[bokonon]

This is what really matters to me. If they don't delete messages or posts while I still have an account, than who cares. But if I decide to close my account permently, which I did yesterday, then why should they keep all the data they have for me. It's no help for me, it's not convientent in any way. It seems like the only reason they would keep it would be for their own use.

[lbrandy]

There is another reason that is stated and restated, including elsewhere in this thread: it's not trivial to (actually) erase anything.