Why did my ex delete his Facebook and twitter accounts?

[Anonymous]

why do you think a guy would delete his accounts a month after breaking up?

why not just block?

[MrReal]

Why did my ex delete his Facebook and twitter accounts?

The positives of not having it outweighed the positives of having it so therefor the accounts were deactivated and the user resumed a life of want instead of need. It could also be that the accounts served their purpose and so the accounts were no longer needed or required. But their could of been a small probability that the accounts were satisfactory but the user was sueded by an internal force: emotions, ideas, attitude...etc or an external force: environment, family, geographical location...etc.

We all want to know what people are thinking because we live in a society that requires people to work together to achieve a better life than one from working alone and to work together efficiently and effectively we need basic things like honesty and morales and compatibility...etc but one cannot find these by doing simple research sometimes one has to ask questions to get answers if you want to know why your former boyfriend deleted his account you will have to ask him why. Is it worth it? I do not know you and I am not you but if I were you and it bothered me why he deleted his accounts I would ask him just so that I may have closure and that's what I believe you need, closure, because it's obvious you still check on him and care about what he does.

I assume you would know if his status changed or if he tweeted about going somewhere and felt some kind of emotion towards that action just like the deactivation of his account unlike someone that was a former friend or a distant relative. So I assume you still care about him and losing indirect contact with him doesn't help you: regain a relationship, gain a friendship or receive closure actually it does the exact opposite and force you to lose all options which in turn can possibly make you feel a negative emotion like sadness or depression or even anger. We can go all day analyzing this, and give yourself a pat on the back if you read all this, but the only way to know is if he tells you the truth.

[Asker]

this is insightful , thanks a lot , the truth is...i don't even know why I care at this point because when the accounts were there I wasn't checking them..the first week or so after the break up I did because I knew he would speak of me or about me...and he did...after I while I realized it was only detrimental to me...i really wouldn't have asked this questions if I didn't have strong feelings it was somehow pertaining to me...i often assume things are about me and they don't really have to be

[MrReal]

Yes that does happen sometimes, we as humans believe that we can change or alter the world which is true but it develops into a manifestation that we are important in others lives which is also true but to a certain extent, it's sad to say but "The World Will Go On After We Die".

[planetearth]

After a breakup its a good thing to do. I deactivated my account about 4 months ago due to a lot of personal reasons, plus it's incredibly depressing to live your life by social networking sites.

1. I didn't want any ex of mine to have the satisfaction of "looking me up". why? well I didn't (and still don't) want to be found.

2. waste of time and energy. I prefer real friends I see on a regular basis.

3. it is depressing to visit Facebook (not sure about twitter, don't have one) when you're going through a hard time and everyone is having a great time it sucks. you're forced to read status updates and painful reminders of pictures, which an ex might show up in.

[irishgal]

You know what? Half of the answerers on this website are here looking for help because they've been burned. They don't like to say much that might just lift your spirits.

It's pretty damn obvious to me that it was about you...that is, if this guy was pretty active in online socialising...and let's face it, anyone who BOTHERS to open a Twitter account as well as fb is pretty into the whole online socialising thing. Sounds like deleting was a big change for him.

The thing is, we don't know why exactly. He may have thought you were trying to manipulate him with that photo and it was his way of disabling you from this. he didn't want to have to log on and see this obviously, but prob felt uncomfortable leaving the account open in case people wrote silly posts on his wall in his absence. Yes it sounds like he was unhappy. people don't normally go from enthusiastic social networker to closing their account unless something bad has happened in their lives. It may have been a vie for your attention. I'm 90% sure it was about you.

[CarlitoBrigante]

Totally agree with this! My ex just deleted her Facebook and while I can't be 100% sure it was anything to do with me, I do think that her recent social media actions indicate that it likely was. She recently removed me as a LinkedIn contact also. Considering that I'm over 40 days into a second no contact, I think it's getting to her now. I get the feeling that she can't handle seeing that I'm doing well. She removed me from LinkedIn after I shared some positive motivational quotes from someone else and I think she can't handle seeing my FB right now as I've been posting my weight loss/muscle gain and career success.

