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Released: July 19, 2010
As Facebook users die, ghosts reach out
Source: Jenna Wortham, New York Times (Free Registration)
Courtney Purvin got a shock when she visited Facebook last month. The site was suggesting that she get back in touch with an old family friend who played piano at her wedding four years ago.
“It kind of freaked me out a bit,” she said. “It was like he was coming back from the dead.”
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