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Prince's twitter account
Kinda depressing that it just sits there, frozen in time.
I'm guessing he operated it himself and his password was on his laptop... which only he had the password to. So what happens now? What does Twitter do with accounts after death?
Its quite a remarkable position to be in... for such a reknowned star to have so little management. Where business / record companies would usually manage this process in image and legacy presentation after death, with Prince there's nothing. No record company to create a sense of occassion and celebrate him, no immediate family to take the reins.... there's just a silence and a pause. |
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funkyfine said:
Kinda depressing that it just sits there, frozen in time.
I'm guessing he operated it himself and his password was on his laptop... which only he had the password to. So what happens now? What does Twitter do with accounts after death?
Its quite a remarkable position to be in... for such a reknowned star to have so little management. Where business / record companies would usually manage this process in image and legacy presentation after death, with Prince there's nothing. No record company to create a sense of occassion and celebrate him, no immediate family to take the reins.... there's just a silence and a pause. I really hope they leave it there - iv not seen it yet (too soon) | |
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This is not the first time someone has died with a social media account. On Facebook, those pages get memorialized, which means all my PMs would be dissappeared with that person. So glad nobody told Facebook my hubby died. I sometimes log on and add photos. Can't do that with a memorialized page. Problem is that @Prince is a very hot name. It's a real word. It's only six letters, this is great for the 140 character total. We're talking some prime tweet real estate. After 18 months of inactivity someone may want it and complain it's being wasted. A celeb like Prince Royce may want it or perhaps the Prince of England (will and Kate baby?!) so there may be an issue down the line. :( Basically someone better screenie the whole thing before it gets coopted. No matter the ©️, Paisley Park "official can never ™️  . He gave that to us verbally on Oprah in 1996. You can't take away from us, corporate. I mean O ( + > | |
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Wow, I for one have the exact opposite response. [Edited 5/9/16 12:10pm] | |
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I was looking at his account just last night and it was making me so sad. It is kind of like it's frozen in time. As far as what twitter does with accounts, I think they don't do anything unless there is a specific violation that is cause to delete the page. Cory Monteith and DJ AM's accounts are still up. | |
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Well, someone definitely edited his Instagram after he passed. | |
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Yea - that whole caption getting deleted... BIZARRE.... | |
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Aren't all of his tweets deleted already though?
I went on Twitter the other day to see if there was any sign he might've acknowledged me when I was tweeting him like crazy in February/March but there was nothing on his account "I was here in the beginning and I'll be here forever more" | |
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OOPs nevermind his tweets are still there. Some of them got deleted though "I was here in the beginning and I'll be here forever more" | |
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Are you thinking of Prince3EG or just Prince? |
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Well it would be a bit creepy if he continued writing it now wouldn't it?
Still I hope someone will investigate what happened to his Instagram 'Just when you thought you were safe' message and at what time it was deleted?!
[Edited 5/9/16 13:46pm] | |
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What's more sad is the FB account of a friend who passed away suddenly... And the posts that eventually dwindle down to nothing... "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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There's 2 seperate accounts?
Well the one I'm following is just Prince. The other day I had checked for his tweets and there was nothing. But now they're back "I was here in the beginning and I'll be here forever more" | |
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yep really crazy | |
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me too | |
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the profile pic of the two eyes closed and the third eye open is freaking me out in light of his passing. does anyone remember when that first appeared? "do i have a friend tonight?" --prince at his last concert in atlanta  "If u love somebody, your life won't be in vain
And there's always a rainbow, at the end of every rain."--peace and love, dear prince..... | |
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Wasn't Prince's FB "hacked" about a year ago and it was assumed to be by a disgruntled former employee/ex? I'm not sure if that was ever confirmed, but like most celebrities, I am sure others have access to his social media accounts. I read that Twitter has kept verified Twitter accounts of the deceased active "as is" unless the account gets hacked and/or the next of kin asks for it to be removed. My guess is Twitter is just waiting to hear what the family prefers to do. | |
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DoItAllNight4U said: Aren't all of his tweets deleted already though?
