To think this is a sad ‘milestone’ (if milestone is the right word)

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Sorry don’t know if milestone is the most appropriate word here but difficult sometimes to find the right words to use.
A few weeks ago I faced the sad situation of my first ever Facebook friend dying. I expect most people who’ve been on Facebook since 2007 with large accounts would no doubt have had this happen years before me but I’m a latecomer to Facebook with a small account. This was a shock as her death was unexpected although we weren’t close. Feels a bit weird but I like having her account still on my list in her memory - I like reading over her messages - feels like she’s still here.
How did you feel when you first experienced this?

My first fb friend to die was my wonderful, amazing nan. I absolutely love her account still being on there, seeing her comments and posts in my memories.

I love the account ring there as well Sproglets even though I was less close to the person in question than you. I think reading through their account and comments makes them feel they’re still part of your life and I love that

Being ** there

Sadly my first FB friend to die was my sibling.
Since then I’ve had probably around 12 FB friends die.

Im in the Army and was during the height of Afghanistan deployments. A fair few of my FB friends are dead.

Sorry to hear that FfrothiCoffi

I sometimes wish I had the same large Facebook account I initially set up back in 2009 but that’s the thing - more people - and the good and the bad aspects that go with that

screamatthesistine sorry about your losses. It’s sobering sometimes to read what other people go through

My first was this year. It sucks that I'll never get another notification from my friend but I guess I can still visit their wall anytime and that's... something modern? I still don't know how I really feel about memorial pages. I guess it's nice but also strange. Anyway, condolences on your own loss, OP.

My youngest uncle died a couple of years back - really young. He was a facebook friend. His account persists as a kind of ghost - I want to move on, but could do with some instruction on how not to see the account anymore - is there archiving or something like it?

Thanks laudete condolences on yours too. It is nice visiting their wall. Memorial pages have now become a thing as you say

Sorry to hear about your uncle 1Wugbear I’m sure there’s an archiving system as many pages have been archived over the years - I don’t know about how one would go about doing it with a personal profile though

Last year one of my oldest friends died unexpectedly. Many months later on her birthday lots of people were sending her messages to ‘have a lovely day’ etc. Even though there were some messages saying how much she was missed people obviously just didn’t know.

It made me really sad.

My 9 yo DN recently had her first fb friend die while all of mine are still alive. Live is so unpredictable.

I've just lost my third very close friend,one was very recently so she is still in my messenger list and I keep going to message her. It's really hard OP,isn't it? I can't quite believe it tbh.

10 years ago was when my first friend who had a Facebook account passed. For a while I couldn’t look at it as it was just too hard seeing the messages from just hours earlier to know what was coming. Now when I get a memory pop up it’s a lot easier although some what confusing as his partner took on his account when he died so it now has their name.

If you have account you want to memorialise you can just send a request to Facebook, I have popped the link below. Sadly my friend is not the only person I have lost with a Facebook account.

m.facebook.com/help/1111566045566400

I've had about 3 FB friends die. I like seeing their accounts.