I permanently deleted facebook at least 5 years ago to this day I still get emails telling me to comeback and see what this or that friend is up too. If it was permently deleted how does it know my friends names?

Me too. I got one saying something along the lines of "We miss you, do you miss us? Let us know what you're up to"

Mine was deactivated a year and a half ago, and as of about a month ago, everything is still there.

When I opted out of Fb in 2012 I had to contact fb equivalent of customer service numerous times and basically beg them to stop all communications and harassment . Daily emails trying to get me to come back , also had to beg to get my pictures off other people’s account as I felt it was a complete invasion of privacy to be tagged in photos (without my permission) on other peoples accounts . It took about 6 months to get them to stop harassing and stalking me

Google “How to permanently delete your Facebook account” There should be a direct link to Facebook for that

That's the point. People who use this still find it's not deactivated.

“Deactivated” does not mean “Deleted”.

Sorry, typo, I meant deleted

Has anyone tried getting themselves intentionally banned? Change your name to Daffy Duck and upload a bunch of porn.

Change your name to a native name; it works faster

Changing it to dan schneider and uploading a bunch of foot fetish videos would do the trick as well.

This may be the only way

Changed my named to Hebrew characters, and got permanent banned within a week.

Deactivate is different from permanent deletion. Deactivation just puts your acct on hold until you come back. I deleted mine just fine.

This. They make it tricky but you can delete your account.

It says if deactivated for 30 days; your account is deleted

Where does it say that anywhere?

Thats just added on look it up they are openly liberal that article just adds to it. Look it up i wont waste my time but im not wasting yours

I deleted my account about two years ago. On March 1st I received an email from Facebook saying that my account had been reactivated. First of all, reactivation should be impossible if my account was truly deleted after the 30 days it stated. Secondly, I did not reactivate my account.

I tried to log back in to see what the hell was going on, but I had to confirm my identity which it did not let me do. I received an error, if my memory serves correctly. The workaround would be me having to send Facebook a scan of an actual form of ID, which I'm obviously not going to do. My friend told me that I was not visible in any searches, so I just ignored the biweekly emails from Facebook about people I may know.

Just now did I try logging in via mobile and was successful. Unfortunately, I had to confirm my email along with my cellphone number. This really fucking pisses me off. I am forced to give them my information, which includes location as I am not on a mobile VPN, just in order to "delete" my account a second time.

A weird part is that the people who Facebook recommended were mostly Chinese, with names written in Chinese. I am white and maybe had two Chinese people on my old friend's list however; I now work at a Chinese restaurant with several Chinese people who speak Cantonese and have Chinese Facebook friends who write in Chinese. I've also moved cities since I first deleted my account. I have not asked my coworkers if they know anyone that Facebook is recommending me. Maybe it's a coincidence, but I find it odd that Facebook would recommend me a bunch of Chinese people when I start working at a Chinese restaurant. If my coworkers do indeed know some of the people who Facebook is recommending me, I'll be sure to create a post and let people here know. It would imply that they are constantly keeping track of your location via cellphone even while not logged in.

Relax, big ZUCC said they aren't listening so it must be true.

The truth is that if you create an account in any social network, your data will be forever on the Internet. And that's my friend is quite scary, we'll be forever under the control of a few...

I believe that FB suggests friends based on location. If you're working in a building 5 days per week, you will start to see your coworkers who work in the same building come up as recommended friends.

I highly doubt that is a coincidence. Definitely look into it. Could be significant.

We know this. Facebook and Google actually have a. Vertual account of you without your permission. Where they track, analysose and save data on your browsing and searches etc. Thats tracking even if you dont have an account to begin with on sites thatbarent even affiliated with either company. They exploit us at every turn.

Deactivated mine. Didnt log in for over a year. Everyone I talked to had full access to my feed. Nothing changed. Then I recieved an email telling me someone attempted to login to my account and that I should change my password. Unreal. Faceturd.

Because deactivation =/= deletion. To permanently delete your facebook you have to find a link that is not available on settings (just google: "How to permanently delete facebook" and you'll find it in a couple of sites). Follow the steps and wait for 14 days. After 14 days you no longer have access to your account and after 90 days everything should be deleted from their servers. I deleted mine and when I tried to log in after the 14 days to corroborate I effectively couldn't access my account.

No you weren't, no you didn't.

Well duh