[Larry Lucido]

Not if they auto-delete inactive accounts after a warning. Inactive 5 years, warning, then delete six months later.

[Borges]

Some people want the accounts of loved ones to remain as a memorial. A more likely scenario is adding filters to remove accounts of the departed from your searches.

[Wolfie]

And reduce the size of the data mine they sell to advertisers? Perish the thought.

[Charles Martel]

Not if they auto-delete inactive accounts after a warning. Inactive 5 years, warning, then delete six months later.

It would have to be keyed to activity *by* the account holder. Otherwise, the annual "Rest In Peace, Missing You Today", etc. response messages that the automatic user birthday reminders trigger will keep it active for a long time.