A "Close Account" option?

[Keef]

Is this possible? Would save people having to ask for it, and getting accused of having a hissy fit, or flouncing off. Is it possible with the software to have an option in the control centre to close your account, and ideally, have all posts removed?

[Administrator]

The new version of the software does give you the option to close your account and we are hopefully upgrading the software in the next couple of months. However it does not delete the users' messages.

There have only been about six requests to close accounts in the last three years so that feature is not on the high priority list.

[Keef]

That's fair enough, although if all the people who've drifted away over time, had had the option, it may have been substantially higher than 6. Not sure I see the point now though, if all the posts stay on the board. Is there no way, other than one by one, these can be removed?

[Fuschia]

Keef Wrote:

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> That's fair enough, although if all the people

> who've drifted away over time, had had the option,

> it may have been substantially higher than 6. Not

> sure I see the point now though, if all the posts

> stay on the board. Is there no way, other than one

> by one, these can be removed?

That would rather screw up the threads they were in! If people don't want their messages to be seen, don't post in the first place, I say!

[Huguenot]

Absolutely Fuschia.

Keef, you can't just go and 'remove' half the comments in a conversation.

If people want to close then fine, but this Stalin'esque deletion doesn't work for anyone.

[INDOMIE]

Hi

I cant find this option, has it been added yet?

Cheers

[Administrator]

No, would you like us to close your account?

[Ladymuck]

Administrator Wrote:

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> No, would you like us to close your account?

There is (of course) the chance that Admin are being quite serious here...but I am taking it as a joke (apologies if mistaken).

Very funny!!!!

ha ha ha...hilarious in fact...

*collapses laughing*

[Administrator]

I was being serious, if someone is looking for an option, cannot find it and then asks where it is then I assume it because they wish to use it.

[Ladymuck]

Administrator Wrote:

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> I was being serious...

Ooops...

[INDOMIE]

Yeah mate, looks like I'm moving out of the area so would be great if you could delete my details.........

[Administrator]

Done

[alittleblackrose]

Can you please remove my details. Not moving to ED anymore :(

[Administrator]

Sorry to hear that, your account is now closed.

[ruffers]

Not sure why this (close account) is needed - you stop posting, you stop looking, you're gone. It's not like there's a big announcement when an account is closed so what's the benefit?

[woofmarkthedog]

Well...

I'm staying sooooooo

PLEASE KEEP MY ACCOUNT WIDE OPEN

I know ..."please"

* takes a bow *

I can feel the wind from all the hand clapping

Yah...really feels good

W**F