> 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. Th

> 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.