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Re:Facebook – You are the Product by chickenfries on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @03:23PM (#15030369)
Wait, that's awesome. I've been using news feed eradicator but now you're telling me that I can delete my Facebook account and still have a messenger account?

Does that messenger account work for "sign in with facebook" buttons? For example, the only way to authenticate with Tinder is a Facebook account.

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Re:Facebook – You are the Product by bauerd on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @03:25PM (#15030389)
No, you can't use the Messenger account for authentication. At least for Tinder I can confirm it doesn't work, maybe there's an OAuth provider for Messenger that no one uses, idk
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Re:Facebook – You are the Product by silassales on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @04:10PM (#15030887)
No you cant sign into any other accounts with facebook, well you cant without reactivating it. If you sign into a deactivated facebook account even into a game, or something similar, it will count that as a account sign in and reactivate your account. If you fully delete your account, you wont be able to sign in at all.
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