OpenAI – How to delete your account • Hacker News Board

Re: OpenAI – How to delete your account

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Post by lolpython » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC

MinimalAction wrote: post #167

Quite offtopics: 1. For a site visited by millions, a header element (perhaps h2, h3, h4) followed by a paragraph has such less spacing, it looks weird and hard to read. 2. There is an interesting question at the end [0]: Can you reactivate my deleted account? I was quite interested because if the could, then they never really deleted the data. The page doesn't answer that question satisfactorily at all! [0]: https:/…

I don’t see what’s unclear about that account deletion page to be honest. It reads clearly to me that the account has been deleted and if you want to use the same email again, you can create an entirely new account using the same email, but it doesn’t reactivate the account.

Re: OpenAI – How to delete your account

#192

Post by pier25 » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC

maplethorpe wrote: post #177

I really didn't expect OpenAI to do something as immoral as this, despite their history of stealing the world's data to create a public-facing deep-fake generation machine. I am shocked and appalled.

They are desperate for cash.

Re: OpenAI – How to delete your account

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Post by crazygringo » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC

nesk_ wrote: post #9

ekjhgkejhgk wrote: post #6

Ok I'll bite: Why is this interesting? Is it because it's really difficult to delete? Or what?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189650

Thank you. Can't believe I had to scroll this far down for context.

Re: OpenAI – How to delete your account

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Post by segfaultex » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC

Deleted mine months ago. Altman is one of the slimiest tech ceos out there, which is saying something.

Re: OpenAI – How to delete your account

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Post by adam12 » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC

Could this be the pin?

Re: OpenAI – How to delete your account

#196

Post by UqWBcuFx6NV4r » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC

mentalgear wrote: post #33

Posting it here as a top-level comment as many people asked why boycott just openAi: ----- openAI is the least trustworthy of the Big LLM providers. See S(c)am Altman's track record, especially his early comments in senate hearings where: * he warned of engagement-optimisation strategies, like social media, being used for chatbots / LLMs. * also, he warned that "ads would be the last resort" for LLM companies. Both o…

Your point stands just fine without the silly, uniquely-US-politics-style “SCAM Altman ha ha!” BS. I can feel myself getting dumber every time I am subject to one of these.

Re: OpenAI – How to delete your account

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Post by edgyquant » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC

verdverm wrote: post #183

Loughla wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And fake nudes. It definitely exists to make fake nudes of anyone at all. So there's at least something more than the King's ego at play with Grok. If you're not sure, I believe that Grok is a vanity project by a very egomaniacal person.

And also an attempt to make an alternative wikipedia without the human requirements, in an effort to manipulate information and public opinion at scale. Just remember, the Epstein Class is very good, and happy to, play the long game. When the people in charge of government are different, they need to be as aggressive at undoing and punishing.

Wikipedia is quite guilty of exactly what you just said anyway.

Re: OpenAI – How to delete your account

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Post by voganmother42 » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC

cedws wrote: post #79

Next week Anthropic will do something evil and everyone will be moving back to OpenAI. Crazy thought but maybe we should regulate AI instead of relying on the hegemony of three companies to police themselves.

Is this how you justify not doing anything?

Re: OpenAI – How to delete your account

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Post by nickthegreek » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC

mvelbaum wrote: post #90

mikkupikku wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mass surveillance may be illegal anyway as you say, but what is the relevance of that? I hope you don't take it being illegal to imply that the government isn't going to do it.

If you think the gov't is doing illegal things to US citizens then provide the proof and expose it. I don't have evidence so I am not going to speculate either way.

Sir, they executed an American in the streets just a few weeks ago.

The supreme court just said our govt illegally took money from its citizens via tariffs. they aren’t concerned with giving it back.

We just bombed Iran without a single discussion in Congress.

We are killing unknown individuals in boats in the ocean without trials.

Re: OpenAI – How to delete your account

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Post by UqWBcuFx6NV4r » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC

krater23 wrote: post #115

aniviacat wrote: post #83

I was just about to change from OpenAI to Anthropic, however when signing up I get this message: > Unfortunately, Claude is not available to new users right now. We're working hard to expand our availability soon. That's unfortunate timing.

WTF?! Really? Then the bubble is bursting already.

TIL capacity limits mean that the bubble is bursting. Peak HN user logic.