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Certainly that's a grey area, but I don't see why such posts couldn't just replace the user with "Unknown User" and leave the actual data there. Definitely the
by mrcharles 17y ago
Certainly that's a grey area, but I don't see why such posts couldn't just replace the user with "Unknown User" and leave the actual data there. Definitely there'd be a problem with conversations when some posts disappear. But I should still be able to detach myself from those things.
- kngspook 17y agoThis becomes a bigger problem when you're dealing with quoting. Suppose I wrote something like: "As MrCharles said above, it's a grey area, but...". So then what? Do we scrub all mentions of your username down the thread? What about typos? Don't get me wrong -- I'm all for a scrubbing mechanism -- but it's a complicated problem.