If you wanted to delete a Bebo account, we can tell you that there is a way. From my own experience, if you simply send an email to bebo@monkeyinferno.com asking them to delete an account they can do this for you. You’ll probably have to prove that you are the one who owns the account, but when we achieved this we emailed them from the address used to create the account in the first place, and they didn’t ask for any further information. Here at SocialSafe we absolutely believe in holding on to your past and cherishing the memories you create online, but at the same time we’ve all said things online that at some point we later regret. If you want to keep your own private copy of you social media posts before deleting any of the originals online, then download your social network account content with the SocialSafe desktop application, available from http://socialsafe.net

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2. Most of the time we know what we’ve said and we
can go back and edit or delete posts that we’ve
made in the past...
...But what happens when a social network freezes
its service and you can’t log in to edit or delete
something that you might later regret having said?

3. Employers and recruiters often conduct social
media background checks...
In September 2013 the friend of one of our team
members found out first hand how social media posts
can come back to haunt you, even years down the line.
She’d landed an interview for a job she was perfect for,
and really wanted...
All looking good so far...

4. Employers and recruiters often conduct social
media background checks...
...However, on the day of the interview she received a
phone call from the prospective employer telling her not
to come in, as they’d run a social media check and
found some things on her Bebo account that they did not
like.
She’d completely forgotten she even had a Bebo
account.

5. Unfortunately her distress didn’t end there...
Having just picked herself up from the disappointment of missing
out on the chance to go for her dream job, we then had to tell her
that there was no way we could see for her to even login to Bebo,
let alone delete or edit her account content.
What remained was a snapshot of a 19-year-old girl’s view of
herself and the world around her.

6. What did Bebo have to say?
We emailed Bebo straight away explaining the situation and
asked if they were able to either grant us access to our accounts,
or delete them for us.
It took five months for us to get any sort of response, but even
then, it did not provide any immediate relief:

7. Problem solved
Some time later, our staff member received another email from
Bebo confirming that his account had been removed some
months earlier:

8. Deleting a Bebo Account
So even though it took an unfortunate incident for someone to bring this
to our attention, this whole episode has taught us that is it possible to
delete a Bebo account.
At present we are able to say that you can delete your Bebo account by
sending an email to bebo@monkeyinferno.com asking them to remove
your profile.
You can also read about this whole story on the SocialSafe blog:
How Bebo Could Be Ruining Your Career Without You Knowing It

9. Final thoughts
The things we post on social networks may be forgotten by us in a
matter of hours or days, but there is a commonly used phrase that
is very applicable here: the internet never forgets.
When our friend allowed us to tell her story here, she had one last
thing to say of her unfortunate experience:
“Let this be a lesson to us all… Social media really can be
social suicide!!!”
....Wise words indeed!