To think social networks make RIP's cheap

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Okay bit of a rant. AIBU to get angry when people flood to Facebook to announce some celebrity has died? I hate seeing slapdash YouTube tributes and "alway in our hearts", it just feels so detatched from real human emotion and not just celebrities...

My uncle passed a year ago, was a teacher and battled with cancer for two years. In the end it was horrible for the whole family, not only to have him pass but the whole ordeal as he was in recovery and being put on the wrong medicine he died suddenly. Needless to say it was hard to greive and every Tom, Dick and Harry posted photos on Facebook. Which I know sounds heartless to say but I couldn't help it feeling sensationalised just like when any other person you know of dies and you fill your wall with OMG! OXOX frowny face*, here's a YouTube video.

My mum died a couple of weeks ago and not even two and a half hours had passed since she'd died when my cousin posted it on Facebook. Very quickly he got told to remove his message which he did but it's quite feasible that the news hadn't filtered through to everyone and no way should someone have to find out about a family members death via Facebook.

Too true fedupan. I only posted once all the family and close friends knew.
Sorry about your mum too.

Thank you.