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by nottaylorswift 1709 days ago
When I quit Facebook a few years back I read up on the details of how these profiles function. They're tied to a name, birthday and phone number. Now Facebook takes the deleted profile of a user and can still sell it for a tidy sum ($600). But get this; the birthdate, name spelling and phone number can be changed at any time by the user. So you can make their profile on you worthless for resale to data brokers by changing those details before deleting your account. I did exactly that and am banned for life. They were pissed.
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Facebook does not sell user data to brokers. The other details in this story seem completely fabricated.