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techmunky
I'm out of the loop why are we raising our pitchforks this time? Or is this astroturf?
kev009
There are plenty of reasons someone might want or need to scrub/obfuscate their online identity regardless of the platform.
Aboutplants
This is probably more about online hygiene than anything else
jauntywundrkind
A lot of people really like deleting themselves from the lightcone. For whatever reason the negative perspective on how it might affect them or what it might say or show or who might benefit from seeing them: people keep wanting to delete themselves from the world.

:'(

vvpan
Not sure what this is besides a piece of marketing for a closed-source pay-for service.
pirhoo
Since when it's a problem to showcase your work on HN? Also the service is free for the majority of users. Only big accounts have to pay because processing huge list is heavy.
ck2
instead of wasting time with tools like this

why not create tools that help people auto-crosspost from Threads to Bluesky, etc.

pirhoo
You mean like Postiz or Buffer?
jon128
There are some people, particularly in the Minneopolis area, who really need exactly this tool.
nazgulsenpai
do they drive a honda fit
Alive-in-2025
Are you making a joking reference to Haley Stevens hiding her commenting history?
BugsJustFindMe
The concept of "mutuals" is fundamentally "influencer"-centric. A person who doesn't judge themselves by their follower count only suffers from refusing to follow an account that doesn't follow them back.

In that light, "see who your real friends are" is gross.

pirhoo
That was humoristic but I guess it's not obvious for everybody.
self_awareness
Soooo we don't like Bluesky now? Ok.
pirhoo
We love Bluesky! This tool is for people who like to clean up footprints of their online presence some time to time, no to get rid of it (no needs for a new tool for that).
izzydata
Can we get the ability to delete posts on Hackers News?