system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why do certain sites, like Facebook for example, only allow me to deactivate my account rather than completely delete it?
gpt
There is an option to completely delete a Facebook account, you just have to dig around for it. Then there's a two week cool down before it actually deletes. Many of these sites make money from selling user data, they use having a large number of users as a selling point.