How Trump’s zombie Facebook page became a weird Internet memorial

The Facebook page of Donald Trump, the former president, is seen on a computer display. Like a whale carcass that sinks to the ocean floor, entire ecosystems popping up in the shadow of its slowly decomposing husk, the comments field below that last post is now a vibrant feeding ground where Trump’s fans and critics still converge, months later, to argue, troll and pay homage. — Los Angeles Times/TNS

At first glance, Donald Trump’s Facebook page seems like it’s been dead for months.

The former US president’s last post is dated 3.14pm, Jan 6, 2021, the afternoon of the Capitol riots, as he called for “everyone at the US Capitol to remain peaceful”. Not long after he published that, Facebook – and many other social networks – banned him indefinitely for inciting the riots, instantly turning the account into a time capsule of those final, chaotic days before his presidency ended.