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<p dir="auto">If a user deletes his account, change the username to a random string like <code class="notranslate">deleted_234234</code> and remove the profile-content. This way the profile itself remains clickable and the history and comments can be found and traced but the user-data is gone.</p>
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<p dir="auto">That should be GDPR safe. There is warranted interest, even though the edit history may identify an individual, does it?</p>

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