Ask HN: how do I delete my profile from hackernews

#1

Post by machupai » Mon, Oct 03, 2011, 9:50 PM UTC

including all the comments and posts i have made so far

Re: Ask HN: how do I delete my profile from hackernews

#2

Post by saiko-chriskun » Mon, Oct 03, 2011, 9:57 PM UTC

You don't.

We have your infos. FOREVER~.

Which we shall use as blackmail if you ever decide to do anything funny.

Like leave.

We are watching you.

Re: Ask HN: how do I delete my profile from hackernews

#3

Post by sp332 » Mon, Oct 03, 2011, 9:58 PM UTC

Email info at ycombinator.com and ask nicely :)

Re: Ask HN: how do I delete my profile from hackernews

#4

Post by chc » Tue, Oct 04, 2011, 1:48 AM UTC

Long story short: You don't. After the delete window, you don't get to decide whether your posts stay up. You can email PG with a request, and you might be able to get certain posts deleted if you have a compelling reason, but I don't think entire posting histories are ever deleted for any reason besides spam. See also: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3010641

Re: Ask HN: how do I delete my profile from hackernews

#5

Post by saiko-chriskun » Wed, Oct 05, 2011, 6:24 AM UTC

saiko-chriskun wrote: post #2

You don't. We have your infos. FOREVER~. Which we shall use as blackmail if you ever decide to do anything funny. Like leave. We are watching you.

geez what's with the downvotes. some people just have no sense of humour.

Re: Ask HN: how do I delete my profile from hackernews

#6

Post by abbasmehdi » Wed, Oct 05, 2011, 8:02 AM UTC

saiko-chriskun wrote: post #5

saiko-chriskun wrote: post #2

You don't. We have your infos. FOREVER~. Which we shall use as blackmail if you ever decide to do anything funny. Like leave. We are watching you.

geez what's with the downvotes. some people just have no sense of humour.

This is not a comedy site.

Re: Ask HN: how do I delete my profile from hackernews

#7

Post by saiko-chriskun » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 7:17 PM UTC

abbasmehdi wrote: post #6

saiko-chriskun wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

geez what's with the downvotes. some people just have no sense of humour.

This is not a comedy site.

some_people.include?(:abbasmehdi) == true

Re: Ask HN: how do I delete my profile from hackernews

#8

Post by abbasmehdi » Thu, Oct 06, 2011, 9:02 PM UTC

saiko-chriskun wrote: post #7

abbasmehdi wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is not a comedy site.

some_people.include?(:abbasmehdi) == true

mmm, I'd have to try pretty hard to laugh at that one.