Just lost my Facebook and instagram

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brockisawesome@reddit

i feel bad for op, but if i gave any less of a fuck about facebook i would be in coma

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It is just filled with bot accounts. It is basically Craigslist for me now. "Groups" used to be good for maker types, but have now been infiltrated with bots. It isn't searchable like forums are/were. I have all but abandoned it. I have any shit I uploaded to Meta archived locally so if they give up the ghost I don't care that much.

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_plays_in_traffic_@reddit

its dead for anyone under 55-60 unless a user has some sort of a buisness that gets contacted through it.

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LastCallKillIt@reddit

Disagree. FB Marketplace has practically killed Craigslist. For social media its basically a joke, but everyone is there for Marketplace now.

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Bahariasaurus@reddit

According to the NY Times its actually popular with 20 somethings for dating? I find that a bit hard to believe.

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LastCallKillIt@reddit

I think there's a lot of Zoomers that use it and sign up for it to get on Marketplace.. Other than that I all the ones I know have like a single photo and no posts. They have it, they just don't use it for social media consumption.

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Indubitalist@reddit

It honestly seems like their user base in America is just getting older and older, and I don’t mean because their users are aging, I mean because the younger people have abandoned it and been replaced by their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.

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danbob411@reddit

I’m FB friends with at least 3-4 dead people, and I’m only 44. I don’t look much, but these connections and family are probably the only reason I haven’t just deleted FB altogether.

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MarandTierra@reddit

My nephews and neices are teenagers and young 20-somethings now. They are not on Facebook and said “only old people are on there”

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Megaminisima@reddit

I felt this way when MySpace deleted everything. So many memories.

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antipodeananodyne@reddit

My last Instagram account was hacked (I stupidly opened the door for them half asleep one morning - my own fault). I emailed them (from the email account that I had used to create the insta years earlier) straight after it happened explaining what had happened, pointing out that the email and password had just changed by the hacker and my Instagram account was posting scamy shit. Fucking crickets. At that point with all the other credibility evidence provided for them and nothing in response I let it go and sweet baby cheeses it was a release. It sucks OP but when life is lifing at you, life right back.

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willeminadafriend@reddit

Yup, a similar thing happened to me

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leggypepsiaddict@reddit

Same thing here. Not sure how mine got hacked but it started posting about some crypto scheme. No matter how much I tried to contact insta no response. My friend all reported it as a scam and its still there, years later. Meta is trash.

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ManOfTeele@reddit

That data is still on their servers. If it actually means something to you, keep contacting them. It's definitely something that can be turned back on.

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willeminadafriend@reddit

It sure is but there is no way you can get them to allow you to access it again My account was hacked and I went through every channel. I finally had an email reply provided my ID and emailed on a weekly basis to receive the same reply over and over saying the delay was due to pandemic. This was in 2022. Eventually there was no reply.

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joepods@reddit (OP)

I don’t even know how to contact them!

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ZipperJJ@reddit

Do not, under any circumstances, google “meta contact number” (or fb or IG) as you will end up in a tangled web of scams. I don’t know how to tell you how to get your accounts back but calling a random number isn’t it. And it DEFINITELY cannot be solved with money. Do not pay anyone for this.

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realauthormattjanak@reddit

I'll keep this vague but, let's say someone I know did exactly that, providing all identification required for theft. Did I say all? I meant ALL. Drivers license, SSN, emails, everything.

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ElliotNess@reddit

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realauthormattjanak@reddit

They ended up switching from Android to iPhone because "it's more secure". I'm like, if you leave the door open to the safe it doesn't matter what type of safe it is!

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URfwend@reddit

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whispers_speak@reddit

I lost my IG account back in 2019 with over 6,500 images and tried everything to find a way to contact them. Alas, there is not one solid lead I found.

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AndrewInMN@reddit

Facebook is terrible with that stuff. If they’re gone you’re not likely to get them back. Make whatever appeals you can just in case but don’t hold your breath. I once lost an entire group of about 1000 with no warning or recourse. Thankfully it was just a small off shoot from a much larger group.

