There was quite a shock Friday afternoon as many people checked their Facebook profiles, only to see that their profile (like mine) had been memorialized, meaning that they were no longer alive:
A quick search on Twitter found that several others were facing the same issue:
Even Mark Zuckerberg’s profile had been memorialized:
Of course, once everyone figured out it was a bug, the jokes started rolling in:
The issue has been covered by The Verge, Buzzfeed, and other outlets and appears to be a widespread bug as thousands have reported their own “death.”
Gizmodo is also reporting that real memorialized accounts have been going back to “regular” profiles status, whereas falsely memorialized accounts have been brought back to life. Additionally, some people are seeing their account go back to normal (like mine is now), but then other friends who didn’t have a memorialized account are now seeing the alert pop up on their profile.
The story is developing and we will update this article if and when we get more information.
Screenshots taken by author Nov. 2016. Featured image via Pixabay.
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