[Anonymous]

Well I have been in this similar situation but vice versa. I blocked my ex off my Twitter but his account was still public. I would catch myself looking on his page to see how he's been. It was obvious he was doing the same because he posted the same pic I did which was something I wrote in my own words on his account. He must of created a different account to be able to see mine since I blocked him so I had no clue which one of my followers he was. So I made a choice, if I want to move on I have to deactivate my Twitter all together and get rid of it, that's what I did. You're never going to know the exact reason why he deleted it but be thankful and move on.

[vera123]

i deleted my Facebook after my ex and I broke up just because I didn't want to see what he was doing with his life, and I didn't want him to see what I was doing. and I also didn't want his friends spying on me. plus I was getting annoyed by all the people asking me when we broke up/ why we broke up/ etc. It just got stupid. I wasn't jealous and broken up about him, I just wanted time to move on, and I wanted to do it quietly and privately. Seeing what they are doing and knowing that they can always check up on you delays the process of moving on.

[themastaplan]

who cares, he's your ex...does it even matter what he does, he probably deleted it all because he's getting a new job or applying...

maybe he got fed up with how fb is running peoples, especially girls, lives...it gets boring

[Asker]

obviously I care if I'm on a QUESTION site asking a QUESTION...thanks for your input though

[themastaplan]

im not questions whether you care or not, I'm asking WHY...they are you EX, EX for a reason...and EXAMPLE of what you DONT want...just saying

[CarlitoBrigante]

Obviously people care, especially if they were dumped with a lame reason given.

[thoronmegil]

Uh, maybe it was unrelated? Come on now. It's not all about the breakup. It really isn't. Nor is it all about you. And why do you even care? Are you following him in the hopes he'll get back with you? There really isn't any other explanation that doesn't involve you watching him on the internet far more than in healthy.

[AmberChick]

I did this too. I didn't want to be constantly checking his page, but also I hardly used Facebook for keeping in touch with people anyways. I thought to kill 2 birds with one stone and just delete it.

[Anonymous]

Maybe he didn't see the value of using it any more. Both of them are boring to me. Why do you think its about you?

[Asker]

because I had uploaded a picture of me and a guy , not to make him jealous I didn't think he was still checking my profile and the next day both his acounts were gone, highly doubt it was a coincidence but who knows right..

[Opinion Owner]

So do you two still have feelings for each other? If he left Facebook and twitter because of those pictures, he obviously is jealous and still cares. Plus you seem to be paying attention to what he's doing.

[CarlitoBrigante]

I'd agree with this.

[ducatisti]

He could have just blocked you, he might not have necessarily deleted his account. Anyways, if he's your ex, he's your ex for a reason. Let it go and move on. :)

[dontknowwhattodo3]

there can be many reasons why he left those sites. I left it a month back because I was finding it hard to study

[Julia_Dorst]

You know... it IS possible that you're not the reason.

[FashionNerd]

Maybe he's just bored with Facebook and twitter and it has nothing to do with you.

[blue_ink]

i think he's sad and depressed, and just doesn't want to be seen right now

[Newrone]

You could just ask him. Suggest to him if he wants to revive it you could just block each other so neither of you feels "followed" & both can carry on with your respective lives.

[imnotsorry]

How do you know he deleted it because of you? :/

[Jeremy420]

Women see things how they wish it too be but your right a girl shouldn't flatter herself nobody deletes there Facebook for the reason definitely if you can just block who your annoyed with real reason is he dislikes Facebook half of Facebook users had a profile set up in there behalf family or friends and wouldn't ever joined Facebook in the first place however some are crushed and only gone temporarily too help sustain there life without going mad!!!

[ilyurbella]

Maybe he just had better things to do.

[SnackG]

How do you know he deleted and didn't block?

[Asker]

there are ways to tell the difference...and twitter you can still see profiles if you block , his is completely gone and on fb I checked but I also asked a friend to check a friend he didn't know I spoke to and its gone

[SnackG]

Sounds like you need to let your ex go.