Rather than delete it, clean it up. Deleting it removes a LOT of history, including the discussion about life, the universe, and everything. Just a thought in a public forum. It takes a tough skin to grow popularity on any open website. You cannot run from trouble. You have to face it head on.
If folks are sdtill laughing at you, they are the losers unless you give up what you have done here. Then they become the winners and they do not deserve that victory at all. Do not give it to them.