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Couple of responses to that question here: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20190313-01/?p=102234#comments-134436 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldne
by dao- 8y ago
Couple of responses to that question here: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20190313-01/?p=102234#comments-134436 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20190313-01/?p=10...
Basically the old accounts couldn't be carried over and so users wouldn't be able to log in anymore to delete their comments.
- addicted 8y agoOr more accurately, MS did not want to make the effort to carry it over. GDPR made it more expensive to port the comments, because it insisted that the user have control over their content. It did not prevent it from being done.
- WA 8y agoControl doesn’t mean that you need a user interface or an account management. It merely means that MS needs to respond to a request like "I posted this comment, please delete it". Furthermore, under GDPR you don’t have to delete everything a user has written. Only personal information. Although it’s probably easier to just delete the whole comment.