> Hacker News<p>> Impossible<p>Not sure how I feel about this one. I think it's a nice gesture to respect someones wishes to delete their contributions regardless of the technical fact of external archives etc.
Useful website, but years out of date and unmaintained.<p>The actively maintained community fork can be found at <a href="https://justdeleteme.xyz" rel="nofollow">https://justdeleteme.xyz</a>.<p>Repo: <a href="https://github.com/jdm-contrib/jdm" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/jdm-contrib/jdm</a>
For a minute, I thought these were <i>direct links</i> to delete your account, meaning that going to these links would delete your account immediately, a bit like like Super Logout (DO NOT CLICK <a href="https://superlogout.com/" rel="nofollow">https://superlogout.com/</a> OPEN IN INCOGNITO TAB).
I feel kind of uncomfortable commenting on HN, especially after reading this answer by Jacques Mattheij [1] with regard to deleting accounts:<p>><i>If this is to ‘unsay’ stuff that you wrote in the past then that’s a good reminder to think twice before you hit that submit button lest you cause someone needless work.</i><p>It sounds like a big "screw you" to me. It would have been way nicer to say something like "sorry we don't have time/resources to add this feature".<p>[1] <a href="https://jacquesmattheij.com/the-unofficial-hn-faq/#deleteaccount" rel="nofollow">https://jacquesmattheij.com/the-unofficial-hn-faq/#deleteacc...</a>
I dunno why ppl say it is so hard to delete social media accounts such as Facebook or Twitter. It is actually very easy to do<p>get an affiliate link for something like gambling or anything spammy<p>post it as many places possible as fast as possible<p>in fact, merely posting any link over and over will nuke your account, guaranteed.<p>within minutes or hour max Facebook or Twitter will lockout and ghost your account for good, erasing all traces of it from existence. That way your account is gone and maybe you will make some extra $ in the process too.
Since the comments are talking about Right to be Forgotten, there was a recent RadioLab podcast on that very subject: <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/radiolab-right-be-forgotten" rel="nofollow">https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/radiolab-right-be-forgotte...</a><p>Worth a listen; the focus is mainly on Cleveland'com's right to be forgotten experiment, where they are redacting or deleting old content when requested on a case-by-case basis. Regardless of how you feel about right to be forgotten, the episode makes a number of points both for and against that are worth hearing.<p>I'm personally undecided on the issue, but I did come away from that podcast with one very strong opinion: I hope we as a society make a decision, either way, and codify it into law (much as the EU has done). Without those laws, we're forming kangaroo courts where small groups of biased individuals get to decide _who_ has the right to be forgotten. Yikes.<p>I would also add the addendum, specifically for the HN audience who more often than most understand the concept that the "internet forgets nothing." Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. If we do believe the right to be forgotten is an overall good thing, let's do it, even if the system won't wipe out _all_ instances of a piece of information. There's a tangible difference between something being the first Google result versus being on the second page.
As a principle, I never work on products that employ dark patterns, such as making account deletion hard or impossible, to control their users and/or content. I find it sad that we even need a directory for what I consider to be a fundamental option.
I’ve always wondered what’s going to happen when CBP finds out I have no social media accounts. You can’t find me on Facebook, nor follow me on Twitter, I’m not Linked In, etc. I am a citizen so I think they will just have to be unhappy about it. But I imagine that before things get to that point there will be a lot of threatening and posturing.
Glad this is continuing to get attention here on HN. There's an automated paid service called the same thing - <a href="https://www.abine.com/deleteme/" rel="nofollow">https://www.abine.com/deleteme/</a> - but it has blogs with additional info on how to do it yourself, too.
Thanks for sharing. I just recently deactivated Instagram for ~3 weeks, logged back in to download my photos, and then tried to deactivate again.<p>At first, it failed and threw an error message about enabling cookies which made no sense. Then I got a pathetic error message stating "Sorry, you can only disable your account once a week. Try again in a few days." Pretty pathetic.<p><a href="https://imgur.com/a/5yHJM1Y" rel="nofollow">https://imgur.com/a/5yHJM1Y</a>
How hard is it to get your account closed (not necessarily deleted) on those services that make it hard or impossible to delete your account?<p>I know it's not the same, but might be good enough for some purposes.<p>Perhaps if the service still doesn't close your account upon request, they may still do it due to terms-of-use violations or service abuse. (evil smirk)
It would be nice if they cataloged the Forgot Password links so folks could see if they actually have an account at these services.<p>I've been on the Internet for almost 30 years, they accumulate.<p>Edit: Just tried hitting forgot password on the first 10 sites. Surprising how many directly tell you that account doesn't exist.
Very useful.<p>Interestingly, with few exceptions, the worse user experience correlates with the hardest it is to delete a profile.<p>> GoDaddy Accounts are apparently retained “to comply with [their] legal obligations” though you are able to clear out most of your information by editing your profile.<p>That's always a good idea.
When you delete (or soft-delete) your Facebook account, it seems there is no way to also delete your corresponding Messenger account.. I've tried many times, to no avail.. is it simply possible?
It looks like this web site is unmaintained and incorrect in at least the Discord case. I see a PR open since 2017, and a comment on it saying 'this site is unmaintained.'
Now if there was only away to delete your information from recruiters' databases. I still get cold calls by recruiters who get my number from a ten year old resume.
What is this backgroundchecks.org? Last time I saw this site, this wasn't a part of it. The site itself doesn't give any information about who is behind it.
This is awesome. I was thinking of going through my online accounts and deleting the ones I don’t use anymore, this is going to make things much easier!
Deletion of <i>accounts</i>, I have no problem with.<p>But I have a big problem with deletion of <i>content</i>, outside of a window of time similar to that of editing posts.<p>My opinion is, if you write it, you publish it, then you don't have the right to leave such a big hole in a discussion. I'm sick of being on various social media and seeing "deleted" "deleted" "deleted".<p>I'm fine with removing your name from the posts, but other than that, if you say it, you shouldn't be able to run from it.<p>GDPR isn't some shining beacon of light, it's just a framework of policies set forth by people of power. GDPR has the potential to be just as damaging as the improper uses of PII (for example, look at what happened to the comments on a crapton of MS blogs when they transitioned to a different backend - all the comments were <i>wiped</i> because it was too much work to both preserve those comments and ensure GDPR compliance).
> Backblaze<p>> Impossible<p>Now this is disappointing for a backup company. Hope yevp sees this and weighs in. Is it even impossible for a EU citizen filing a GDPR request?