We try not to delete entire account histories because that would gut the threads the account had participated in. However, we care about protecting individual users and take care of privacy requests every day, so if we can help, please email hn@ycombinator.com. We don't want anyone to get in trouble from anything they posted to HN.
That's why he said he will delete if you request, GDPR or not. They've helped me delete a previous account, change usernames, and delete comments- they are nice people and aren't trying to make anything difficult. They just don't want deleting to be as instant as reddit with a delete button which can easily disrupt archives- such as when you go into old threads on reddit on google, you see like half the comments deleted and that makes for a poor reader experience.
At least, for domains that you own, yes they do. I have asked them once to remove some links from the archive because of accidental private data being exposed.
The process was fast and straightforward:
1- Add a page or DNS record proving that you own the domain
2- Email receipts showing that you owned the domain for the requested range
They also comply with this for social media accounts on domains you don't own if you can show somehow that it's your account. In my case, it was enough to email archive.org with a Twitter profile exclusion request with the same email I publicly listed in said Twitter profile.
For my domain, it was also enough to email them from the email address listed on my site's contact page without any DNS changes.
> The right to erasure does not apply if processing is necessary for one of the following reasons:
> …
> for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific research, historical research or statistical purposes where erasure is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of that processing
So Internet Archive is prob covered under archiving in the public interest. But don’t IA remove pages upon request?
I have never understood why people always want to delete accounts instead of just stopping visiting sites they dont like anymore and moving on with life.
OP, I understand your sentiment and am inclined to agree. Support of such a site is appalling.
But I would also urge you to consider that people who feel like us leaving may make the HN community worse, as the percentage of people who support things like KF will be in greater percentage.
Perhaps using pseudo anonymous accounts and naming may help, that's what I do as I try to keep my online and real life partitioned
Nothing, this is just how the New Faith attacks - you will be asked to approve of their previous attacks, and any failure to do so will be used to make you "those
evil guys who supported the evil guys we destroyed before". Then when HN is destroyed, someone will complain about that, and so the cycle continues.
It's not NSFW (as far as I know). It's far worse. It seems to be a web forum that's into harassing minorities, sometimes to the point of suicide. Worse, it may be harassment with the intent of causing suicide. It's appalling.
Better strategy is probably to email the admin team hn@ycombinator.com