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people do this stuff when a relative or friend passes away

Why not change the concept a bit, i.e. "Create a Fan Page About Anyone"?

That way, you can encompass all kinds of people (both living and deceased, famous or not, people you know personally or not), whatever the situation.

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I think this dilutes the concept rather beyond the point of utility. A memorial site would need to foster a very specific mood and offer a few specific tools for this purpose.

Fantastic idea.

No sure why that was downvoted. I was sincere. I think it's a very nice angle on my original idea.

John, good luck with this project, regardless of which concept you use.

Thanks for the feedback. I think I'm still going to go with the memorial approach. Technically, this will be a cinch. The hard part is going to be getting the idea out there once I build it!

Hey, check out this cartoon: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/issuecartoons/2007/05/14/cartoons_20070507?slide=3

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