On: Social Roulette has a 1 in 6 chance of deleting yo...

[austenallred]

Is it really that scary to delete your account? It's really, really easy to reactivate. When I deactivated my Facebook account it was hard to not reactivate it.

[JeremyBanks → austenallred]

Deactivating your Facebook account is not the same thing as deleting it. Deleting is permanent (though it's delayed to prevent abuse).

https://www.facebook.com/help/214376678584711 https://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674

[kyrias → JeremyBanks]

Sure, but you have to wait for (last time I checked) 1 month without logging in before it's actually deleted.

[flippyhead → austenallred]

Yeah but they say they remove all your posts and photos too.

[fein → austenallred]

I deleted, not deactivated, my account about 2 years ago; it's far more liberating than scary.

Of course, I still have an fb account for running ads and using the api's, but neither my name nor personal email is tied to it at all.

[qu4z-2 → fein]

In my experience liberating and scary often go hand-in-hand.