Sådan slipper du ud af kløerne på Facebook

Det kan godt lade sig gøre at blive slettet fra Facebook, men det kræver vedholdenhed. Det har den 29-årige journalistpraktikant Mikkel Meister måttet sande.

For nogle måneder siden havde han fået nok af at få sin indbakke fyldt op med alle mulige automatiserede Facebook-beskeder. Derfor besluttede han sig for at slette sin Facebook-profil permanent.

»Jeg ved da godt, at jeg bare kunne afmelde mig forskellige ting på Facebook, så jeg ikke længere modtog så meget spam, men jeg var altså blevet godt og grundigt træt af Facebook og ville derfor slettes helt,« siger han til Version2.dk

Men det der med at få sin profil slettet helt i stedet for blot at deaktivere den, skulle vise sig at være lettere tænkt end gjort. I første omgang forsøgte Mikkel Meister sig med følgende mail til privacy@facebook.com:

Hello -

I wish to DELETE my Facebook account, as I am not satisfied with only deactivating it. How can this be done?

Yours sincerely,

Mikkel Meister

Mailen udløste følgende svar fra Facebook:

Hi Mikkel,

Please write to me from your login email address with this request. If you deactivate your account, your profile and all information associated with it are immediately made inaccessible to other Facebook users. What this means is that you effectively disappear from the Facebook service. However, we do save your profile information (friends, photos, interests, etc.), so if you want to reactivate at some point, your account will look just the way it did when you deactivated. Many users deactivate their accounts for temporary reasons and expect their information to be there when they return to the service.

If you do not think you will use Facebook again and would like your account deleted, let us know, and we will take care of this for you. Keep in mind that you will not be able to reactivate your account or retrieve any of the content or information you have added.

Thanks for contacting Facebook,

Kieran User Operations Facebook

Svaret fik Mikkel Meister til at undre sig over, hvad det var ved ordet ?DELETE?, som Facebook ikke forstod. Derfor sendte han en ny mail med samme ordlyd, som den oprindelige DELETE-mail.

Hello -

I wish to DELETE my Facebook account, as I am not satisfied with only deactivating it. How can this be done?

Yours sincerely,

Mikkel Meister

Hvorefter Facebook på ny svarede i samme tone, som i det oprindelige svar.

Hi Mikkel,

If you deactivate your account, your profile and all information associated with it are immediately made inaccessible to other Facebook users. What this means is that you effectively disappear from the Facebook service. However, we do save your profile information (friends, photos, interests, etc.), so if you want to reactivate at some point, your account will look just the way it did when you deactivated. Many users deactivate their accounts for temporary reasons and expect their information to be there when they return to the service.

If you do not think you will use Facebook again and would like your account deleted, let us know, and we will take care of this for you. Keep in mind that you will not be able to reactivate your account or retrieve any of the content or information you have added.

Thanks for contacting Facebook,

Craig User Operations Facebook

Svært at sige DELETE

Nu var Mikkel Meister alvorligt forundret over, hvorfor det var så vanskeligt at kommunikere ordet DELETE videre til Facebook.

»Jeg begynder at blive i tvivl om, hvilken del af ordet DELETE, de ikke forstår,« siger han og tilføjer:

»Så jeg forsøger mig nu med udtrykket 'Deleted permanently'.«

Hi -

I will not be using my Facebook account again and therefore want it to be DELETED permanently.

Sincerely,

Mikkel

Langt om længe ser det ud til, at Mikkel Meister får gjort sin hensigt forståelig.

Hi Mikkel,

We have deleted your profile information and removed your email address from our login database. Please let me know if you have further questions or concerns.

Thanks,

Craig User Operations Facebook

Mikkiel Meister fortæller, at han nu ikke længere kan logge ind på Facebook, ligesom en googling på "mikkel meister site:facebook.com" heller ikke kommer op med nogen resultater.

»Men altså, selvom det ser ud til, at det er lykkedes mig at blive slettet, så ved man jo aldrig, om de rent faktisk stadig opbevarer data om mig,« siger Mikkel Meister.