Please Help Me Delete Me Account

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21301774

2 9 7 years ago

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I am unemployable and I assume it is my internet history that drives people away from me. Please show some morality and delete me account! I can't believe it is 2019 and I have to write this.

kick3• 7 years ago

Hacker News doesn't delete accounts. You're out of luck.

dudul• 7 years ago

Is that true? I saw a comment fairly recently mentioning that one just had to contact an admin to delete an account.

kick3• 7 years ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19459658

dang:

We delete comments for people nearly every day. It's true that we don't allow wholesale deletion of account histories, because that would gut the threads the account had participated in. But we also don't want anyone to get in trouble from anything they posted to HN.

The idea is to balance the need to preserve history (community interest) and the need to protect users (individual interest). We don't get there perfectly, but I can tell you for sure that the vast majority of people who ask us about this end up happy with how we help them.

carty76ers• 7 years ago

GDPR?

kick3• 7 years ago

Judging by your username, you aren't European.

tlb• 7 years ago

Email hn@ycombinator.com for such requests.

sigmaprimus• 7 years ago

I dont think deleting your account will help, First off your using a pseudonym so unless your including that on your resume I dont see any potential employer linking your HN account to you. Secondly I have scanned over your comments and dont see anything that would make you unemployable. I did notice you had some issues in your childhood and were on disability. I also saw that you are very familiar with credit default legislation in Texas, which might suggest a problem there? I find that many people that have been out of work for a while tend to lose their self confidence, feel like they are worthless...dont believe it, if you can show up on time, not talk back and do what your told there are plenty of companies desperate to hire you, they just dont want the hassles of creditor calls and personal issues. Things might be different in Texas but I doubt it. I would suggest looking into election work maybe, it is my understanding there is an election comming up in a year or so!

megamindbrian22• 7 years ago

I've been getting that a lot lately. That's what makes this not fun. If my company is knowingly stealing from people why should I keep silent?

Please Help Me Delete Me Account

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