Comment by somat
19 hours ago
Is that not the same with anything published to the internet. For example I could keep your comment published and available for as long as I had interest in doing so despite any effort you may take to remove it from HN. I mean I guess tech like ipfs and bittorrent try to automate this process(keeping something on the internet as long as there is interest) but you let something out on the internet it could stay there a long while. Or it could go poof and disappear, it depends on how much interest there is in the subject.
True, and in fact HN will not allow you to remove your past comments after the delete period has passed. People who are obsessed with deleting their past history should probably not be posting here! (Not even a GDPR request will help you, for those in Europe.)