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I'm curious if I delete (I mean real delete, not disabling) my FB account, do they keep it as a ghost profile of me i.e. Facebook still knows that I exist as a
by _hao 8y ago
I'm curious if I delete (I mean real delete, not disabling) my FB account, do they keep it as a ghost profile of me i.e. Facebook still knows that I exist as a person in the world? I've been thinking about just getting rid of it, not that I use it a lot, but still... One less thing to worry about and less clutter in my life.
The downside to this is that FB is my only channel of communication with some people, but then again if they truly want to contact me they can find a way to do so, although that's going to increase their inconvenience and they might decide against contacting me at all haha.
- username223 8y agoThey probably don't delete your profile, but keep it with a "deleted" flag. I'd still recommend getting rid of it. It reduces the noise in your life, and while you will lose touch with a few people, most of the ones who matter will email you.
- fuckBuzzfeed 8y agoSort of like how Facebook stored plain text passwords for eons.
- CharlesColeman 8y ago> They probably don't delete your profile, but keep it with a "deleted" flag. I don't like Facebook, but I'm not so sure about that. I read one article a month or so back where someone paid attention to the targeted ads they were shown after they'd deleted their facebook account. After a few weeks, the targeting got much worse.