Niggers shadowbanned me so let him know that lad delete his account. Dang is a nigger.
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?
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
From a legal standpoint, I don't think it makes a lot of difference. Especially since unless you are specifically trying to make a throwaway, figuring out who you are is trivial, especially if you use a chunk of your RL name in your username. Or in my case, if your username is commonly identifiable as you and tied to your RL name on other sites. I don't think anything about Right To Be Forgotten leaves it to the indi…
From a legal standpoint, HN doesn't sell products, use user data for profit, or operate in the EU. Both it and YC have made it rather clear they don't want to touch the EU. Complying with GDPR would basically be an act of goodwill more than anything, and even that's debatable.
Both it and YC have made it rather clear they don't want to touch the EU.
Not sure where you are getting that. YC have funded a lot of EU companies, and some partners are from the EU.
YC certainly has revenue (from investors). HN isn't some separate legal entity - it's right there in the domain name.
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
From a legal standpoint, HN doesn't sell products, use user data for profit, or operate in the EU. Both it and YC have made it rather clear they don't want to touch the EU. Complying with GDPR would basically be an act of goodwill more than anything, and even that's debatable.
Both it and YC have made it rather clear they don't want to touch the EU. Not sure where you are getting that. YC have funded a lot of EU companies, and some partners are from the EU. YC certainly has revenue (from investors). HN isn't some separate legal entity - it's right there in the domain name.
They require every founder to come to the US and register as a US company. That's not particularly touching it.
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#34I've had a comment deleted long after I posted. I had to email them. I'm sure they'll delete your account if you do the same. I don't know why they make you contact them though.
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#35The policy is explained quite clearly right here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/robots.txt
The internet is forever.
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#36The Billionaires vs. BrandonM http://zedshaw.com/2018/03/25/the-billionaires-vs-brandonm/
The essay/post really does point a picture from the other side and makes some great points. It seems to me that deleting could be a solution and also trying to take things into perspective (post was 11 years ago, Brandon put thought and reasoning, etc).
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
From a legal standpoint, I don't think it makes a lot of difference. Especially since unless you are specifically trying to make a throwaway, figuring out who you are is trivial, especially if you use a chunk of your RL name in your username. Or in my case, if your username is commonly identifiable as you and tied to your RL name on other sites. I don't think anything about Right To Be Forgotten leaves it to the indi…
From a legal standpoint, HN doesn't sell products, use user data for profit, or operate in the EU. Both it and YC have made it rather clear they don't want to touch the EU. Complying with GDPR would basically be an act of goodwill more than anything, and even that's debatable.
I think you mean from an enforceability standpoint. From a legal standpoint, GDPR applies to all EU ‘data subjects’, and HN would be in breach of it if they don’t provide EU ‘data subjects’ with their rights under the GDPR.
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#38The Billionaires vs. BrandonM http://zedshaw.com/2018/03/25/the-billionaires-vs-brandonm/
thanks for posting this, I found it very illuminating and must confess that before reading this I thought Box and Dropbox were the same company
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#39This reminded me of a task I undertook sometime last year in which over the coarse of the month I attempted to delete my accounts on a number of sites that I no longer used. The experience was completely crazy. It ranged from a few sites that had a basic account deletion page that functioned correctly, to both automated and human confirmations of deletion after which I was still able to access my account. Sigh...
Re: Ask HN: Why can't I delete my HN account?
#40You can ask about it every year and it won't change. Over the months I have resigned myself to not being able to delete my account. Sometimes I post comments here...just out of boredom when Reddit has changed his design again - just accept it, go outside to the park and take a long walk. There should be important questions you can deal with.