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If you delete your account, they'll have one less user. Why would they want that?

Anyway, I'm sure any deletion is a soft delete. They still keep your data so they can paw over it and sell it to people.

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Agreed. The article states permanence, but who's to say they're not actually pulling the curtain on you and keeping your information on file? I think the bottom line is, if one is not comfortable with the sharing of information, don't sign up in the first place and consider the repercussions of your actions before making anything public if what you might do would later concern you... in that sense similar to getting a tattoo.

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