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#1 millipede

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Posted 19 December 2023 - 02:03 PM

So, the internet suggests it's friends with deactivated accounts... however, I've been able to see, on the list, the names of accounts that I knew were deactivated...

 

Don't ask me why, I cannot answer you... I deleted every last friend from my friend list on facebook. My list showed 511. After I deleted everyone, it shows that there are two. I've searched and searched and can't find anything... why does it show 2 friends? Hidden facebook spy accounts? As I stated at the beginning, I've been able to see, on the list, deactivated accounts. I was able to click and unfriend multiple deactivated accounts.
I'd like to get the number to show zero, to be accurate.

 

Again, don't ask me why. I did it, the end...  but why would it show 2 still?



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Posted 25 February 2024 - 01:51 PM

FB is so weird. It still shows two more friends than are actually on my list, and I can't for the life of me how to "fix" that.

What's weirder...  It's been over 2 months and not a single person seems to have noticed I unfriended everyone. Or....  they noticed, but couldn't try to add me again. Someone I know, but had not been friends with previously on FB, messaged me to say facebook wasn't allowing them to add me as a friend.
I have a fake FB account I've used to test and search things and I tried adding myself, and got the messages saying "It looks like you may not know this person. Send requests to people you know personally to see their updates on Facebook."
That one person was eventually able to add me as a friend...  so, now I have one friend, but it shows 3. ha.
It has me wondering if anyone I unfriended has tried adding me back and gets that message.

I've searched and searched about that message and have found lots of discussion, but no solutions. One guy complaining that he had been dating a girl for 6 months, they both interact with each others FB accounts, share the same FB profile pic, they're engaged now... and, they still can't add each other as friends.
Makes a lot of sense right?  Hmmm... 
I don't get it.

It's weird... my main and fake accounts have been friends in the past. Can't add it back. But, an actual stranger(some random lady that saw me on a dating site) was able to send me a friend request. How does that work?
Messed up algorithms? FB punishing me for unfriending anyone in the first place?
Sorry for the ramble. When things don't make sense to me, I try my hardest to make sense of it...  when I can't, I talk and ask questions.
 



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Posted 25 February 2024 - 06:45 PM

Never mess with Facebook's urge to sell ads, or you'll regret it. :wink:



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Posted 25 February 2024 - 07:34 PM

It's your two assigned FBI / NSA agents accounts. They cannot be deleted

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Posted 26 February 2024 - 03:09 AM

LOL and they are wanting to be your friend and everyone else's friend too!


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Posted 26 February 2024 - 03:12 AM

Someone's gonna get v& for SQL injection



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Posted 26 February 2024 - 09:56 AM

Never mess with Facebook's urge to sell ads, or you'll regret it. :wink:

As in, don't use facebook at all? Not sure what the reply means. I mess with all privacy settings I can and don't let it give me custom ads, etc... not that it protects me a whole lot.
I use facebook purity when I'm on my laptop and don't see ANY ads.

 

It's your two assigned FBI / NSA agents accounts. They cannot be deleted

That would not surprise me at all.

 

Someone's gonna get v& for SQL injection

I'm not quite sure what this means.
 



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Posted 27 February 2024 - 03:34 AM

 

 

Someone's gonna get v& for SQL injection

I'm not quite sure what this means.

That some Men in Black will come knocking on your door for messing with facebooks database.

I'm not saying you did it, but it's a cruel world out there.






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