Delete your account

Delete your account is an internet meme, a phrase that New York Magazine describes as a "beloved social media insult," and that is used as a "dismissive rejoinder" that "translates roughly as 'Your tweet or opinion is so bad that you should be immediately disqualified from further participation on the platform.'" It became part of the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign after it was used by Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton.
Origin
According to Know Your Meme, the phrase was created by a twitter used on 24 December 2008, but failed to "gain momentum" until 14 January 2015, when there was a spate of #deleteyouraccount tweets by twitter users annoyed by "social media faux pas and attention-seeking behavior."
Notable uses
On November 3, 2014, Bill Kristol received hundreds of tweets telling him to "Delete Your Account". Later, on February 16, 2016, Edward Snowden used the phrase in response to tweet "America" with an image of his name engraved onto a handgun.
Fusion commemorated Twitter's 10th anniversary in March, 2016 by publishing a list of The 10 best ‘delete your account’ tweets of Twitter’s first 10 years.
Clinton v. Trump
Originally a response to tweet on June 9, 2016, it has become Clinton's most retweeted tweet of all time. In fact, on the day of the tweet, the phrase was mentioned over 344 thousand times. Afterwards, Trump responded "How long did it take your staff of 823 people to think that up--and where are your 33,000 emails that you deleted?" The response referenced Clinton's ongoing email controversy. Reince Priebus also responded to Clinton's tweet with "If anyone knows how to use a delete key, it's you." The next day, Elizabeth Warren tweeted to Trump "No, seriously -- Delete your account."
On June 12, 2016, John Oliver criticized Clinton for using the phrase in her tweet because he felt that she was stooping to the same level as Trump. He believed that "the rest of the campaign is going be depressing if the two people running for president...repeatedly stoop to pandering and flame-throwing online." In response to the tweet, he created a .gif of Abraham Lincoln vomiting. The next day, Manny404 created an app that automatically sends "Delete your account" whenever Trump makes a tweet. On June 22, the phrase was used on buttons at a Clinton rally at Raleigh, North Carolina. The phrase was also used by notable celebrities in support of Clinton such as Samantha Bee and Pusha T.

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