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Find out what @Facebook thinks you are politically: Open your FB account “Settings.”Select “Ads” Click “Your Information”Click "Your Categories.” They had me down as "very conservative" which is right on the money and downright creepy because I don't post about politics on Facebook.

~~ Before you deactivate or delete Facebook, you might want to consider downloading a copy of your Facebook data, just to make sure everything you’ve been posting on Facebook all these years isn’t lost — there’s a “Download a copy of your Facebook data” option right below “Manage Account” in the “Settings” menu. The first thing you’ll want to do is download your data from Facebook. Also, you should consider deactivating or deleting Facebook on a computer rather than on mobile phone, so you can grab your data beforehand. But make sure you remove your Facebook apps from smartphones and...

How To Permanently Delete A Facebook Account Here is the direct link to the official Facebook account deletion page. Delete Facebook Share Read the step-by-step guide for a clean, dignified exit. A deceased member's account can be memorialized or deleted. The Facebook Account Deletion Process Your account will be ‘deactivated’ for two weeks. After this period it will be permanently deleted. Do not login to your account during this time. It will cancel the deletion request. Do not be fooled into switching to a deactivation request. Deactivation is NOT deletion. Consider an account deletion epitaph to notify friends of your...

Facebook privacy policies keep going down the drain. That's enough reason for many to abandon it. Here you will find nine more:After some reflection, I've decided to delete my account on Facebook. I'd like to encourage you to do the same. This is part altruism and part selfish. The altruism part is that I think Facebook, as a company, is unethical. The selfish part is that I'd like my own social network to migrate away from Facebook so that I'm not missing anything. In any event, here's my "Top Ten" reasons for why you should join me and many...