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Re:Ask HN: Is Facebook secretly keeping accounts open? by simantel on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @01:17PM (#5940965)
I deleted my account six months ago or so and just tried to log in, which failed. Is it possible you just deactivated your account rather than scheduled it for deletion? Could another app have authenticated as you and reset your countdown?
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Re:Ask HN: Is Facebook secretly keeping accounts open? by r00fus on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @01:30PM (#5941063)
The second part is a possibility - did some OAuth token usage prevent deletion?

One idea would be to change your password (ie, invalidate all OAuth tokens [1]), then re-issue the deletion process.

[1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7532496/facebook-user-cha...

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Re:Ask HN: Is Facebook secretly keeping accounts open? by hawkharris on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @01:37PM (#5941113)
Yeah, that's a good point. Might have been a third-party app that canceled the deletion.
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