Deactivation preserves data. Deletion erases data. People usually shut down profiles for privacy reasons, so deactivation will rarely be of any use to them; t

Deactivation preserves data. Deletion erases data. People usually shut down profiles for privacy reasons, so deactivation will rarely be of any use to them; they are better off trying to manually delete their content, while they still have a semblance of write access in that regard. Deactivation works in some instances on a hypothetical level, but people tend to leave a service, because they don't trust it, which leaves that option moot.