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		Markoff on June 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: You cannot delete comments posts or your a... you could have option to anonymize posts just by removing the name of the poster, pretty sure that would be enough for some maybe even majority and off-load lot of work from you to pay attention only to those who want remove posts completely

dang on June 24, 2020 [–]

We do that by randomizing the account name on request.

Markoff on June 24, 2020 | | [–]

my point was this should be automated without human intervention, since there is no value lost for other readers, if it's just name randomized

ttonkytonk on June 25, 2020 | | [–]

Is there a disclaimer upon account creation that your account, once created, cannot be deleted?

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