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PresentationLost1006@reddit

Right, I was just thinking that there’s no way that data is truly deleted. They are not letting anything go, even if you really want it gone.

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Ok_Breakfast5425@reddit

They might ban you from using their site, but they're still going to keep and sell your data

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Dracono@reddit

And use it to train AI.

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snuffy_smith_@reddit

Maybe especially if you want it deleted!

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Sighlina@reddit

This is the true lesson. They won’t delete it, because your memories are their memories now. You are the product. They won’t delete it, because you’re being harvested for data, to feed to AI, to be farmed and leveraged like Cambridge Analytica.

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TheNeonDonkey@reddit

Commenting for later!

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skinnytie@reddit

You have been set free.

RIP your memories, but your future is better for it.

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bex_nh@reddit

I deleted both my FB and IG accounts back in January. I joined FB back in 2004 and IG whenever it started up. Before I did, I downloaded a zip backup of both accounts, and honestly I haven’t looked at it once. It’s been so freeing!!!

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whatsthedeal-@reddit

I deleted both last month. best decision!

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supergooduser@reddit

I was married for 15 years, got divorced and I lost the hard drive that had all the pictures. It sucked. I was gutted.

But in the end it really helped me move on. It doesn't quite feel like it, but it is a blessing.

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dudesmama1@reddit

My baby books and the stuff my dead grandmother gave me burned up in my house fire. It burned to the ground. We lost everything.

I was born in the 80s. My childhood wasn't digital.

It sucks. But what can you do? My dog and my husband and I were all safe. In the end, that is what matters.

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skinnytie@reddit

This guy knows.

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Appropriate-Ad-1281@reddit

Absolutely a gift for OPs future self

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skinnytie@reddit

100%

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djsynrgy@reddit

Apologies to OP as it seems too late, but for those who still can:

Deep in the user settings, there's an option that allows you to download a .zip archive of your entire profile.

I humbly suggest doing this at least once, just in case.

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Lanky_Rhubarb1900@reddit

I happily deleted FB this year and was able to download all of my albums and videos beforehand

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chuckart9@reddit

Wish I had known this. Got hacked and my Facebook was no longer mine. They don’t have real customer service either. Lost a ton of pictures

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djsynrgy@reddit

With sympathy, my humble suggestion is to 1) always dig through the user settings on any site in which you have a fair amount of data and/or content, and 2) with or without a user-friendly method, set about backing up what needs backing up, sooner than later.

And once you've got a solid backup, make a backup of that. To be clear, that's not a joke. Many recommend triplicate backups; I've done fine with duplicates; YMMV. Point is, hard drives fail. Often, they fail without any warning. Related, their median shelf life is under 10-years. For mechanical drives especially, emphasis on "under".

FWIW. 🤙🏻

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drainbamage1011@reddit

Nice! I stopped using my account a few months ago (and don't miss it a bit) but I've been meaning to go back and compile all my pics and stuff before deleting my profile altogether. This will be a huge help.

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breebree8109@reddit

Does this also save comments? Have some from several passed relatives that would be nice to save.

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djsynrgy@reddit

My loose understanding is that it keeps comments that are on your profile, but not any threads outside of your profile.

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theflush1980@reddit

That’s exactly what I did before I deleted my facebook and instagram. I simply scraped all of my data.

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rmsand@reddit

I got booted off FB, and tried this. All I got was a handful of profile photos, nothing else.

There are no humans at FB you can contact. I tried everything, every number, every chat option. I somehow still had my Instagram account and upgraded to a premium level because it unlocks higher level customer support but they couldn’t do anything either.

In the long run getting kicked off FB was goood for may mental heath, but I miss those memories.

Also it was great for organizing social events.

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hamsterballzz@reddit

I had this happen and was eventually able to get my accounts recovered. It took weeks of various methods and attempts at contacting Facebook before I finally reached someone human who would help. It was a PITA.

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IGuessIamYouThen@reddit

I bet he can still put in a data request somehow.

