[citation][nom]haunted one[/nom]I think it's more because it can be emotionally heart wrenching to be reminded of a friend's death that way. There should be some way to switch off the FB profiles of deceased people to avoid this, if this feature is indeed absolutely necessary.[/citation]
I totally understand that it can be heart wrenching, but people also need to be more realistic and rational about these things. Harboring some form of hatred or animosity towards facebook because a page for a deceased friend happened to meet the requirement of an algorithm that causes it to show up on your reconnect suggestion list is just being ridiculous.
An example would be a song you and your deceased friend were both huge fans of coming on the radio and causing you to remember times spent with that person. Would it be reasonable for someone to call the radio station and bitch at them that they happened to play this particular song which had meaning to them and their deceased friend, and they should be ashamed of themselves for making the person feel bad? This is in the same ball park of absurdity at harboring hate for facebook and saying they "fail" b/c of this situation.
I'm not trying to bust balls here, b/c again, this exact situation happened to me with a deceased friend, so i really do understand, its frustrating. But i just think people are looking to create an issue where there isn't one.
Also, i agree with you, there should be a way for someone who is on the friends list of a person to send an email to facebook admins to state that "hey, this person is deceased, is there any way their profile can be turned off, etc". It would be very easy for the FB admins to send an email to the account, to confirm that if they don't receive a response, its a reasonable assumption that the person who sent the email wasn't maliciously trying to turn off an active account, and then they could switch the account off.