I would like to continue using the service, but I have no interest in maintaining my account. Why is account deletion not an option?
Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
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Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#2Might be a good question for hn@ycombinator.com
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#3There is an unofficial FAQ by Jacques Mattheij, with an answer to this very question:
https://jacquesmattheij.com/the-unofficial-hn-faq#deleteacco...
There is also indeed the official FAQ:
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#4There is an unofficial FAQ by Jacques Mattheij, with an answer to this very question: https://jacquesmattheij.com/the-unofficial-hn-faq#deleteacco... There is also indeed the official FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
Ah, great. Thank you. I would delete this post if I could, but that is also not an option.
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#5> I would like to continue using the service, but I have no interest in maintaining my account.
Just do "logout"
> Why is account deletion not an option?
Because, each submission & comments posted by you should be stored for historic reason - somebody already bookmark or quote it.
Think, HN has something like "Hemingway Mode"[0], there also related XKCD[1].
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#6> I would like to continue using the service, but I have no interest in maintaining my account. Just do "logout" > Why is account deletion not an option? Because, each submission & comments posted by you should be stored for historic reason - somebody already bookmark or quote it. Think, HN has something like "Hemingway Mode"[0], there also related XKCD[1]. [0] https://blog.ghost.org/hemingway-mode/ [1] https://xkcd.…
Since the HN crowd seems to strongly support GDPR, how is this in line?
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#7I also always wondered why is there no option to delete submissions and comments?
That is an awfully exposing experience IMO.
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#8> I would like to continue using the service, but I have no interest in maintaining my account. Just do "logout" > Why is account deletion not an option? Because, each submission & comments posted by you should be stored for historic reason - somebody already bookmark or quote it. Think, HN has something like "Hemingway Mode"[0], there also related XKCD[1]. [0] https://blog.ghost.org/hemingway-mode/ [1] https://xkcd.…
Since the HN crowd seems to strongly support GDPR, how is this in line?
They're not strongly pro GDPR, just strongly anti FB.
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#9> I would like to continue using the service, but I have no interest in maintaining my account. Just do "logout" > Why is account deletion not an option? Because, each submission & comments posted by you should be stored for historic reason - somebody already bookmark or quote it. Think, HN has something like "Hemingway Mode"[0], there also related XKCD[1]. [0] https://blog.ghost.org/hemingway-mode/ [1] https://xkcd.…
It's possible to delete account and still preserve content from that account. In DB, just add a deleted_at field and don't log in users with that field populated.
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Since the HN crowd seems to strongly support GDPR, how is this in line?
They're not strongly pro GDPR, just strongly anti FB.
I'm basing my anecdote mainly on discussions that happened before Cambridge Analytica - and were purely about GDPR and its impacts.