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ArenSteele@reddit

To who? No human is ever going to speak with you unless you pay for the blue check, and even then their support isn’t going to do anything useful

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timidwildone@reddit

Data Subject Rights Request. Especially potent if you live in California, Texas and about ten other states that legally enforce consumer privacy protections.

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juniper3411@reddit

Omg I’ve been thinking about this. I have soooooo many photos on Facebook. Need to get on that.

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msheehan418@reddit

Wow. Thanks

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greaterwhiterwookiee@reddit

There’s also an option to request all photos from Instagram. Don’t remember the exact steps but they’ll email it to you (at least that’s what they did when I left in 2022)

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SomeoneHereIsMissing@reddit

I do it yearly.

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madsci@reddit

I have a reminder set to do that every few months.

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sand_anne@reddit

Can you point me to where?

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morganm7777777@reddit

Settings-> Accounts Center-> Your Information and permissions->Export your information

https://youtu.be/tTBrCV1Wvug?si=w5ANiBMBt2H_fdat&t=5

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djsynrgy@reddit

In Mobile app (presumably similar on desktop,) click on the top right icon of your profile picture, then on that page click the down arrow next to your profile name at the top, then click 'go to accounts center'. From accounts center, click 'your information and permissions', then 'export your information'.

Caveat: This process changes occasionally, and this one is newer than the one I used previously, so I haven't tested what it outputs, yet.

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gottarespondtothis@reddit

Holy shit THANK YOU.

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onagdbicycle@reddit

Thanks for much for this tip! I just did it

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Neat-Gift-3624@reddit

I got kicked off Facebook in 2020, best thing that ever happened. I was obsessed with getting Likes. I still have Instagram but don’t really post, just to share reels and doomscrolling.

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unemployed1nG33nland@reddit

It’s become AI slop garbage. Screenshots of mildly interesting Reddit stories and AI voices telling dumb stories. Nope.

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Basic-Pair8908@reddit

Congrats dude. Many of us wish that fate 🤣

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Turk_Sanderson@reddit

I hate to break the news to all of you

These are not REAL places

Nothing was lost

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Over_Importance1882@reddit

What do you mean “instagram seemed to be the culprit”? Was it hacked or did you post something explicit?

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Sorrok2400@reddit

I wish Meta would do this for me. I went through all the steps to delete the account permanently back in 2017 but I still get emails notifying me that my friends wish me happy birthday on Facebook, so I guess my profile is still on there

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MirthRock@reddit

Your memories live in your head, not on Facebook. Facebook just jogs those memories. You will be surprised how much better it is when a smell or feeling brings back a memory, not a stupid Facebook post.

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Cutthechitchata-hole@reddit

I thoughr I canceled facebook in 2016 but found out the other day that my account is still active. My daughter usws the vr quest so maybe that activity has something to do with it.

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Xaraphim@reddit

Same thing happened to me a few years back. I had Facebook from the very beginning so that was everything gone. I stupidly considered it my "backup" of all my photos etc from the last X years of my life, since it was online and would probably always be there. They're gone now and I'm still sad about it three years later. I didn't get an appeal, nothing. I really wish I had just downloaded a backup or had copies of the pictures that I had on there that didn't exist anywhere else in the world anymore.

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TheVexingRose@reddit

My Facebook was compromised some years back. Seems my Instagram is fine. When I tried uploading my ID to get my account back, I was told it was the wrong file size. Without knowing how to fix that, I edited it to the right file size through my computer, which apparently saved as some type of tampering and my account was lost entirely. I had my wedding photos, pictures of my deceased mother, graduation memories, photos and videos of my first few foster kids. All of it was gone without a way to get it back. I barely used Instagram and still don't. I'll never trust Meta with anything personal or held dear again.

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ExtinctionBurst76@reddit

I don’t think you’re supposed to be posting photos and vids of foster kids

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TheVexingRose@reddit

They're pictures and videos of the foster kids after they were reunited with their parents. We stay in touch with ours, usually go to birthdays and graduations. Always with the parents' consent and usually they're in the shots. You're right though that when the kids are in foster care, you're not supposed to.

