How will Facebook remember you when you're dead?

How much of what you are can be found on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc? What about your e-mail?

How much of that dreck do you want to live on after you die?

Website makuseof.com offers a rundown of what happens to your Gmail, Hotmail, MySpace, Facebook and Yahoo accounts in the event of your demise.

For example, Gmail allows your next of kin to access your e-mail and, if they wish, to delete your account. Facebook, on the other hand, does not allow next of kin to delete your account. Instead, Facebook turns your page into a frozen memorial.

Creepy.

This all goes to show that you should keep a list of all your accounts, passwords, etc. in a place where your loved ones can find it. Logging in as you -- I know, it's ghoulish -- they could then systematically erase your online presence.

But the bigger question for me is not whether the account survives after I die. The question is, do I want what I post on Facebook to be my legacy?

Makes you wonder if you should think a bit more before posting about a Saturday morning hangover or sharing an embarrassing photo of a loved one. After all, that person in the Speedo might be deciding what stays and what goes in your online afterlife.