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jsnell

Do we really need a fourth thread on this in three weeks?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16661323

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16698937

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16751656

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I didn’t see those threads before posting this. Thanks for the links.

On a side note: There still isn’t an answer to the question in matter.

'sctb did state that they are "working on" a way to decouple the content from the username/email which should allow them to delete user accounts without removing their content: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16661687 (plus the context two comments higher in the thread).

Thanks for sharing that comment.

That action in itself would not be enough to be GDPR complaint. User generated content is associated with a user. To be compliant, all user data would have to be removed. It would be really simple for FB to be GDPR complaint if all that was required was to delete a user profile and none of the respective user activity on the platform.

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