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wildwiscoman@reddit

I got off of fb in 2011, zero regrets

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JessicaCatears@reddit

That happened to me a few years ago. Thats why I ended up here

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StNic54@reddit

Just for the record, Tom at Myspace would have never let this happen.

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cartoonchris1@reddit

It happens to all of us at some point. Meta (obviously) absolutely does not care about you or your account and won’t spend a nickel to help you. Zuck knows you’ll just make a new one.

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cowcanva@reddit

Mm to 1 to my er we

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JeffTheAndroid@reddit

Congratulations, you're free.

I'll be absolutely shocked if in a few years, you don't look back at this as one of the best things that ever happened to you, and I mean that with full sincerity.

I abandoned my facebook in 2020 and found everyone who I wanted to keep up with, we found a way, and any old photos or anything I missed, I was able to get from someone else.

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dontdoxmenow@reddit

I had the opposite. In 2012, I got a very serious job and I deleted my Facebook account that I’d had since being a young idiot. There was nothing terrible in there, but a lot of hot takes and party photos. About five years ago, it magically reappeared with no way for me to get back into it. Zero response from Meta for regaining control. Fun!

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ResponsibleAceHole@reddit

This is why you don't post your life on these social media.

You're nothing but data to them.

And if they don't like the data they're receiving, they'll just cancel you forever while still selling your data.

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dj_juliamarie@reddit

I got verified in order to fix mine. Then canceled verification after a month. It worked snd I downloaded all my photos. I’m so sorry. I hope this works for you

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Candid-Painter7046@reddit

Happened to me 3 times in 15 years. I originally had 30,000+ friends/ followers on both. Next time same. 3rd time about 10k. Now, I have accounts again but I barely use them other than to stay in touch with certain people. I vehemently dislike all social media now. Reddit is ok. But Meta/ Twitter can sit on a rusty cactus and spin. There is no appeal or contact or customer service or any accountability at all. It sucks bc I used to truly enjoy social media and now I despise it. It is quite freeing though, not feeling obligated to post and comment, etc. And to be honest, whenever I do look at those sites, it just looks like bots and fighting to me anyway. It seems like dead internet theory is well on the way to happening. Sorry you went through this. I know the feeling, OP. It really is a lot like Cartman in s20 e3.

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greaterwhiterwookiee@reddit

Ironically I deleted my Facebook account early this year because the polarization it was displaying was not worth my stress. That and the promiscuous accounts and amount of ads in general just killed my love for it.

I’ve had close friends and family try to send me Facebook links I can’t access without an account so this week I decided I’d set up a new account with a different email address and just include my closest people.

Before I even got a chance to search for contacts, the FIRST thing that popped up on my “suggested follow” in the main thread was a woman in her underwear with a tagline that said “don’t even be alone.” Or something like this.

So I deleted that account and am just going to completely vanish from Facebook.

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lastraven85@reddit

you do know there is such a thing as a block button?

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killjoymoon@reddit

I also was done with Facebook and IG. I downloaded some things, but I started to think, when will I actually look back on these things? Some of the memories are actually painful now, for varying reasons. Sometimes I think social media lets us remember too many things, when it might be better to just let it live how it was in memory.

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Annual_Monk_9745@reddit

I also totally deleted IG, FB and TikTok because of the BS earlier this year. I downloaded some photos and thought I had everything I needed. Whoops I forgot my engagement photos which were backed up to a long gone PC. 🙈 I have the same issue with people trying to send me links.!8 just tell them I don’t use it anymore.

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Fabulous-South-9551@reddit

It’s like when MySpace deleted all our photos all over again

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the805chickenlady@reddit

This happened to a friend of mine today. WTF fb?

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Lulu_42@reddit

And yet my account was resurrected after being deleted for almost a decade and I cannot get FB to take it down nor can I get in it because it’s linked to a long dead phone number.

