Ask HN: “Permanent deletion” of Facebook account not really deleted?
Shortly before I deleted the account I altered my Facebook login from my Gmail email address to an Hotmail alias, so that Facebook wouldn't have my Gmail email address (since I didn't trust them not to delete the account properly). I removed any other email addresses that were linked to that Facebook account. I did not ever log back in (until today).
I've just noticed that since the beginning of November I've started receiving spammy emails from Facebook to the original Gmail email address I used to have as my login for Facebook. Subject line like "Do you know..."
Out of interest, I decided to see if I could still login. After a simple password reset, lo and behold - my old Facebook account still exists.
Has anyone else seen anything like this? Is there any way to truly delete your Facebook account, because at the moment the "permanent deletion" promise seems like false advertising?