Facebook launches 'If I die' messages App (video)

Facebook is hosting an app that lets users deliver their last words from beyond the grave.

The third-party app called “If I die” lets users record a video or text message that will only be published in the event of your death, Herald Sun reported.

Upon installing the app, a user must select three “trustees” from your Facebook friends list to confirm that he or she has in fact died.

When all three agree, the video or message will be released on the user’s wall.

Digital strategist at communications agency Text 100 Karalee Evans said while app could seem a little creepy it could help stop trolling and flaming on memorial pages.

“The person that has recorded the message is controlling how their social networks find out about their passing,” Ms Evans said. “And it could be something that helps to mitigate that flaming by switching the power balance.”

She said the app could be useful for people with terminal illnesses to control how they finish their social footprint.