Facebook Bug Prevented Users From Deleting Their Accounts (venturebeat.com) 49
Emil Protalinski, reporting for VentureBeat: Until just a few days ago, some Facebook users could not delete their accounts -- the option to do so simply didn't work. After VentureBeat reached out to Facebook regarding the issue, an engineer was able to squash the bug.
Two weeks ago, I got an email from a VentureBeat reader who couldn't delete his Facebook account. He claimed there were others also having issues -- no matter what they tried, they simply could not delete Facebook. I didn't believe him at first. [...] I did my due diligence. The least I could do was help him delete his account. Upon request, the reader was gracious enough to let me log into his Facebook account so I could see for myself. No matter what I tried, and regardless of which browser I used, the Facebook help page for deleting your account would not load when logged into his account. The reporter contacted a Facebook spokesperson, who after looking into the matter concluded that a bug prevented some people with "a large number of posts" from deleting their accounts. Facebook says it has resolved the issue.
Two weeks ago, I got an email from a VentureBeat reader who couldn't delete his Facebook account. He claimed there were others also having issues -- no matter what they tried, they simply could not delete Facebook. I didn't believe him at first. [...] I did my due diligence. The least I could do was help him delete his account. Upon request, the reader was gracious enough to let me log into his Facebook account so I could see for myself. No matter what I tried, and regardless of which browser I used, the Facebook help page for deleting your account would not load when logged into his account. The reporter contacted a Facebook spokesperson, who after looking into the matter concluded that a bug prevented some people with "a large number of posts" from deleting their accounts. Facebook says it has resolved the issue.
Don't you mean... (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Don't you mean... (Score:5, Insightful)
That was not a bug...that was a feature! I have read many times from different sources that even if you delete your Fakebook account, your data is not deleted, but continues to be sold to whomever will pay. Fakebook even attempts to collect data on people who are not signed up for a Fakebook account.
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There was a bug, just not the bug you are looking for, heh, heh. The bug was of course letting you see what was really going on. Delete your account, yeah sure, account not deleted because shh, it never is. So delete your account, yeah sure, access to your account denied to you and from your perspective deleted but of course still entirely intact, just not accessible by you. That was of course the bug, account still not deleted but the forget to make it inaccessible to outside users. Still alive and well an
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PS forgot to add this in, prior to deleting a social media account, contaminate it by putting in false data, everywhere you can and then deleting it or in reality make it inaccessible by you.
"Delete" (Score:5, Interesting)
Nobody "deletes" anyway ... disk space is way cheaper than data loss.
UPDATE users SET deletedflag = 1
Whether that works or not, your records are still there ...
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Gawd...I'd love to run that on their DBs
it would all be over in mere minutes.
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Little Bobby Tables, is that you?
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Truth. Even if something is deleted, it's still in the backups, and the big boys never delete backups.
Bug? (Score:3)
You mean FEATURE!
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The bug is that someone noticed that nothing was being deleted.
Wikipedia dosen't delete accounts either (Score:1)
How adorable, he thought it was a 'bug'! (Score:3)
Was that a bug or a feature? (Score:3)
Yes, I'm being sarcastic. (Score:1)
The Zuck is the most trustworthy person to ever live.
Call FaceBook technical support (Score:5, Insightful)
The real take-away here is that lots of people are relying on products for which there is no technical support. Bear that in mind next time you rely upon an advertising-supported service.
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