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I regret deleting my original Facebook account. I made it around the time they opened to every college in the US and there was a lot of history there, photos an

I regret deleting my original Facebook account. I made it around the time they opened to every college in the US and there was a lot of history there, photos and videos and text. Sure most of it was worthless and maybe even embarrassing but that data is gone now.

Jaruzel 9y ago
I'm sure if you ask REALLY nicely, they'll just 're-activate' your 'deleted' account and magically all the stuff that was 'deleted' will suddenly be back. /sarcasm
- gcoda 9y ago
  Why sarcasm? Sounds reasonable
  - collyw 9y ago
    I think the point is that its not actually deleted at all. Its Facebook thats in control of your data not you.
  - futhey 9y ago
    When you delete your account, Facebook implies that they will (eventually) purge your data from their systems. Given the current costs of storage, many are skeptical of this.
tjoff 9y ago
Just create several accounts and segment your social life.
kome 9y ago
don't worry, your data is safe and still in FB hands; you just don't have access to it anymore ;)
aphextron 9y ago
For anyone worried about this, Facebook gives you an option to download all of your data in a single zip file before deleting your account. https://www.facebook.com/help/131112897028467 https://www.facebook.com/help/131112897028467
- jakebasile 9y ago
  Yeah, I wish I would have done that (if they had it at the time, I don't think I even looked). Just because you don't value the data FB has now doesn't mean you won't in the future.
djhworld 9y ago
I did the same and I regret it too, I wasn't really thinking of the consequences at the time. I rejoined FB last year or so, but their "recover your deleted data" feature recovered nothing, presumably they do a permanent delete after 2 years or something rather than a soft one.
vt240 9y ago
I felt the same way about my livejournal account from college. I was just really worried at the time, it could be an issue, when just entering the workforce. I use facebook now, much the same way I used livejournal, keeping track of links, photos, and things I'm working on. At the time I started, search was pretty terrible. But I figured it would improve, which it has. Still, every once and a while, I'll be working on something and go, "Ah man, I had that written down in the livejournal!" Oops.

Jaruzel 9y ago

I'm sure if you ask REALLY nicely, they'll just 're-activate' your 'deleted' account and magically all the stuff that was 'deleted' will suddenly be back. /sarcasm

gcoda 9y ago
Why sarcasm? Sounds reasonable
- collyw 9y ago
  I think the point is that its not actually deleted at all. Its Facebook thats in control of your data not you.
- futhey 9y ago
  When you delete your account, Facebook implies that they will (eventually) purge your data from their systems. Given the current costs of storage, many are skeptical of this.

tjoff 9y ago

Just create several accounts and segment your social life.

kome 9y ago

don't worry, your data is safe and still in FB hands; you just don't have access to it anymore ;)

aphextron 9y ago

For anyone worried about this, Facebook gives you an option to download all of your data in a single zip file before deleting your account. https://www.facebook.com/help/131112897028467 https://www.facebook.com/help/131112897028467

jakebasile 9y ago
Yeah, I wish I would have done that (if they had it at the time, I don't think I even looked). Just because you don't value the data FB has now doesn't mean you won't in the future.

djhworld 9y ago

I did the same and I regret it too, I wasn't really thinking of the consequences at the time. I rejoined FB last year or so, but their "recover your deleted data" feature recovered nothing, presumably they do a permanent delete after 2 years or something rather than a soft one.

vt240 9y ago

I felt the same way about my livejournal account from college. I was just really worried at the time, it could be an issue, when just entering the workforce. I use facebook now, much the same way I used livejournal, keeping track of links, photos, and things I'm working on. At the time I started, search was pretty terrible. But I figured it would improve, which it has. Still, every once and a while, I'll be working on something and go, "Ah man, I had that written down in the livejournal!" Oops.