[mrslave]

Unless they expressly commit to deleting it, or you were paying per GB for storage, consider it saved forever.

[blowski]

True, although I think the OP was highlighting the oddness of such a minor account being one of those compromised.

[password4321]

I failed to convince them to undelete my account (the deadline is currently 2 years), but there is an HN support incident: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18715866#18717279

Back in the day I thought "who better to retain a mailing list" but turns out I'd have been best off with a Google Sheet. Now I have to scrounge around in backups to see if I downloaded it anywhere... maybe I should start a support ticket here of my own!

[davewritescode]

> I failed to convince them to undelete my account (the deadline is currently 2 years), but there is an HN support incident: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18715866#18717279.

A lot of companies have a habit of keeping data but not migrating dead customers to newer schemas and systems.

[Pako]

GDPR to the rescue! /s