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oddball suggestion; acct deletion in profile
Topic Started: Jul 26 2014, 02:30 PM (1,509 Views)
Mozz
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" It’s not a bug – it’s an undocumented feature "
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I wouldn't have a clue i haven't been the logs, but going by what happened that might have been the case as i was deleted from yours as well i tried to re register but it wouldn't let me, but this is not the place to discuss these things. If you want to pm me.
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sugarpuff
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Fair enough, but I only deleted you after I was deleted from yours for no reason at all. Just went to log in and got told my user name didn't exist. Never mind. Doesn't matter now.
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skyfallzeus
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Farewell zb thx for the memories
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me thinks we are straying away from the actual topic mates
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Mozz
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" It’s not a bug – it’s an undocumented feature "
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sugarpuff
Jul 28 2014, 02:42 AM
Fair enough, but I only deleted you after I was deleted from yours for no reason at all. Just went to log in and got told my user name didn't exist. Never mind. Doesn't matter now.
No i doesn't, so why keep going on about it. I am sure people here want to talk about this question rather than having to read this, dont you think.

Update, nope your still there but have another username. You will have to PM the owner if you want it, but as you said, it doesn't matter, so all is sweet in the world of peace :lol
Edited by Mozz, Jul 28 2014, 05:30 AM.
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Stephen
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Twilight is upon me, and soon night must fall.

skyfallzeus
Jul 28 2014, 02:57 AM
me thinks we are straying away from the actual topic mates
We are indeed.
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Mozz
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Yup agreed sorry guys, any way i suppose having such a code might be to big to have.
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Arcalypse
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I think it's a great idea actually. I can see where Stephen is coming from, but maybe (just maybe) it could be implemented like Facebook does it. Like you could have the option to either deactivate your account which would give the same "appearance" of being deleted, whilst still allowing your content to be recovered upon reactivation. Else a permanent delete could occur in lieu of that option. Great concept man!
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Except deleting an account on InvisionFree or ZetaBoards does not remove your content. Posts and topics made by that user remain, albeit now labelled as being posted by Deleted User. So technically, deactivating already exists, it just isn't something a user can choose to do without asking an admin to do it for them, and for good reason. I'd personally hate to have users on my board deleting their accounts at their sole discretion, and I imagine many other board owners would feel the same way.
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skyfallzeus
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Farewell zb thx for the memories
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actually, deactivating sounds better than total deletion of said acct.
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skyfallzeus
Jul 28 2014, 06:28 PM
actually, deactivating sounds better than total deletion of said acct.
Except what would it achieve? You could just not use it ever again and probably get the same result, since I imagine deactivating would just make the account no longer usable, but it still remains fully intact with username, profile content, and all posts and topics.
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Arcalypse
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Jul 28 2014, 07:08 PM
... I imagine deactivating would just make the account no longer usable, but it still remains fully intact with username, profile content, and all posts and topics.
Deactivation just means that your personal information would not be displayed, your account would "exist" (for all intensive purposes) but would not be reachable by anyone. Full deletion of the account would remove the entire account and it's contents from the boards and recovery would not be possible.

With that being said, I understand that the immediate "go-to" logic is to have an admin do this, but the truth is that that's just not a decision one could just assume would be a "fix-all" for everyone. Sizes of boards vary, along with traffic. For some, this might not be possible. Not to mention that admins typically have higher priority things to handle day-to-day. I think it's a brilliant suggestion that should at the very least be deserving of an "On/Off" switch per admin discretion. I feel like that would be a great way to meet in the middle with this one. Treat it like the board being online or offline. Just flip the switch and "poof".
Edited by Arcalypse, Jul 29 2014, 05:31 AM.
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Ferby
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Owning my fair share of forums in the past, I have a very strong view on this...

Deactivating (deleting, removing etc) an account should only be done for a specific reason, such as a violation of the rules, privacy or another reasonable excuse. Allowing a user to deactivate (etc) their own account achieves nothing but one less member on the forum. If that user, however, were to personally contact a member of staff (an administrator or such) to request that his/her account be deactivated, it should be for a reason and not just because they want to leave. Say, for example, my email has has and the password to the email account changed but I completely forgot my password for an account on a forum so I wasn't able to send a forgotten password request: I could contact an administrator via a new account, ask them to deactivate the account (note that I didn't say delete/remove) so no funny business occurs and transfer my details over to my new account (such as purchased items etc).

I know some forums automatically deactivate accounts when their users have been offline for more than a year and although I can see their reasons behind that, I don't fully agree with that because 1) it shows off how many of your user base is inactive/active & 2) if they ever plan on returning then they have to register a new account which, if you're like me (with the username fussy-ness), isn't ideal. So no, I don't agree with deleting, removing or deactivating accounts unless administration is involved and with a valid reasoning behind it.
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Stephen
Jul 28 2014, 09:09 AM
skyfallzeus
Jul 28 2014, 02:57 AM
me thinks we are straying away from the actual topic mates
We are indeed.
I guess it's just the difference between whether an account was deleted or not, we are talking account deletions, it's just one is playing tit for tat because their nose is out of joint for whatever reason...
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Mozz
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SandyC
Jul 29 2014, 09:00 PM
Stephen
Jul 28 2014, 09:09 AM
skyfallzeus
Jul 28 2014, 02:57 AM
me thinks we are straying away from the actual topic mates
We are indeed.
I guess it's just the difference between whether an account was deleted or not, we are talking account deletions, it's just one is playing tit for tat because their nose is out of joint for whatever reason...
Couldn't agree more
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Jason
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I won't delete someone's account for any reason. If they act in an adult manner and give a viable reason why they don't want their content or account details on view any longer I would happily remove/amend it including email address.

There's nothing worse than admins from long closed forums using the bulk email function to try and get people interested in some new place which invariably seems to last about two weeks.
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