@manored,
some of us are friends off the forum though still in cyberspace, and we will post if we know someone died.
my best friend ever was from a forum, for ten years we emailed daily. her roommate told me when she died, and i told some people on other forums where i knew she was posting. and it was really creepy...i still miss her, and could run into some old posts of hers too...
i like best when i used to move away from nice neighbors and i could pretend they never died-they are still alive today, even though i havent seen them in thirty years and they were in their 80's then. they are like still alive for me.