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Re:Ask HN: Will HN allow account and comment deletions? by softawre on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @05:00PM (#16701894)
Why did you buy that account for 500$?

And are you saying that the previous owner of the account is the one who didn't want it tied to him anymore, so he sold it to you (and you are therefore providing an anonymizing service to him?).

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Re:Ask HN: Will HN allow account and comment deletions? by matte_black on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @08:17PM (#16703392)
Knew the owner in real life. I liked the name and didn’t want to start off with an empty account with no karma. It’s mutual anonymization.
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