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[–] mitch404@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 days ago (6 children)

This fucking site, I swear... I want to delete my account. But my account is blocked. I never used Facebook on another device than my PC, never on mobile. And to unlock my account to delete it, I have to... log in from another device. No other way. I tried everything, and the best is, their fucking customer centre is a useless chatbot. I hate this.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

I deleted my account and it was reactivated 3 years later because they didn’t want to show less users to shareholders

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

wonder if you told them you moved to the EU and they needed to comply with GDPR

[–] mitch404@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I thought about that, but tell who ? There is only a PO Box, so I'll have to send a letter, no mail, and only a broken chatbot in the support...

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] mitch404@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Thank you ! I'll try the hr email, that's a good idea. If it doesn't pan out I'll try a letter. It's so crazy how hidden and complex they make this process. It's clearly on purpose and evil, but nobody in the EU politics cares.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn't be amazing that some kind of hacker group would delete accounts on request, as long as these accounts aren't actively used?

[–] ILoveUnions@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wow hackerman should uhhh hack Facebook that'd be awesome they should do all these good things!

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Let me guess. You think this is impossible.

[–] ILoveUnions@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Few things are impossible, but it'd definitely be a lot harder than you are imagining.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

No, I don't think so. Dreaming is free, though.

[–] BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I'm in the same boat. I even tried emailing them my license. There is nothing I can do to delete my account from highschool.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

because fake users drive advertising revenue.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago

That's it. Follow the money. It's ALL that matters.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Do you really not have access to another internet device? A friend or parent’s phone with a private browser window?

[–] mitch404@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

It must be a device I used to log in my Facebook account in the past 🙃... Which I never used in another device. It's crazy

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Just start posting a bunch of political content they don't agree with to get your account deleted.

[–] mitch404@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

I would like to but my account is locked. Only because I've changed my email to use an alias from a Linux device, I think it triggered a bunch of security measures. What I find crazy is now I'm completely blocked and cannot have my account deleted. My name and picture is forever stuck on this cancer of a web site.