I went on Twitter the other day to see if there was any sign he might've acknowledged me when I was tweeting him like crazy in February/March but there was nothing on his account I'm so glad I got a screen grab of his tweet to me before he deleted it. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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DJ2Sad said: Wasn't Prince's FB "hacked" about a year ago and it was assumed to be by a disgruntled former employee/ex? I'm not sure if that was ever confirmed, but like most celebrities, I am sure others have access to his social media accounts. I read that Twitter has kept verified Twitter accounts of the deceased active "as is" unless the account gets hacked and/or the next of kin asks for it to be removed. My guess is Twitter is just waiting to hear what the family prefers to do. Yes this happened. Dr funkenberry chimed in on it, something about a young woman doing the social media work for free...scorned, and shouldn't have been trusted. Makes me wonder if it was that "Shameless Mya" from the Yahoo broadcast. | |
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Ugh her video tribute to Prince bugged me so much!!!! I also read that some thught it was the former assistant he had just fired at the time of the hack, who, after he died, went to the press about how healthy and awesome, etc. Who knows if either of them could be THAT two faced, but man, still, hacking a former employee or even an ex's social media account for any reason is just not cool. As if he wasn't distrusting of the internet already.
I hope they keep his Twitter and IG up (despite the crazy comments now) because I did play catch up on some his IG posts from the past year and some were damn funny. The "choocolate overload" picture made me laugh out loud. | |
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What's the deleted IG caption people keep talking about? And I don't know how that chocolate picture made you laugh...the caption was "chocolate overdose" and he was lying facedown...in light of what happened that picture made me sick to my stomach | |
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I miss Prince's Twitter banter so much!!! I still go onto his page sometimes and still find it so hard that's he no longer with us! I literally was in heaps of laughter at his hilarious replies to fans that literally were deleted within minutes (you had to be super quick to get a screenshot!! Asking for captions to pictures which he'd then put on Princestagram lol P.never retweeting anyone but copying and pasting - sometimes forgetting to include who originally tweeted causing much confusion to those who didn't get the "joke" thinking he was saying it....#iamtransformed LOL!!! Debating with us about how to get his new CD out (HitnRun Phase II) and fans supporting him with his peer-to-peer idea. He wasn't going to sell it on Amazon or iTunes "Narp, they've got enuff 2 sell" (he changed his mind though, just after Id paid huge postage costs to ship from Electric Fetus to the UK...) I miss his Twitter link sharing new artists with us & announcing his Purple Pick of the Week (for those who have Tidal)!! I find Twitter pages from big celebrities rarely result in them actually listening or engaging with their fans, some are just controlled by managers or agents. Prince's Twitter was run by him, and he engaged with us, because he cared about US, his fans, and I love him for that!!! | |
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cardinal said: the profile pic of the two eyes closed and the third eye open is freaking me out in light of his passing. does anyone remember when that first appeared? "do i have a friend tonight?" --prince at his last concert in atlanta That pic changed just before he cancelled his shows because of flu. It actually had a teardrop rolling down his face but that was removed when the shows were rescheduled a week later. I think it just reflected how sad he was about letting fans down. The pic itself was done by an amazing artist Martin Homent (?) aka Redfoxbandit on Instagram. P. bought the rights to some (maybe all, can't remember) of Martin's work as two feature on his HitnRun 1 & 2 CDs and other merchandise. P. has them as a header on Twitter, the artwork is impressive | |
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clairew1975 said: cardinal said: the profile pic of the two eyes closed and the third eye open is freaking me out in light of his passing. does anyone remember when that first appeared? "do i have a friend tonight?" --prince at his last concert in atlanta That pic changed just before he cancelled his shows because of flu. It actually had a teardrop rolling down his face but that was removed when the shows were rescheduled a week later. I think it just reflected how sad he was about letting fans down. The pic itself was done by an amazing artist Martin Homent (?) aka Redfoxbandit on Instagram. P. bought the rights to some (maybe all, can't remember) of Martin's work as two feature on his HitnRun 1 & 2 CDs and other merchandise. P. has them as a header on Twitter, the artwork is impressive very interesting....and yes,that artist has talent....what a beautiful depiction of prince "If u love somebody, your life won't be in vain
And there's always a rainbow, at the end of every rain."--peace and love, dear prince..... | |
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