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You're not wrong in the sense that things get cached, mirrored, scraped, etc, and probably live forever inside Facebook's datacenters even when "removed", but t
by lgl 6y ago
You're not wrong in the sense that things get cached, mirrored, scraped, etc, and probably live forever inside Facebook's datacenters even when "removed", but there is still a valid case for not wanting the pictures posted on a public profile for all eternity.
- joshspankit 6y agoThis is exactly the point: it being in FB’s “big pile of everything they’ve ever seen“ is entirely different than it being publicly available. And therefore there is a purpose to having it taken down.