We have someone asking for all their posts and their account to be deleted. A while ago we had a request for a self-permaban (not sure if it came with an account deletion request as well). There is also a software option to Anonymize an account, which seems to be similar to 22’s “Guest”-ing.
A new username will be randomly assigned to the user such as anon123456 . This new username will be applied to all their posts in the system, and we will update all @mentions and quotes too.
Their email, name, date of birth and avatar will be removed
Their user profile will be removed
So what should be do with self-permaban requests?
Honour all ban requests
Give 14 day temp ban and perma after that if still desried
Don’t allow users to self ban
Something else (post your idea in the thread)
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What should we do with account deletion requests?
Delete the account and all posts upon request
Anonymize account but leave posts with user name anonymized
Do not honor account deletion requests
Temp ban for cooling off period and then anonymize if still desired
Not sure if there are program issues, but a “ban me” thread where the requests can be honored (like there was at the other place) is probably a good idea.
I don’t have an opinion, I suppose I’d like to have the option to erase myself from here if I wanted to, but I don’t post here with the expectation that this request would/should be honored, so shrug
These self ban requests are so pathetic. It’s a sad cry for attention. Internet attention at that. As if just not posting anymore would be some huge blow to the community. The worst is bitching about the site, not getting your way, and then threatening to leave. I vote leave. See ya!
An adult, with a modicum of self-awareness and maturity, would realize that they don’t get their way all the time in a large diverse, self-regulating, community. They would also realize that if they wanted to take their marbles home they can simply stop posting. Nobody will miss them. No need for a big public show of it!
P.S. in before someone points out I had a temper tantrum along these lines on 2+2 a few years ago. Personal growth ftw.
Agree with everything except the bit about nobody will miss them. I don’t think I’ve ever directly interacted with Jbro but I liked his posting and will miss it. Too bad, but the drama levels are ridiculous.
My understanding is the only way we can do this is go through their entire history and manually delete each individual post. If somebody wants to go through the trouble to do that with their own account, fine. But I’m sure as hell not doing it, nor would I expect any other mod or admin to.
It also can remove a lot of context from existing threads. So even if this could be done by the click of a button I’d be hesitant to grant such a request except in extreme circumstances.