Death is a universal human experience, as natural in our lives as birth, sleep and hunger. Everyone dies at the end of their life, and unless their own death is premature, everyone loses someone they love. A number of psychological states can be triggered by the death of a loved one, including sadness, anger, confusion, and fear (Field, Gao, Paderna, 2005; Leming & Dickinson, 2011). The process of dealing with these emotions, as well as the rituals and practices surrounding death, burial and mourning, although heavily influenced by culture, age, life experience, religious beliefs and style of behavior. attachment, are specific to each individual (Brubaker, Hayes, & Dourish, 2013; Leming and Dickinson, 2011; Stroebe, Schut, and Boerner, 2010). The Internet in general, and social networking sites (SNS) in particular, are both products and drivers of culture and can therefore have a profound effect on the grieving process of their users (Brubaker, Hayes and Dourish, 2013). Two phenomena are particularly interesting regarding this exchange: intersubjectivity in the development of online personas and the practice of displaying for public view the private feelings of the dying and the bereaved (Brubaker, Hayes, & Dourish, 2013; Brubaker and Vertesi, 2010; Stroebe, Schut and Boerner, 2010; Death represents a complete severance of human bonds of attachment. These bonds develop primarily in childhood and focus on maintaining proximity (the attachment figure is always close or easily accessible), shelter (the attachment figure is available for comfort and security in times of stress) and the secure base (the attachment figure is available). for support in the search for novelty and facing the unknown). Parental attachment b... middle of article...... Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2011, May 7-12, 2011Leming, MR and Dickinson, GE (2011). Understanding Death, Dying, and Grieving, Seventh Edition, pp. 68-73. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, Massimi, M., & Baecker, R.M. (2010). A death in the family: opportunities to design technologies for the bereaved. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2010, April 10-15, 2010Statisticbrain.com (2014). Facebook Stats. Retrieved from www.statisticbrain.com/facebook-statistics/Stroebe, M., Schut, H., & Boerner, K. (2010). Continuous links in adaptation to bereavement: towards a theoretical integration. Journal of Clinical Psychology. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2009.11.007Varcarolis, EM and Halter, MJ (2010). Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, Sixth Edition, pp. 707-721. St. Louis, Missouri: Saunders Elsevier