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> I would like to continue using the service, but I have no interest in maintaining my account. Just do "logout" > Why is account deletion not an option? Bec
by app4soft 9y ago
> I would like to continue using the service, but I have no interest in maintaining my account.
Just do "logout"
> Why is account deletion not an option?
Because, each submission & comments posted by you should be stored for historic reason - somebody already bookmark or quote it.
Think, HN has something like "Hemingway Mode"[0], there also related XKCD[1].
[0] https://blog.ghost.org/hemingway-mode/ https://blog.ghost.org/hemingway-mode/
[1] https://xkcd.com/1540/ https://xkcd.com/1540/
- emteycz 9y agoSince the HN crowd seems to strongly support GDPR, how is this in line?
- seattle_spring 9y agoThey're not strongly pro GDPR, just strongly anti FB.
- TomMarius 9y agoI'm basing my anecdote mainly on discussions that happened before Cambridge Analytica - and were purely about GDPR and its impacts.
- megaman22 9y agoThere's a very vocal subset that is supportive of GPDR. There's an often downvoted to hell subset that is skeptical.
- leesalminen 9y agoThis. As a founder of a small SaaS product that has never (nor plans to) sold or monetized user data GDPR has presented issues for us. Especially because EU represents <1% of revenue. From my point of view, GDPR creates barriers of entry that can hurt small players. As a human, yes I care about privacy and the right to be forgotten. As an entrepreneur, these barriers of entry piss me off.
- danieltillett 9y agoUnless you are in the EU just don't worry about it. Think of it has EU shotgun to the foot that lets non-EU startups get ahead.
- Mononokay 9y agoI've seen a lot of dislike for GDPR more than anything. Despite that, there are a few reasons why it's "in line." It's a public forum, and having a historical record publically available to all users is somewhat mandatory to serve as an effective one. It prevents linkrot, which is something particularly severe everywhere else. Above all of that, HN doesn't sell data or really keep anything beyond what you've said - they don't even sell ads. It's more an archive than real 'social media.'
- mattmanser 9y agoOne of the main purposes of the GDPR is link rot. For your old sins to be forgotten, just like we used to be able to before perfect computer memories came into being.
- everdev 9y agoIt's possible to delete account and still preserve content from that account. In DB, just add a deleted_at field and don't log in users with that field populated.
- xg15 9y agoThe can have all my posts they like - but that's no reason to also store my email address and force me to secure/manage the password of an account that I never intend to use again.
- FooHentai 9y agoI agree with you. However as a workaround in the meantime what you may be able to do is: 1. Change the email address to a disposable one. There's so many services, no way HN can prevent you doing this. 2. Update the password to a unique, complex password. Store it or don't, your choice. 3. Walk away from the account.
- xg15 9y agoEven then the password and/or throwaway address could be leaked in the next data breach - which in the worst case could allow all kinds of trolls to access my account and impersonate me without me having a way to recover it or lock them out. So of course I'd have to store my password.
- a3n 9y agoAs for your password, just change it to the result of fingerpainting on your keyboard.
- xg15 9y agoIf I want to keep other people from accessing the account then it's irrelevant whether or not I know the password.