Of course, HN itself kills your edit window after a certain time limit, so there is some legal way of doing it, I assume.
A freight company is generally not liable for contraband shipped without its knowledge. That does not mean that all shipments become the property of the freight company. Same thing.
If Reddit says "your content is yours but you cannot delete it" they're in a bit of a cake-and-eat-it-too scenario.
I'm entirely sure it's legal (as other forums/HN/etc do it too) but I'm not sure it's right.
You are sharing a lot more than you think you do. Here is a good example of how much can me determined from a single short video: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gabrielfriedlander_youve-got-...
Only if your personal posts are important 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, this seems like a case of the law not 100% matching reality. Sometimes the EU adjusts their laws to keep up with reality, I think? (The idea of trying to make sensible laws is pretty foreign to me, but then I’m an American.
Thus, anything you wrote on any site, if it is not anonymised and still linked or could be traced to your account is a personal data.
And even when it is anonymised: >Personal data that has been de-identified, encrypted or pseudonymised but can be used to re-identify a person remains personal data and falls within the scope of the GDPR.
[0] - https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/r...
