Comment by andreygrehov

5 days ago

+1 I can’t even delete my old stuff on HN. I don’t own my comments here. In contrast, I can go ahead and delete any of my Facebook posts or comments from 10 years ago. In a way, HN is more hostile than Facebook.

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tartoran  4 days ago

Do you think that by deleting facebook posts anything gets deleted on Facebook's servers?

  • andreygrehov  4 days ago

    It likely gets physically deleted after 3-5 years, whereas on HN I can neither delete nor archive a comment or post I made yesterday.

    • tartoran  4 days ago

      That's the nature of HN though, there's nothign hidden taking place behind scenes, cookies, etc.. Everything is in plain sight. That's one of the reasons many people have anonymous handles on HN, they just don't disclose personal and stay anonymous. There are some people who do not care at all and post thier real identity as well as links to their personal websites, and such. There's a way to track someone using stylometry but that's an entire different story though...

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vasco  5 days ago

I'm sure I've read they support this if you email them. It's a manual action but if you're based in Europe they will have to do it by law.

  • unmole  5 days ago

    > Europe they will have to do it by law.

    Realistically, they can simply ignore it with no consequences.

    • vasco  5 days ago

      Well I've read comments by dang saying they support it so that is besides the point. Just email and find out.