Ask HN: How can I delete my HN account?
I would like to delete my HN account, is that possible? I mean a way to delete the user in such a way that the link with user?id=me display not found or deleted.
Have you tried the support link in the footer? There is no such feature and thus still a manual process.
I can understand that deleting posts is not nice for the people who posted an for the integrity of the information and context, but the link I am referring to is of a different nature, that is the /user?id=me could be deleted without breaking any thread. To add that feature seems a reasonable and sensible compromise between privacity and integrity of information.
For a feature request or a question to the admin it's also good to use the support link. [I'm not an admin]
Why is there no longer a link to the github account for posting bugs and complaining about the UI, I wonder?
In Europe we have the right to be forgotten (wikipedia for a reference).
Hacker News is an American site run by an American company, probably hosted on an American server.
It might be nice, as a courtesy, for them to add this for their considerable European userbase, but the web is global, and not everyone has to care about what Europeans consider to be their rights.