Memorialized accounts on Facebook get ‘Tributes’ section

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When an owner of a Facebook account dies, the social network often turns it into a “memorialized account,” a special type of profile which can only be moderated by the so called “legacy accounts,” had they been chosen beforehand by the account’s original owner.  

In some cases, other users were allowed to post on the account’s timeline, but now, TechCrunch reports that Facebook has launched Tributes, a separate “space on memorialized profiles where friends and family can share memories of a loved one.”

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Ashanti shared the most perplexing Aretha Franklin tribute we could have imagined

Aretha Franklin passed away on Thursday, and fans and celebrities alike have been flocking to social media to praise the singer and her contributions to music.
From the Obamas to Ariana Grande, nearly everyone’s tributes to the queen of soul have bee…

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This photo of Michael Shannon singing Iggy Pop is the rare Good Thing

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Your weird celebrity crush Michael Shannon skipped the Golden Globe Awards Sunday to perform with Sons of the Silent Age for a David Bowie tribute concert. At least one Very Important photo from this concert has surfaced and shows Shannon going all-out as a shirtless Iggy Pop.

Iggy Pop and David Bowie performed together in Berlin in the late ’70s, the era Sons of the Silent Age focused on for this concert. The two reportedly became close friends after Bowie visited a hospitalized Iggy – they even got arrested together in 1976, the mark of true friendship. Bowie was a writer and producer on The Idiot and Lust for Life, whose title track Shannon performed Sunday night. Read more…

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Owner collects her sick dog’s best moments to celebrate his life

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Losing a pet is a painful thing, and many of us can empathise with that pain.

One Twitter user has chosen to celebrate her dog’s life by sharing some of his best moments in memoriam. (Hope you have tissues at the ready…)

Hello everyone my dog has cancer and doesn’t have very long left so I’m going to share with you his best moments if u don’t mind x

— amy (@catholicgirl666) October 29, 2017

1. The happiest dog in the whole world. Chilled vibes pic.twitter.com/uuVRKGIZqK

— amy (@catholicgirl666) October 29, 2017

2. Whenever anyone comes to the house he’ll bring them a present. This day was his bath towel. Too cute pic.twitter.com/gs0yWkeGxy

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