Deleting Account

Bealman · May 24, 2016, 10:50:31 AM

Scottystitch, you are a valued member here. Your posts are always cool.

The forum is undergoing some tech difficulties at the moment which are being worked on by Only Me, one of our computer savvy members! Such is the comeraderie of the forum.

You simply have to look at this thread to see your input is appreciated.

George

d-a-n · May 24, 2016, 02:35:08 PM

Try number three

Please don't go Scotty, you're a valuable addition to this forum and I'd rather see you here than not. The Internet has a way of exaggerating things which in real life we'd shrug off in a heartbeat. Nil illegitimi carborundum!

Geoff · May 24, 2016, 03:12:15 PM

I have to agree what has been said by other members, please do not leave your input is valuable so please stay with us Scotty.

Jerry Howlett · May 24, 2016, 05:24:33 PM

I am on Holiday but think have seen the post that has caused this.

I am voting STAY Scotty!!!

Please....

NinOz · May 26, 2016, 05:42:47 AM

Unsubscribing. Seems to be a common problem with web sites. Most require some form of registration to access info or post but getting out is next to impossible.
I had seen some suggestions that this is to keep the number of registered users as high as possible when site owners sell advertising space or sell the site.

Just wish it was a simple button to unsubscribe when you are no longer interested in a site as it is for many e-mail subscriptions.

Tank · May 26, 2016, 11:33:12 AM

Quote from: NinOz on May 26, 2016, 05:42:47 AM
Unsubscribing. Seems to be a common problem with web sites. Most require some form of registration to access info or post but getting out is next to impossible.
I had seen some suggestions that this is to keep the number of registered users as high as possible when site owners sell advertising space or sell the site.

Just wish it was a simple button to unsubscribe when you are no longer interested in a site as it is for many e-mail subscriptions.

For me I am saddened to see each member go, and hope to resolve it before they go. It's too easy to delete an account and then regret it the next morning. I have only been asked to delete 8 members in the five years of the forum, and half of those are from family members saying that that member had passed away.

If anyone wishes to leave then they can just send me a PM, and I'll delete them.

longbridge · May 26, 2016, 12:36:47 PM

I agree with the others why not stay, I joined this forum just after it started but over the past two years I have been building layouts in other scales, I did not delete myself from the forum because I change my mind about what scale my next layout will be like I change my socks, sure enough I decided to return to N gauge and i am happy that I didn't delete my forum account.

Sprintex · May 26, 2016, 02:10:04 PM

Quote from: NinOz on May 26, 2016, 05:42:47 AM
Unsubscribing. Seems to be a common problem with web sites. Most require some form of registration to access info or post but getting out is next to impossible.
I had seen some suggestions that this is to keep the number of registered users as high as possible when site owners sell advertising space or sell the site.

Just wish it was a simple button to unsubscribe when you are no longer interested in a site as it is for many e-mail subscriptions.

"Unsubscribing" is easy, just turn off all e-mail notifications in your own Profile and log out. No need for account deletion then, no-one is forced to come here and log in, it's your choice if you visit the site again

Paul

NeMo · May 26, 2016, 02:40:38 PM

Quote from: Sprintex on May 26, 2016, 02:10:04 PM
"Unsubscribing" is easy, just turn off all e-mail notifications in your own Profile and log out. No need for account deletion then, no-one is forced to come here and log in, it's your choice if you visit the site again

Sort of, but usually when people decide to unsubscribe they'd like to delete all their contributions to the forum as well. As in, leaving no trace of their existence at all. Very few, if any, forums allow people to do this.

Cheers, NeMo

red_death · May 26, 2016, 03:30:30 PM

DELETE! DELETE!

Newportnobby · May 26, 2016, 03:37:54 PM

I hope a policy is decided upon before Tank just deletes me and all my ramblings will be lost forever

Bob Tidbury · May 26, 2016, 04:14:17 PM

There would be an absolute ban on you trying to delete your account Mick , your part of the package that is THE Forum , we couldn't survive without your witty posts.
Regards
Bob

woodbury22uk · May 26, 2016, 04:16:46 PM

Quote from: Only Me on May 26, 2016, 03:27:51 PM
Doing that though Nemo could potentially make 10's threads that the user participated in unfollowable (is that even a word!??)...

If a user really wants to leave I guess they could be deleted but the posts kept with a generic "ex-forum-member" username to provide thread consistency.

I have seen these unintelligible threads on some other groups, especially in France where there is a legal right to have all you posts deleted if you request it when you leave. It is a sort of reverse "Big Brother" effect (the Gearge Orwell one) where you rewrite history instead of the Regime doing it and "erasing" you.

NeMo · May 27, 2016, 06:39:42 AM

Quote from: woodbury22uk on May 26, 2016, 04:16:46 PM
Quote from: Only Me on May 26, 2016, 03:27:51 PM
Doing that though Nemo could potentially make 10's threads that the user participated in unfollowable (is that even a word!??)...
I have seen these unintelligible threads on some other groups, especially in France where there is a legal right to have all you posts deleted if you request it when you leave.

If you think about it, there are several reasons a person might want to leave a forum, some professional, some personal.

A professional reason might be the nature of their work. Their job might mean that their previous history of posting information and opinions is no longer tenable. Such information might undermine them, or betray prejudices, or reveal aspects of the work they do, or make them easily identifiable, etc. Some employers insist on their staff being more or less invisible online.

A personal reason might be anger at someone on the forum or the entire forum itself. They might want to remove all their contributions as a way of hurting or at least annoying the forum community, demonstrating their anger. Or else they might not want the forum to benefit from the work they put into it, especially if your contributions were particularly important and helpful. So by taking "your toys" home with you, you're expressing your disillusionment in a very obvious ways.

I have no idea what ScottyStitch means by "deleting his account" and like others here I'd be sorry to see him go. Indeed, I'm sorry to see anyone leave this forum and disappointed when people feel offended or threatened by other members of the forum. But at the same time I do understand that the usual forum approach of "just don't reply to emails from the forum" isn't fair because it means the forum owners retain full control over the member's contributions.

Cheers, NeMo

NinOz · May 27, 2016, 07:41:28 AM

Quote from: Only Me on May 26, 2016, 03:27:51 PM
Doing that though Nemo could potentially make 10's threads that the user participated in unfollowable (is that even a word!??)...

If a user really wants to leave I guess they could be deleted but the posts kept with a generic "ex-forum-member" username to provide thread consistency.

On RCGroups I have seen instances where a disgruntled user has deleted the content of every one of their posts.
Requires some dedication though if one is a prolific poster. Funny in that many of the deleted post content remain as quotes in other's posts.

I agree with Sprintex in that delete notifications and never revisit is quite effective (have several sites in whose subject I have lost interest) but it doesn't have the drama for some that a public dummy-spit has.