Noora, please do not deactivate your account. First, many here like myself would want to sometimes refer back to your stories and study them, perhaps cite them. Second, removing your account may mess up with the statistics and feed of people who interact with you. I found something on Medium help suggesting that the strange behavior we are seeing may be the algorithm's response to Aza's removal. Let's give it a few days and see how Medium responds to our queries.