Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive • Hacker News Board

Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

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

DeluluDon wrote: post #9

kurtis_reed wrote: post #7

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English doesn't do quotation marks like that

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

He’a right, though. The comment was in English but used German-style quotations

Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

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Post by morkalork » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 10:51 PM UTC

CoastalCoder wrote: post #8

kurtis_reed wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

English doesn't do quotation marks like that

It does now, apparently.

And if it gets popular enough it can become proper!

Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 10:58 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.

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Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

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Post by graypegg » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 10:58 PM UTC

khazhoux wrote: post #11

DeluluDon wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

He’a right, though. The comment was in English but used German-style quotations

I think they mean « Internet is global » to say that not everyone types English how you do. The bilingual CSA keyboard in Canada will type french guillemets instead of quotation marks if you accidentally look at it the wrong way.

Plus, what does「English」mean anyway! If people that speak English can understand you, as they say in the korean-quotation-mark-utilizing part of italian-new-york-city:《fuhgeddaboudit》.

Really hoping those characters survive the HN filter.

Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC

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Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

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Post by tomhow » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 11:11 PM UTC

gnabgib wrote: post #2

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

Comments moved thither. Thanks!

Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 11:14 PM UTC

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Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 11:20 PM UTC

kurtis_reed wrote: post #7

ralfd wrote: post #5

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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

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Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 14, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC

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Re: Microsoft deleted my account and OneDrive

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Post by skeater15 » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC

It's most certainly not "gone" the db entries are still there, they're just marked as deleted. They could recover it they just don't care to.