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Apprehensive-Pen315@reddit

Crazy

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manofredearth@reddit

Happened to my buddy last week, they told him it was gone with no possibility of return. He had it back two days later.

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AddlePatedBadger@reddit

It happened to me, then a few weeks later it all came back again.

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curious_walriss_888@reddit

This has apparently been happening around the world. I've had a handful of people I know that this has happened to. It's apparently a glitch in their new AI system, and it's been incorrectly targeting people for violating Metas policy/standards. People have been successful having a lawyer help them get their profiles back. (Especially helpful if you're a small business like a few of the people I know are )

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SuperDoubleDecker@reddit

They deleted my account too. Said i was inactive too long. It sucks because that's how I stay in touch with some people. Facebook sucks so much. Kinda why I wasn't using it.

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burgundyblue@reddit

As someone who ditched them both a year ago, had been on FB since 2005, you’re better off. I documented my hobbies as well, but my mental health is so much better.

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selftaughtgenius@reddit

This is the thread that finally made me download my facebook profile; still waiting for the actual download though, which I assume is going to be huge after posting a zillion photos in the last 17-ish years.

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Constant_Cultural@reddit

I deleted those six months ago. See it as a blessing, I j never looked back and life is so much better

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Eureka05@reddit

I just deleted Instagram, and would delete FB if it wasn't for my business page. I don't support anyone who bootlicked at the inauguration

This is a good lesson to never have your online accounts as your master copy of your data and photos.

Also goes for your phone, get a copy of all your photos off those and save them on a PC, a USB stick or external drive. We get a lot of people who come in with dead iPhones and just want us to yank the photos off it. We don't crack phones (or hack them). People have lost years of memories from grandkids to weddings.

As IT people, we have backups and redundencies

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juniper3411@reddit

That is a project I need to undertake asap. My phone, my facebook, my laptop which is on its last legs.

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spanishpeanut@reddit

Constantly to the backups and redundancies, and until I have it downloaded to my own portable hard drive, I know I can lose it at any time.

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Church_of_Cheri@reddit

Just another daily reminder you don’t own anything online. You buy a digital copy of a movie you love on Amazon, if your account ever gets taken away the movie is gone. If a company sues or removes their products off of a certain platform and that’s the platform you use, then you lose access. Look at the people who bought Disney movies using their YouTube accounts, all of a sudden they lose access because the companies are fighting with each other. I got my Facebook archive downloaded the second I knew Zuck was at the swearing in ceremony and then proceeded to delete everything one by one off of there.

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spanishpeanut@reddit

You aren’t buying a digital copy of anything. You’re purchasing the permission to have access to that specific thing but you never purchase or own it outright.

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GenericDave65@reddit

I had the exact same thing happen to me about a year ago. The appeal was immediate and no explanation. There’s pictures I would have liked to have and there’s a few friends that I enjoyed keeping up. I don’t have the energy to start another one especially with how toxic facebook has become.

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dogtor_howl@reddit

It happened to me earlier this summer. I lost years of messages with my late grandmother and dad, not to mention my means of communication with many friends and professional connections. I would like to tell that I feel free and wonderful now that I’m out from under Mark Zuckerberg’s thumb, but I really miss it and feel more isolated than before. I’m sorry it happened to you, too.

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GrizzlyAdam12@reddit

Any idea how it happened?

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dogtor_howl@reddit

Reading online has led me to believe Facebook was trying out some new content monitoring AI, and it misflagged a post I shared at the beginning of Pride month as child sexual exploitation. The post had a Harvey Milk quote: “All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.” Throughout the summer and fall, there have been waves of folks appearing on Reddit reporting similar experiences. When I appealed the ban and it was reviewed again, my email even said, “Our technology has determined that…” So at no point did I ever interact with a human.

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judeiscariot@reddit

They did this to me in June. My account was almost 19 years old. It is weird that this can just happen for no reason. Their AI just decides your fate.

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mahzian@reddit

This sucks but atleast its not your reddit account also (not long now for your 600 day streak!)

