Delete My Account Now

[Shawn Gossman]

What do you do when a member demands you delete their account?

What if they demand it under GDPR or some internet policy such as that?

After you delete their account, do you have rules on whether they can come back or not?

To delete or not to delete, that is the question!?

 

[Elseb]

I actually had this happen a few months back, I didn't mind as they hadn't been around for ages and just wanted to clear their Internet footprint for whatever reason. I just accepted their request without issue.

 

[Altair]

When I read the topic before I clicked on it, I thought a user was asking for their account to be deleted.
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If this did happen, I would accept their request.
If they wanted to come back, I would also allow them to.
You don't know what is going on in a person's life. I'm sure they have their reasons.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I actually had this happen a few months back, I didn't mind as they hadn't been around for ages and just wanted to clear their Internet footprint for whatever reason. I just accepted their request without issue.

When I read the topic before I clicked on it, I thought a user was asking for their account to be deleted.
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If this did happen, I would accept their request.
If they wanted to come back, I would also allow them to.
You don't know what is going on in a person's life. I'm sure they have their reasons.

I agree with both of you.

I would personally allow accounts to be removed upon request.

I'd let them come back, too.

But if they kept asking to be deleted and came back repeatedly, I'd have to issue a ban for that. Or at least quit deleting accounts.

 

[Elseb]

I agree with both of you.

I would personally allow accounts to be removed upon request.

I'd let them come back, too.

But if they kept asking to be deleted and came back repeatedly, I'd have to issue a ban for that. Or at least quit deleting accounts.

Yeah I certainly couldn't be bothered having to action that over and over again haha, not worth it.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Yeah I certainly couldn't be bothered having to action that over and over again haha, not worth it.

And I've seen these instances occur, too.

Member joins, gets angry, demands to be deleted.

Gets deleted. Rejoins later and repeats.

At some point, it's trolling, no matter their situation.

 

[Tracy]

They get "deleted" using he XF default.. if they come back later... sorry asshole, your posts are simply as a new user.. you don't get any "special" benefit.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

They get "deleted" using he XF default.. if they come back later... sorry asshole, your posts are simply as a new user.. you don't get any "special" benefit.

I agree with deleting their account and adding a bogus username to be applied to their content.

Deleting content can mess up a topic or discussion.