Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me deactivate it

Re:Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me de... by bardworx on Monday March 27, 2017 @08:25AM (#13967082)

This happened to me recently, with Facebook. However, Facebook didn't reactivate my account, I was the one who mistakenly clicked on a link on Spotify when I reactivated my account which somehow triggered the reactivation.

I'm going to guess that OP of article had a similar situation; Using another service, an errant click was made that triggered an event on Facebook.

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Re:Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me de... by losteric on Monday March 27, 2017 @02:59PM (#13970631)

Facebook will do whatever they can to keep your account active. The shutdown process is a pure embodiment of dark patterns, and a single click reactivates the account.

I remember shutting down my account and then recieving some emails a week later, clicked the link wondering why FB was still emailing me, boom account reactivated. Shut it down again, then a couple weeks later I clicked the wrong share link and once again my account was reactivated.

If I was an investor or advertiser, I would be deeply suspicious of Facebook's metrics...

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