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greendocklight@reddit

PSA that Google's new AI-based authentication can also randomly freak out and lock you out. I had 2FA on an account that I don't use as much anymore, and when I went to sign in it just didn't send the prompt or codes to my phone or the non-Gmail backup email. It started a 24-hour cooling off that didn't seem to do anything. I was able to get it back by signing in as a user on my Android phone, but if that hadn't worked I'd have been SOL.

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Chet_Phoney@reddit

You will come to love not having it. Been 10 years since I deactivated and have never looked back. So much easier to focus on my own life. Outside of Reddit I don't do any "social media" and its amazing. Honestly I'd be stoked if the internet shut down for a few years, it might even lower suicide rates by a decent percentage. Be where your feet are

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Allureme@reddit

I’ve had both probably just as long but I’ve never been one to post much. I posted twice last year to IG and it looks like those were the only two posts that made it to Facebook. Facebook for me is all about market place. IG I use mainly to watch comedian clips. If both were deleted today, I wouldn’t miss it.

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polygonalopportunist@reddit

Best thing that ever happened to you actually.

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blitz-em@reddit

Request your data from them. By law they have to hand it over. It'll contain all of the photos that you have posted over the years. I deleted mine a decade ago and the file they had on me was 2 GB!

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rdogg_82@reddit

Thats the best thing that can happen to you.

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Sumeriandawn@reddit

"Fuck your photos and memories"

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AndrewInMN@reddit

That’s a matter of perspective. The things OP said they lost doesn’t make it seem like it’s the best thing that could happen to them. Yes, Facebook in general sucks, but it isn’t that difficult to curate what’s on your feed and what it suggests to you.

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RaisinToastie@reddit

I lost my account years ago because I had cannabis-related content. Not selling anything, just educational and hobby stuff.

I’ll never again invest my time to create content for free for a billionaire asshole.

The digital realm has downsides, and suddenly losing everything is part of that, especially compared to the era of physical media.

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Hippy_Lynne@reddit

A friend of mine had this happen because someone else stole her account and then was using it to post spam. It took months but she did eventually get it back.

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CriticalTangerine234@reddit

i feel this. i left the metaverse in january, and a lot of my local friends have all pretty much abandoned me. today is my birthday and only ONE FRIEND from my city texted me. i hate that i feel left behind and forgotten. 😞😞😞

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Extreme-King@reddit

I lost mine 4 years ago. My kiddo's pix from infant to 5. Friends of friends that we never exchanged numbers. An excellent curated events list. Gone. Tried for months. Gave up. I have a replacement FB account but haven't looked at it in months now.

I'm with you.

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R0botDreamz@reddit

So what exactly did your IG do to become the culprit?

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blondie0389@reddit

I’m so sorry that happened. I don’t go on fb much anymore but that is definitely a fear of mine since years and years of photos are saved only on there.

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27hannibal@reddit

Yea I lost all my bank accounts, emails, facebook, instagram. I don’t know what my life looked like. I’m an idiot for making it private, now I can’t get to see anything. I can still tag myself. So there’s that.

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CLUTCH3R@reddit

You're good. You don't need either

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Psychological-Let-90@reddit

You are better off. Meta thinks of you as a malleable product to be manipulated (no BS, that's what you are to them).

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Money_Magnet24@reddit

Guys please download DUO app unless you have something similar

Protect any account with two-factor authentication

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imjustpeachy2020@reddit

I have to use Duo when I remote in for my work… I didn’t know I could use it for other things!

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Money_Magnet24@reddit

I use it for IG

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scotttydosentknow@reddit

Did you a favor my friend. Deleted FB years ago and have never missed it. Not even once.

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No-Bluebird4116@reddit

I dont mean to hijack this post but im also having issues on my facebook is there anyone here thats monetized that can explain how this shit works.

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Conscious_Home_4253@reddit

I’m sorry for your lost memories. For myself, the greatest gift I gave to myself was deleting Facebook in 2020.

