i think this works

app/controllers/users_controller.rb

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
 
   def destroy
     if params[:user] && params[:user][:current_password] && current_user.valid_password?(params[:user][:current_password])
-      Resque.enqueue(Jobs::DeleteAccount, current_user.id)
       current_user.close_account!
       sign_out current_user
       flash[:notice] = I18n.t 'users.destroy.success'

app/models/account_deletion.rb

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ class AccountDeletion < ActiveRecord::Base
 
    xml_attr :diaspora_handle  
 
-  
   def person=(person)
     self[:diaspora_handle] = person.diaspora_handle
     self[:person_id] = person.id
@@ -37,10 +36,14 @@ class AccountDeletion < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def subscribers(user)
-    person.owner.contact_people | Person.who_have_reshared_a_users_posts(person.owner)
+    person.owner.contact_people.remote | Person.who_have_reshared_a_users_posts(person.owner).remote
   end
 
   def dispatch
     Postzord::Dispatcher.build(person.owner, self).post
   end
+
+  def public?
+    true
+  end
 end

app/models/user.rb

@@ -490,9 +490,9 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def close_account!
-    AccountDeletion.create(:person => self.person)
     self.person.lock_access!
     self.lock_access!
+    AccountDeletion.create(:person => self.person)
   end
 
   def clear_account!

lib/postzord/receiver/public.rb

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ class Postzord::Receiver::Public < Postzord::Receiver
 
     if @object.respond_to?(:relayable?)
       receive_relayable
+    elsif @object.is_a?(AccountDeletion)
+      #nothing
     else
       Resque.enqueue(Jobs::ReceiveLocalBatch, @object.class.to_s, @object.id, self.recipient_user_ids)
       true

spec/models/account_deletion_spec.rb

@@ -42,22 +42,30 @@ describe AccountDeletion do
     it "sends the account deletion xml" do
       @ad = AccountDeletion.new(:person => alice.person)
       @ad.send(:dispatch)
+    end
 
+    it 'creates a public postzord' do
+      Postzord::Dispatcher::Public.should_receive(:new).and_return(stub.as_null_object)
+      @ad = AccountDeletion.new(:person => alice.person)
+      @ad.send(:dispatch)
     end
   end
 
   describe "#subscribers" do
-    it 'includes all contacts' do
+    it 'includes all remote contacts' do
       @ad = AccountDeletion.new(:person => alice.person)
-      @ad.person.owner.should_receive(:contact_people).and_return([remote_raphael])
-      @ad.subscribers(alice).should include(remote_raphael)
+      alice.share_with(remote_raphael, alice.aspects.first)
+
+      @ad.subscribers(alice).should == [remote_raphael]
     end
 
-    it 'includes resharers' do
+    it 'includes remote resharers' do
       @ad = AccountDeletion.new(:person => alice.person)
-      p = Factory(:person)
-      Person.should_receive(:who_have_reshared_a_users_posts).with(alice).and_return([p]) 
-      @ad.subscribers(alice).should include(p)
+      sm = Factory( :status_message, :public => true, :author => alice.person)
+      r1 = Factory( :reshare, :author => remote_raphael, :root => sm)
+      r2 = Factory( :reshare, :author => local_luke.person, :root => sm)
+
+      @ad.subscribers(alice).should == [remote_raphael]
     end
   end