I deactivated mine 2 years ago when I finished grad school. Moved cross country and started fresh without it. I logged back in for about an hour a few weeks ago, then deactivated again. There's nothing worth my time there.

When they reactivate their account, you should still be friends. A friend of mine had to deactivate hers because she was being harassed by someone. When she reactivated it, we were still friends. She didn't need to send another request.

Anonymous wrote:I have a family member that deactivates at least once a year. Whatever.

Yeah, my cousin does that. Drama.

One way to permanently delete your Facebook account is to delete everything you wrote and pictures you posted and unfriend everyone. Then deactivate your account. That way you don't have any reason to be tempted back in to Facebook again and then Facebook doesn't have all of your private data like pictures.

If she broke one of the TOS Facebook might have deativated her account for X amount of days/weeks/months. Also, when someone deactivates their account, it doesn't tell anyone that. You just can't view their profile or message them anymore.

Anonymous wrote:Some people deactivate when they're applying for jobs, so the employer can't search their page and find stuff that might incrimate them.

And some folks get off facebook from time to time when it becomes too much for them. (like if they're having a hard time financially and their friends tend to post about exotic trips and fancy dinners out.)

If their settings restrict their page to “friends only,” then is all the prospective employers can see profile pictures?

Anonymous wrote:Bizarre. No clue why she would have shut down her account. She had 500+ friends and seemed to use the account frequently.

I know someone who deactivated regularlybwhen work piles up and then reactivates. I thought it was bizarre at first too.

If you deactivate on Facebook, messenger works the same unless they also deactivate messenger.

Recently I deactivated Facebook and then someone sent me some messages that I felt were fishing for my interest/susceptibility to an affair (I’m happily married, thanks). So I blocked the person in Facebook messenger. If this is you, seriously, I’m not interested, but didn’t want to embarrass you so I just pretended I didn’t know what you were saying and then blocked you right after our conversation. Now go the hell away.

Anonymous wrote:No, you get no notification from Facebook when someone blocks you or disable his account. However, there are several loopholes in facebook that allows you to know if you have been blocked or not. A quick google search revealed this interesting article:
http://darktips.com/how-to-tell-who-blocked-people-you-me-on-facebook/

Actually, all you need to do is upload "purity" to your FB account. You will be told whenever a person drops off (for whatever reason) off your page. In fact, you will receive multiple messages about this person dropping off your page. Usually, they are people I don't know who came on to the page as a friend of a friend.

Could deactivate also mean that the person has died and the family has closed that persons facebook?

Failure to verify account information probably means that FB thinks this person is a troll or phishing or an identity thief.

Sometimes people do this when they are job-hunting or doing something else that requires less of a social media presence. I also have friends who have taken breaks from Facebook for Lent, etc. Then a month or two later, they're back on.

What does deactivation for "failure to verify account information"??? Someone who has asked for money on the other end???

Some people just need a 'break' from fb.

When someone deactivates an account on FB, your friend count drops as well.