Jan Rhein
@herrrhein
I really like the idea and tested it with an old gmail account I ditched some years ago. It found about 50 accounts and I selected nearly all of them. But then I realised it doesn't do anything automatically. It just provides you a to-do list with links to the services' account deletion page.
It is a nice start to know where you still have all your old accounts but still there is too much manual work needed.
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jeff!
@the_real_jw · larry bird parody account
@herrrhein man, we have a lazy society when clicking a few times is described as "too much manual labor"
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Alex Abian
@alexabian · Intl. SysAdmin / Photographer
@the_real_jw But clicking a few times x 100, its clicking A LOT!
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Bryna Corcoran
@brynatweets · VP, Digital Marketing
@the_real_jw, @herrrhein is right. I tried it too and I was ok to go one by one and begin to delete things manually, but some of the accounts you have to log into in order to delete the accounts entirely. It's bloody tiring!
Example: Delete Tumblr > login to Tumblr > Please use password you set up ages ago to approve this deletion > Oh, you don't remember that password? > Click forgot password link > Recover password > Log back in > Now, where were we? Oh, right .. delete account > Are you sure you want to delete account? > Yes > Please use password you reset to approve this deletion > 25 mins later you have now finally deleted you account > Now on to the next account Deseat me suggests > Ugh, forget it.
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ely with machine
@mwhitney_atx · Creative Director
@herrrhein I thought the same thing initially. It automates the process of going through Gmail to find likely Internet-service accounts associated with the given email address. That alone is helpful; I would opt to not create a list (and therefore not delete anything) if I had to scour my backlog of Gmails manually. The secondary value prop is that they have done the legwork to find the delete links, etc., making each account's removal process as simple as possible. If that's true, that's also a significant time saver.
I would ask, though, if my assumption is correct--i.e., does it 'only' find accounts associated with Gmail? That would not remove me from the Internet by a long shot.
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Will Bowman
@asked_io · Kickback Apps
@alexabian @the_real_jw I stopped after 5, nothing deleted.
A few clicks would be better then what it is now:
* click to add to list
* click to delete
* click to goto site to delete
* X clicks @ w/e site you goto, if there is even an option
* click (or kb stroke) to close newly opend tab
Could just click once, add to list = goto site to remove, bam, done.
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