Re:Tell HN:GitHub can remove issues at any time
by Aurornis on Monday April 07, 2025 @10:43AM
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> Are you sure? How it comes reddit implemented this differently?
User data removal requests are handled separately from user initiated account deletion. On Reddit you can find old threads where all of one person’s posts are removed.
> but on the other hand the user creates the issue at a "foreign" project and knows that they don't "own" this conversation.
Unfortunately it doesn’t matter what you, I, or the user thinks is right at time of creation.
The only thing that matters is what the law says or implies. Users who invoke these laws often no longer care or even feel like they’re doing a good thing by hurting the original site in removing something they created.
User data removal requests are handled separately from user initiated account deletion. On Reddit you can find old threads where all of one person’s posts are removed.
> but on the other hand the user creates the issue at a "foreign" project and knows that they don't "own" this conversation.
Unfortunately it doesn’t matter what you, I, or the user thinks is right at time of creation.
The only thing that matters is what the law says or implies. Users who invoke these laws often no longer care or even feel like they’re doing a good thing by hurting the original site in removing something they created.