How did he manage to come back? did he store pwd somewhere? pull strings at YC??
How?
It's kind of crazy that there's no "forgot password" option. I can understand not allowing account deletion, because you don't want to break conversations by having someone's comments mass-deleted, but not having a password retrieval mechanism is just foolish. Amateur hour incarnate. This does not look like a system designed by someone who's making a real commitment.
If I recall correctly PG told me that at a YC event. Damn you PG! :)
So the trick is:
- Change your email address to something like [email protected].
- If you get a confirmation message to your old address, delete it.
- Change your password to jkhvouyflkjbv7897t^%REjhvljyyf.
- Go to the mailinator address to confirm the change.
- Clear your browser history.
Then you're free of HN forever! ... Or until you make a new account.
What a shame there's no "delete account" option. Should I do something unutterably awful to get pg's attention (accuse him of murdering kittens or raping puppies or writing software in Visual C++?) or shall I just do as the OP did and change my password to something unmemorable? If I change my email to a random mailinator account, that will make password recovery impossible too, I suspect.