I've been on many mailing lists, many forums, many newsgroups and many places like here of like and different topics since before there was a World Wide Web and you get to feel social connection after a while through the electronic media. It was always very touching when one with a living connection wrote to such a group if the ....friend?, member?, fellow being? that guy who does the thing?...had passed. I didn't think of that until /u/quincy's post and have to get around to setting that up for the places I frequent as well.