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> Facebook will delete your account without notice Yeah, same for your Google and Apple accounts. So what?

by Jyaif 5y ago

mplewis 5y ago
Since when did Apple delete your account because you didn't post enough statuses or photos of your kid on the Apple social network?
- Jyaif 5y ago
  > Since when did Apple delete your account because you didn't post enough statuses or photos of your kid on the Apple social network? Did that ever happened on Facebook? Anecdotally I have 2 FB accounts that I haven't posted to in years, and they are still alive. PS: I suggest reading the link GP posted. In case you don't, here's a summary: a newly account created FB account only used to use an API was deleted. This is a far cry from "deleting your account because you didn't post enough statuses or photos of your kid".
  - dessant 5y ago
    No, my account was not initially deleted, it was disabled a couple of days after creation, and it was reinstated only after the issue has received attention on HN. Since then I have used Wit.ai services for 8 months without issues, then two weeks ago my Facebook account has suddenly disappeared. The account no longer exists when I try to log in, it is not limited or disabled, it's gone, without notice. Wit.ai apps have a state, they host intents and the ML models are continuously trained based on your input. All of that data is now lost, and I haven't even received an email.
- baby 5y ago
  Fb doesn’t delete accounts because you don’t post enough statuses or photos. One thing that people miss here is that lots of accounts are taken over due to password breaches, and if you don’t realize for months that someone is using your account to spam, and none of your friends are telling you, well you might just be a ghost account…
  - bjtitus 5y ago
    The account of one of my relatives was hacked in a password breach recently and I've been trying to contact any support representative at Facebook for over 2 months. We noticed this within 5 hours of the hack happening and the email being changed. I've filed support tickets with Oculus using my own headset's serial number - no response. We've been through every Facebook "help" page you can possibly image (ID checks, hacked account support, responding to security alerts) - got automated responses of absolutely no help. I've even reached out to people I know personally who work at Facebook and, of course, no one seems to have any idea who to talk to. Turns out there are no support reps for dealing with deleted accounts. That should tell you all you need to know.

> Facebook will delete your account without notice Yeah, same for your Google and Apple accounts. So what?

by Jyaif 5y ago

> Facebook will delete your account without notice Yeah, same for your Google and Apple accounts. So what?

Since when did Apple delete your account because you didn't post enough statuses or photos of your kid on the Apple social network?

Jyaif 5y ago
> Since when did Apple delete your account because you didn't post enough statuses or photos of your kid on the Apple social network? Did that ever happened on Facebook? Anecdotally I have 2 FB accounts that I haven't posted to in years, and they are still alive. PS: I suggest reading the link GP posted. In case you don't, here's a summary: a newly account created FB account only used to use an API was deleted. This is a far cry from "deleting your account because you didn't post enough statuses or photos of your kid".
- dessant 5y ago
  No, my account was not initially deleted, it was disabled a couple of days after creation, and it was reinstated only after the issue has received attention on HN. Since then I have used Wit.ai services for 8 months without issues, then two weeks ago my Facebook account has suddenly disappeared. The account no longer exists when I try to log in, it is not limited or disabled, it's gone, without notice. Wit.ai apps have a state, they host intents and the ML models are continuously trained based on your input. All of that data is now lost, and I haven't even received an email.
baby 5y ago
Fb doesn’t delete accounts because you don’t post enough statuses or photos. One thing that people miss here is that lots of accounts are taken over due to password breaches, and if you don’t realize for months that someone is using your account to spam, and none of your friends are telling you, well you might just be a ghost account…
- bjtitus 5y ago
  The account of one of my relatives was hacked in a password breach recently and I've been trying to contact any support representative at Facebook for over 2 months. We noticed this within 5 hours of the hack happening and the email being changed. I've filed support tickets with Oculus using my own headset's serial number - no response. We've been through every Facebook "help" page you can possibly image (ID checks, hacked account support, responding to security alerts) - got automated responses of absolutely no help. I've even reached out to people I know personally who work at Facebook and, of course, no one seems to have any idea who to talk to. Turns out there are no support reps for dealing with deleted accounts. That should tell you all you need to know.