. People spend a lot of real money on this site, and I have always felt it unfair that after a sudden death, someone’s account is just locked and everything is deleted without any regard to what they might have wanted to happen to the items. A digital will is a great idea. Even if on the account settings, you had the option to write in another user’s name to receive your items upon your death.. I don’t have a perfect solution, obviously, but I think there is a much better solution to be found than “delete it all.” There could be thousands of dollars worth of items on someone’s account, and they’d just disappear into the internet archives forever just because the user didn’t have the psychic foresight to know they were about to die & distribute their belongings accordingly.

I think as we move forward, it’s going to be more socially acceptable to talk about death as an inevitability. And since the internet is the “place” where many of us socialize and create and learn.. I think we should start talking about digital footprints and what happens to our data when we die.

I personally would prefer for my items and pets to be distributed, even if they’re just sent to the donation corner and adoption center, that’s better than real-money-pixels disappearing. After I would like all posts&comments to be permanently deleted along with my account.

If you are looking for rule clarification on what is allowed by you or your sister-in-law in a worst-case scenario, you should probably file a ticket.

As far as discussion of what the process/rules should be... Honestly I'm not sure what my suggestions/feedback are. I will need to think about it more. Although I have some initial thoughts from my own POV, I'd need to think through other users situations and playstyles before suggesting anything.

I like the idea of a virtual will but I think the following things might need some consideration:

-Are the items in the account distributed to one source (donation center/chosen user) or multiple sources (user 1 gets all my pants but all my shoes go to the donation center)

-What happens to the currencies saved in the account (another user would be able to recieve it but the donation center couldn't).

-How to keep the avatar dressed if all other items in the account are moved (for dignity). What if the user willed a item they are wearing to another user.

-Deleting posts,comments and smail.

-Being able to set a timer ("I am going to the hospital and might not make it but I have no other user my family can contact in that case. Consider me dead if I don't log in for ..... Days.").

-Willing one's pets

-A system were a user that has stuff willed to them doesn't just get them dumped on their account (they are mourning and cannot deal with it right now/ They don't want the items, just dump them in the donation corner/ Let me just clear out my inventory first).

-Rules to prevent misuse of the system