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It seems like a reasonable feature in 2022. Every other site makes that feature available to users without any intervention from support. And as stated, the c
by featurerequest1 4y ago
It seems like a reasonable feature in 2022.
Every other site makes that feature available to users without any intervention from support.
And as stated, the conversation have already taken place and most likely no further participation ever. Its not much of a loss, with ephemeral comments being par for the course on the Internet.
Is it just waiting for that normal feature to become available and then delete comments and an account? The facilities are in place to already achieve those results.
Its also a good end-of-year habit to delete unused accounts online. No other site uses the word gutted for something so basic.
- toast0 4y agoPlenty of sites get posted again in the future, and past discussions are often linked. So while the conversation is over, the comments are not ephemeral. I understand you may not want your comments to be linked to you anymore, but what's the problem if your name is removed? For the most part, your comments will stand on their own without your name, and anyone who comes to the discussion later can benefit from your contributions.
- krapp 4y agoA person's identity can still be derived from their comments. In order to truly anonymize them, one would need to go through them one at a time and redact any identifiable information. Randomizing the username is only useful in the cases where someone's username was their real name.