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PG does not typically delete accounts; he just disables the login. All of the comments and submissions are still there under the original name.

• irrumator 15y ago
  The poor man's HN account delete: change email, change pass to random gibberish, logout. You're free. Until the next account.
  • cynest 15y ago
    That's not necessarily the point. The most important use of a delete account functionality is to protect one's own privacy should you not want to be personally connected to statements you made anonymously.
    • irrumator 15y ago
      That's the great thing about the internet and pseudonyms :)