[gabept]

I also always wondered why is there no option to delete submissions and comments?

That is an awfully exposing experience IMO.

[Mononokay]

You have the opportunity during the first two hours of them being submitted, unless there's a response to them, if I remember correctly.

Being exposing is a bit of a benefit for HN, in that it's a very good way to serve as a snapshot of culture at any given time. People can't just whitewash their histories or wrong actions on HN.

[xg15]

The proponents of the EU's right to be forgotten would like to have a word about that.