Social media is changing how we view death; mourn those who have left us

Social media is changing the way we view death and how we cope with it. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What a time to be alive, when we can debate and research about grief, because of how people use social media to come to terms with sudden loss of some close to them.

Platforms such as Facebook are used as grieving sites, where profiles of people who have passed on are still up. And every year, friends and families still post on their walls tagging them to memories and sending messages.