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Oh, I didn't know that. I suppose it's a matter of public safety at that point. Though it does sort of force a person who is intent on dying to use an alternative method that may be more violent and/or public.

That's interesting. I wonder what the differences are between nitrogen hypoxia and helium hypoxia (an increasingly popular suicide method).

@Pamasich Thank you for the information. It would be nice if Ernest were 10 people instead of 1, wouldn't it? I guess I just have to let this account go dormant, which I didn't want to do... but at least the password is unique.

@Damaskox I don't want my votes to be public. I wasn't aware that this was the case until recently, but the concept makes me uncomfortable and this limitation wasn't obvious when I signed up (July 2023, just after the Reddit API changes).

Regardless of whether you believe that's a valid reason, I feel like I should be able to delete an online account easily and promptly if that's what I choose to do, no matter my motivation for doing so.

@MajorHavoc I'm Canadian, I don't think we're very good about privacy here. I sent a contact form a few days ago. My next step is emailing as many addresses as I can find.

@cloudless I want it gone. There is a button to make it gone that doesn't work. I would abandon it, but it's possible that it could be compromised while I'm not actively monitoring it. It's much preferable for it to be actually deleted, as promised (but not delivered) by the stupid button I pushed over a month ago.

@willya No, I'm bitching about one basic function of the site (voting being public) being obfuscated and the other (account deletion) being intentionally withheld. If you don't care, don't read it.

You'd have to ask the 4chan OP about the lore of his made-up universe, I have no idea.