I’m not really sure I know what to make of this. The Greensboro News & Record is adding a service that allows people who place paid obituaries to add 60-second audio tributes to the dearly departed in their online guest books. My first reaction is, well, that’s weird. My second reaction is that it reminds me of those RIP t-shirts with the dearly departed’s picture on them, which I’ve always thought to be kind of tacky. But that’s just me and I’m as capable of being a snob as the next guy.
If anyone wants to make an audio tribute to me when I’m gone I only ask that they not use any Journey songs as a background. Other than that, have at it.
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Legacy.com is the online obit vendor that publishes about half of all deaths in the United States on the internet, and they’re the ones responsible for the audio obit tributes. I think it’s good that Legacy is experimenting with new ways to add functionality to their product (for reference’s sake, the Winston-Salem Journal has audio obits now too). I’m not sure audio is the best concept as far as new functionality goes, but I’m glad that they’re trying stuff.
Thanks Joe. I think I’m part of the 10% that rarely reads obits (I heard somewhere that most people read obits daily) so I’ve never paid much attention to them. It’s interesting, although not surprising, that a company has focused on the obit industry. I guess if you looked at it from the business perspective anything related to death would be a very dependable industry to get into since you know what they say; you can count on two things in this world, death and taxes.