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Re:We value your privacy now, but maybe not later by frutiger on Saturday January 26, 2019 @01:52PM (#19007733)
What do you want to achieve by deleting your account? I can see basically two options:

1. prevent you (or anyone else) using your handle to post submissions or comments

2. delete all posted submissions and comments in addition to option 1 above; this is a little futile as HN has been indexed and replicated elsewhere

EDIT: the following is incorrect, as pointed out by jacobsheehy.

I will note that both are possible without any assistance from HN, though perhaps option 2 could be made easier.

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Re:We value your privacy now, but maybe not later by jacobsheehy on Saturday January 26, 2019 @02:02PM (#19007788)
Deleting content does not seem possible on HN, but you're implying that it is? Once you have posted something and walked away, you cannot delete it from HN.
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Re:We value your privacy now, but maybe not later by frutiger on Saturday January 26, 2019 @02:34PM (#19007957)
You’re absolutely right, I had never noticed this before. The delete link disappears after some time.
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Re:We value your privacy now, but maybe not later by polskibus on Saturday January 26, 2019 @03:21PM (#19008230)
Surely full delete should be possible under GDPR?
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