Please Delete This Account

2 points by bronzeage 4 years ago | 3 comments

So apparently this site uses the fishy concept of shadow ban, and this account is shadow banned.

It's probably from one of the countless times I got flagged and downvoted by antisemitic people when defending Israel. I don't regret it and I would do it again and I think that's a real stain on this community. These same people calling Israel apartheid are getting upvoted.

I wished to delete this account as a protest, but apparently there's no way to even delete it. Not sure how it's in compliance with GDPR.

So please delete this account. Don't bullshit me about discussion integrity when you're doing shady business like shadow bans.

dang 4 years ago |

We didn't shadowban you. We told you we were banning you and why: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27214380. You haven't just been breaking the site guidelines in many different ways, you've been posting slurs that are among the worst things I've seen on HN in quite a while. Since you've continued to do that (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30283728 was just yesterday), it's clear that the decision to ban the account was correct.

slater 4 years ago |

Criticism of Israel is not antisemitic.

nkurz 4 years ago |

I'd guess that it's not in compliance with GDPR because it's not a European site, and thus not required to be.

If you want to delete the account, you'll have better luck sending email to "hn@ycombinator.com".