“This is not an e-mail killer. This is a messaging system that has e-mail as part of it.”
That’s how Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the company’s revamped messaging system, introduced at a special press event in San Francisco today. The more-than-just-e-mail system is meant to consolidate all of a user’s interactions with other people—whether it’s via SMS, Facebook messages, or e-mail—into one spot. Of course, Facebook wants it all to live on its own servers.
I started the 14-day process to delete my account1 yesterday. It’s more complicated then deactivation, and isn’t clearly defined on the company’s site. However, this article explains it all clearly.
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It has been deactivated for weeks, but deletion means my data isn’t stored in a “frozen” state, just waiting for me to return. ↩︎