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This problem was very easy to fix: move his account to another server. It took an amount of one blog post to trigger the solution. He got special attention. Re
by nfnaaron 16y ago
This problem was very easy to fix: move his account to another server. It took an amount of one blog post to trigger the solution. He got special attention.
Remember that facebook non-deleted picture discussed yesterday?
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1400128 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1400128
It's 404 now. I suspect (purely guessing) they specifically took that one picture down, but did not also "solve" the problem that left it there in the first place.
I quit a social network a few years ago, but they would not delete my account. So I logged in and changed my name to something like NameOfSocialNetworkRefusesToDeleteMyAccount. And vi-ola, the account disappeared in a day or so.
The embarrassing wheel gets the grease.
- pavs 16y agoIts a temp solution to his problem so that they can shut him up and work on the actual problem. They still have to find a solution to the problem.
- nfnaaron 16y agoMy point exactly.
- drusenko 16y agodon't mean to be a (french) grammar nazi, but it's spelled "voilà" "voila" (without the accent) would be perfectly acceptable as well. sorry! :)
- philwelch 16y agoYeah, "viola" is a small musical instrument.
- nfnaaron 16y ago"don't mean to be a (french) grammar nazi" Would that be a grammar Vichy? "it's spelled "voilà" Right. The dash was in there to emphasize mispronunciation of a mis-spelled word, to indicate mock astonishment in context. Thanks. :)