[retrac]

It is mentioned in the site FAQ that they don't delete accounts.

I feel that redacting the account name of someone who regrets some of their posts for privacy reasons, so at least individual comments cannot be linked together into a profile, would be kind.

But yes, this is a very public forum.

[grecy]

> It is mentioned in the site FAQ that they don't delete accounts.

I found another post [1] where someone was asking about account deletion and the linked part of the FAQ says:

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 [e-mail]. We don't want anyone to get in trouble from anything they posted to HN. More here (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23623799)"

I think protecting my young family from DOXing is a pretty valid reason.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30430789