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On Facebook, there's a difference between "deleting" and "deactivating" your account. OP did the latter, in which case it stays in the DB but is made invisible
by kalata 10y ago
On Facebook, there's a difference between "deleting" and "deactivating" your account. OP did the latter, in which case it stays in the DB but is made invisible to everyone else. All you have to do to make it a normal, visible account again is simply log in. Deleting is a different matter.
- I_am_tiberius 10y agoI deactivated my account in 2010. At that point in time the only option was deactivating the account. Not sure what I should do now.
- mcbridematt 10y agoI have an email from when I _deleted_ mine (September 2010): Subject: Account scheduled for deletion "Hi Mathew, We have received a request to permanently delete your account. Your account has been deactivated from the site and will be permanently deleted within 14 days. If you did not request to permanently delete your account, please login to Facebook to cancel this request: http://www.facebook.com/login.php http://www.facebook.com/login.php Thanks,The Facebook Team" I know there was a difference between deactivate and delete, deactivate tried to guilt trip you ( like this http://mashable.com/2009/07/22/facebook-deactivate-account/#nnbTKGwVT5qn http://mashable.com/2009/07/22/facebook-deactivate-account/#... ) whereas delete had some hoops on the form to jump through. I've just checked by attempting to log in - "The email address you entered does not match any account"
- I_am_tiberius 10y agoUnfortunately, I don't have the email I received anymore and can't remember what exactly the content of the account deactivation email was. Most probably the same as yours though. I have the feeling that checking if the account still exists by trying to logon is: 1. not a good check 2. maybe conra-productive because they now maybe assume you are interested in getting back your account.
- bigbugbag 10y agoThere was no deleting option years go, it only came to exists recently and there is no proof that any deleting is actually happening only that outside access is disabled. I remember an insider interview a while ago explaining that at any time facebook hold several, seven if my memory is correct, copies of every data ever collected on all users and non users. Surveillance capitalism.
- I_am_tiberius 10y agoYes, I think the only one who's publicly fighting that is the Austrian Max Schrems. Unfortunately the case is too big for one person. The only chance I see is to make people aware and let Facebook and other companies know that we HATE being treated like sales objects.
- Tomte 10y agoI deleted my account twice, both "years ago". I guess it was five and two years ago, maybe. Definitely not "recently". But it was well-hidden.