On Sun, 09 Jul 2017 06:17:06 +1000, Bruce >
wrote:

>On Sat, 08 Jul 2017 17:14:08 -0300, lucretia
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 09 Jul 2017 05:35:50 +1000, Bruce >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 08 Jul 2017 16:13:42 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat 08 Jul 2017 07:45:31a, Ophelia told us...
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, it happened in the UK group! It used to be really good until
>>>>> the poison moved in.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have never fancied Facebook much but it become more attractive
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> As time goes on, it will happen with more and more people. Then
>>>>> watch out!
>>>>>
>>>>> Another good group down the tubes.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I joined Facebook the first year it was introduced, hoping to keep in
>>>>touch with family and friends. Although that worked for a while,
>>>>along with it came a shit load of crap that I never wanted, never
>>>>asked for and could not manage to get rid of. Although I deactivated
>>>>my account several years ago, I've never been successful in actually
>>>>deleting my account. I wish I had never heard of Facebook!
>>>
>>>It's not that hard to delete an FB account or to make sure you don't
>>>get any emails from them. If you can configure a news reader, you can
>>>do that too.
>>
>>It allows you to think you have successfully deleted it.
>
>But how do you know you haven't successfully deleted it? I had an
>account once, got fed up, deleted it (don't touch it for 2 weeks or
>you reactivate it) and I never heard from them again. Until I started
>a new account.

I was never interested in it but have discussed it with a couple of IT
guys who know way more than I. You could definitely retrieve it if
you wished, think of all the discussion there was over people who died
and the page went on even though it upset the nearest and dearest.