On: Ask HN: You cannot delete comments posts or your account on HN. Concerned?

[majewsky]

It's very valuable that HN allows throwaway accounts for these circumstances (unlike some other platforms where they allow only one account per person). However this doesn't help if the significance of a comment only becomes clear after it has been posted.

[ta17711771 → majewsky]

Having a hard time thinking of such a case.

[majewsky → ta17711771]

You cannot think of anything that was not controversial, say, 40 years ago that is highly controversial now?

[dang → majewsky]

That makes me wonder what HN's archive will look like in 30 years.

[majewsky → dang]

Maybe people in the future will make fun of anything besides that Dropbox comment.

[ta17711771 → dang]

Pedantic, hahaha...also infomative.

[ta17711771 → majewsky]

Not that I would say, no.