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DontTalkAboutPants@reddit

I know some people have sued Facebook in small claims court for this in the past and been reinstated.

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cmh_ender@reddit

there are some scummy sites / services out there that for money will recover it. I think they just have an inside person at meta and split the fee with.

I wouldn't pursue that unless you really are going to miss the memories.

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andiinAms@reddit

Any idea what the reason was?

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481126@reddit

You might be able to download your photos. I did that after my daughter died to make sure I wouldn't lose those photos.

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mutantbabysnort@reddit

I’m sorry for your loss.

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WasabiAficianado@reddit

Damn the zio’s zucker fukked ya did they? All the best

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Geechie-Don@reddit

You people will learn…your grandparents’ memories are here thanks to hard media, while yours are deleted.

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Hipcatjack@reddit

they did this to my friend .. but they giving him a few days to appeal

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riomx@reddit

This happened to me in 2020 with my Instagram account. One day I tried to log in and saw a message indicating my account had been deactivated. No warning or explanation given; my account was just gone. I filled out their form with a picture of myself holding a code as they asked, and I never received a response.

My account was not controversial in any way -- I mostly posted photography, reflections on parenthood, commentary on music and movies, etc. The only thing I can think of that may have run afoul of any rules were recordings I posted from my personal vinyl collection, but I thought if I'd run into any copyright issues, they would just mute my content or ask me to remove it.

Anyway, it was a real bummer, because I was hoping to preserve some of my posts for when my kids were older so they could see what I was interested in and how I was navigating life as they were growing up. Unfortunately, all of that was gone and as much as I know it's popular to say social media is worthless, that did mean something to me.

I've learned my lesson, though, and I don't post anything online that I really care about anymore. I only post content that I won't be upset about it any platform decides to remove it in the future.

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Administrative_Ant64@reddit

Now you can go back to living life. I got rid of mine years ago and haven’t looked back.

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OppositeRun6503@reddit

I stopped using Facebook aka fakefok the tiktok wannabe months ago because of old zuck's BS.

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CelticSith@reddit

That’s what we call a “blessing in disguise”

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SurfNTurf1983@reddit

I downloaded all my videos and photos over from Facebook last year and fucked it off. Wasn't using it anyway apart from marketplace. I'd get rid of messenger to if I could but everyone uses it now.

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krisefe@reddit

In those terms and conditions that nobody reads, it states that they have the right to delete our accounts for no reason at all, whatever they feel like it, and they don't have to explain why.

I already lost 3 YouTube accounts and my Facebook, too.

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16yearswasted@reddit

You may be able to get it back, but Meta will demand a copy of your driver's license to do so.

Please weigh the value of those memories against the potential for damage and abuse if your license is leaked or stolen.

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myconoid@reddit

This happened to me last year. 15 years of IG gone in a poof, no explanation. Every time I tried making a new account, banned within an hour. Eventually I got a new phone and was able to start over.

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More-read-than-eddit@reddit

Thea’s crazy. I tried to get an account named “Islam is world cancer” deleted for hate speech yesterday and meta took a look at it and said “nope, looks good.” Quite the double standard!!!

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ZeusBruce@reddit

Yeah, I finally had enough (after 18 years!) when my FB feed was almost nothing my friends posted but instead things "you might be interested in," and it showed me a public group of something video game related, but the post was just a very shitty webcomic where a female character was violently r***d. All the comments were horrified and disgusted. I reported it twice but it met Meta's standards so uh, whatever.

I did download all my data which took them 4 days to send me, and it was a link to 15+ zip files filled with randomly named documents in no order. A lot of great old pictures and messages and stuff but honestly I haven't even looked at it since.

This all happened a year ago and I do not miss FB one bit.

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It really sucks, I’m sorry you got hit too. I’m still so pissed at them I won’t go back. I can’t go through that again.

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This_hoe_dumb@reddit

Damn! That sucks. I’m sorry you’re dealing with this.

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vryvrybadluck@reddit

Is there a way to download your archived data? I’m sorry that happened