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Facebook Adds Delete Account Option

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-stay-out dept.

roseability writes "Facebook have quietly added the ability to delete you account. 'Deactivate Account', under Account Setting, has become 'Deactivate or Delete Account', and when checked it purports to permanently delete your account and all information you have shared. Facebook is actually willing to erase your data permanently? They must be counting on very few people doing so." Mixed reports on this: perhaps this is a limited test?

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  1. Will it delete your data? by Chrisq · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The TOS say they can keep it, perhaps this just deletes your login and deactivates your account

  2. A strange game... by bhunachchicken · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... the only winning move is not to play.

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    1. Re:A strange game... by clone53421 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Tic-tac-toe isn’t unwinnable, it’s unlosable. Much different from global thermonuclear war.

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  3. If this would allow us to get rid of... by sarkeizen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Our one friend who killed herself's account. That would be nice. Having her profile continually show up with the "you haven't talked to X in a while send them a message and reconnect with them" box. Doesn't actually make facebook win any sensitivity awards in my book.

  4. Re:Troll? by nacturation · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The post sounds kind of troll-ish to me. Why is this so shocking? Pretty much every internet club out there gives you the ability to delete your account. Why would Facebook be the exception? Maybe I'm missing something. It's just seems normal that if you create an account you have the ability to delete it if you want to.

    Please tell me how to delete my Slashdot account. Bonus points for telling me how I can delete the data including every post I've made.

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  5. Re:Reality still wins. by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Insightful

    where is slashdot's delete account button?

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  6. Re:Reality still wins. by KiloByte · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There is absolutely nothing you would gain from deleting a slashdot account.

    Your posts would not be deleted, as no other post is ever deleted without a grounded Cease&Desist or similar legal reason, your journal is public info as well. The only removable thing is your user description, which can be replaced with an empty string at a whim.

    Facebook accounts, on the other hand, nearly by definition contain slews of personal data.

    It's like a public mailing list vs private mail.

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