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From the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html > Can I delete my account? > > We try not to delete entire
by steveklabnik 3y ago
From the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
> Can I delete my account?
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> We try not to delete entire account histories because that would gut the threads the account had participated in. However, we care about protecting individual users and take care of privacy requests every day, so if we can help, please email hn@ycombinator.com. We don't want anyone to get in trouble from anything they posted to HN. More here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23623799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23623799
- have_faith 3y ago> because that would gut the threads the account had participated in It wouldn't if it just gutted the data and replaced the username with a generic string. This feels very "perfect being the enemy of good" teritory. Of course if HN was based in the EU this would have to have been solved by now.