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Re:Delete Facebook Account by wallace_f on Sunday September 03, 2017 @06:45AM (#15160759)
I used a script to delete everything before deactivating. Unfortunately this caused some negative feelings from friends who I had unfriended when I decided to reactivate the account. In hindsight easily avoided mistake.

Since Facebook accounts can be easily reactivated by accident, or phantom causes as users here pointed out, I would next time use a tool that sent a message to each friend explaining the situation before deletion.

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Re:Delete Facebook Account by kevin_thibedeau on Sunday September 03, 2017 @11:30AM (#15161920)
> Unfortunately this caused some negative feelings from friends who I had unfriended

Says volumes about how social media manipulates people with things that don't matter one whit IRL.

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Re:Delete Facebook Account by tripzilch on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @02:14AM (#15172889)
> Unfortunately this caused some negative feelings from friends

that's Facebook's toxic behaviour right there. it's disgusting! purposefully (yes) driving a wedge and animosity between me and my friends because I dared to do something that you / your platform doesn't like?? fuck that. I've broken (irl) contact with people who (consistently) tried that.

this is textbook toxic behaviour and psychological manipulation, how does anyone put up with this shit.

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