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tardedmemetoday at 2:17 AM2 repliesview on HN

If you really hate a company, you won't delete your account. You'll run spam on that (verified human) account or sell it to some third party who wants an account for spamming.


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lazidetoday at 2:24 AM

They make money from your spam too, at least in the short term.

notabotisweartoday at 4:10 AM

I mean, these companies are themselves providing the tools to mass produce what would be labelled “spam,” the topic of the OP itself.

Deleting your account may not make even a pixel of difference in their KPI graphs, but -in addition to the mental benefits- you get the moral one of not being a participant in this mess…

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