Yeah, I just worry about the way they've lumped them together. I know some people who are sarcastic with every sentence they write. And I worry that unless the moderator's messages are very clearly worded, they may not realise that their activity on the forum could delete their email account.

Except they should be locking just the forum account, and not nuking your entire online presence connected to that email account.

> That's their choice.

This is a hacker news post, not a lawsuit.

Nobody is arguing that they don't have a choice or the legal right to do this, calm down man.

We are arguing they are a fucking asshole for doing so.

You can have a legal right to do something, and still be a fucking asshole for doing it.