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Digital services terminal care

Being an early adopter of the age of the Internet means I've had account in many forward thinking services that no longer exists. It has been more like a norm that such services have a limited lifespan so I've never much bothered deleting my accounts from services I no longer use.

Over the years some of those services however got so big that they just refuse to die. Apparently some people also still use them too. This causes new kind of issues when those people also assume I'm still using the service because my account is still there.

Maybe I should start taking better after care of my digital services accounts. The times have changed and you never know how long the service you sign up today will last after you have already moved on from it. It just feels too much extra effort. And I don't really quit any of those, they just fade away. And of course when they do get popular I can bring up the fact I had an account already before it got cool.