Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderOver the past couple of months I've been in the process of deleting some dormant accounts. I've had the most issues specifically with airlines. It's been a bit of a challenge interacting with the company's customer support and/or digging through their privacy policies to find an email address to contact. I stumbled across this website a couple of times but opted not to use it, because it felt odd plugging in some personal info into a website I'd never heard…
I've sent one request as a test, if it works I'll do it systematically for all data brokers listed here https://yourdigitalrights.org/data-brokers Since the devs are around this thread: it would be nice to have an option to send requests in bulk.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 199
- Total comments
- 68
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-10 | Get companies to erase your personal data – automated CCPA deletion requestsFirst breakout | yoaviram | 91 | 51 |
| 2022-06-15 | Own Your Data | lelf | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-01-12 | Own Your DataBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | sysadm1n | 107 | 17 |