So this is a bit disturbing on multiple levels.

1 - who is request the password reset of my account and why? (though this is probably the least interesting or important question - my guess is it’s a script kiddie who found an email address from one of the public mailing lists and gave it a go for grins)

2 - the email says to let facebook know if i didn’t request this reset (which i did not), but doesn’t say how. why don’t they include that info?

2.1 - minor, but, so how do i actually let FB know? keep in mind that i don’t have an active account with FB right now and i don’t use any Meta products currently.

2.1.1 - and would FB actually care or do anything if i do tell them, or would i just be wasting my time?

3 - does Facebook still retain my account, in spite of the fact that I deleted it?

4 - if they do - how much? all of it?! is this more like LinkedIn’s hibernate, where the account is dormant and invisible but can be revived at any time?

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      1 month ago

      Thanks, it’s a side effect of hosting my own fediverse server (specifically it’s a pyfedi / piefed instance - see piefed.social )

      I went ahead and manually typed out the link, just to let FB know that the requestor is fake. (Why type it manually? Just on the off chance that there’s something funky with hyperlinking that I missed, typing the URL manually makes sure that I’m going to the real FB and not some impostor’s one.)