Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

HelloUsername wrote: post #3

gnabgib wrote: post #2

Source (4 points): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911452

Ahh crap. I wish I searched first.. or can delete posts..

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Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

#5

Post by ralfd » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC

HelloUsername wrote: post #3

gnabgib wrote: post #2

Source (4 points): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911452

Ahh crap. I wish I searched first.. or can delete posts..

I dont think it will generate much discussion. Maybe if it were Google, certainly if it were Apple, but with Microsoft people will just shrug and go „eh, what did you expect“.

Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

#6

Post by ChrisArchitect » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 10:18 PM UTC

HelloUsername wrote: post #3

gnabgib wrote: post #2

Source (4 points): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911452

Ahh crap. I wish I searched first.. or can delete posts..

Or just submit the source instead of xcancel and you'd find it (save xcancel for the comments)

Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

#7

Post by kurtis_reed » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC

ralfd wrote: post #5

HelloUsername wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ahh crap. I wish I searched first.. or can delete posts..

I dont think it will generate much discussion. Maybe if it were Google, certainly if it were Apple, but with Microsoft people will just shrug and go „eh, what did you expect“.

English doesn't do quotation marks like that

Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

#8

Post by CoastalCoder » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

kurtis_reed wrote: post #7

ralfd wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dont think it will generate much discussion. Maybe if it were Google, certainly if it were Apple, but with Microsoft people will just shrug and go „eh, what did you expect“.

English doesn't do quotation marks like that

It does now, apparently.

Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

#9

Post by DeluluDon » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 10:38 PM UTC

kurtis_reed wrote: post #7

ralfd wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dont think it will generate much discussion. Maybe if it were Google, certainly if it were Apple, but with Microsoft people will just shrug and go „eh, what did you expect“.

English doesn't do quotation marks like that

You mean U.S. keyboards. Internet is global.

Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

#10

Post by Retric » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC

DeluluDon wrote: post #9

kurtis_reed wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

English doesn't do quotation marks like that

You mean U.S. keyboards. Internet is global.

You can enter arbitrary characters easily on a US keyboard, English still doesn’t use quotes like that.

It’s a mistake nothing more.