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05.02.2020, 12:52
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| | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
| Quote: | |  | | | 1. This thread is not about DB specifically
2. To prevent others from becoming a victim of Rick Astley, DB did not write a farewell post nor is there a thousand rep section.
3. I didn’t know DB had become a guest.
4. By sifting through the replies, my initial question about leaving has been answered. It is possible to leave this forum by asking the mods to make you a guest. Your past posts will remain.
Edit: a mod should have made this clear. | | | | | See post 3
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05.02.2020, 12:57
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| | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
| Quote: | | | | | 1. This thread is not about DB specifically
2. To prevent others from becoming a victim of Rick Astley, DB did not write a farewell post nor is there a thousand rep section.
3. I didn’t know DB had become a guest.
4. By sifting through the replies, my initial question about leaving has been answered. It is possible to leave this forum by asking the mods to make you a guest. Your past posts will remain.
Edit: a mod should have made this clear. | | | | | 5. olygirl likes lists
Posts have always remained. the difference is that during the T&C purge the user remains as poster where as now it is "guest"
Last edited by Ouchboy; 05.02.2020 at 13:12.
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05.02.2020, 13:02
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| | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
| Quote: | | | | | Not just DB, Sandgrounder as well  | | | | | And StirB!
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05.02.2020, 13:02
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| | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
| Quote: | | | | | Not just DB, Sandgrounder as well | | | | | Also Swisstree a month or so ago, StirB, Carlasmom only yesterday. 
What can I say, every online forum is reaching a point blah blah....but I won't say that because their reasons were obvious.
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05.02.2020, 13:17
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| | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
| Quote: | | | | | Also Swisstree a month or so ago, StirB, Carlasmom only yesterday.
What can I say, every online forum is reaching a point blah blah....but I won't say that because their reasons were obvious. | | | | | Since the ability to ignore a mod function has been removed again (that was pretty short lived) I can see others following suit in the near future too.
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05.02.2020, 13:22
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| | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
| Quote: | | | | | 5. olygirl likes lists
Posts have always remained. the difference is that during the T&C purge the user remains as poster where as now it is "guest" | | | | | Olygirl likes clarity. I read post 3 (thank you) but felt it needed to be expanded.
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05.02.2020, 13:38
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| | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
What is a guest? Just a euphemism for being deleted (or cancelled as I guess it is fashionable to say these days). Or is there actually such a status as guest?
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05.02.2020, 13:43
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| | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
Guest is simply not a member. Either not yet, or no longer a member (to be able to post and participate).
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05.02.2020, 13:56
| | | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
How do you delete an account here anyway ?
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05.02.2020, 14:01
| | | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
| Quote: |  | | | How do you delete an account here anyway ? | | | | | You ask Editor Bob.
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05.02.2020, 14:01
| | | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
| Quote: | | | | How do you delete an account here anyway ? | | | | | At one time, when I wanted to delete mine....it wasn't possible and I was told by someone in the know, that EF is like Hotel California ..."you can check out, but never leave."
If a mod in the know,could/would answer Today Only's question, I'd also be glad about the info.
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05.02.2020, 14:06
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| | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
Hypothetically speaking, as they no longer have an account, they could just create a new one and it wouldn't be a duplicate account.
In that case they couldn't be banned for having a duplicate account.
Is that right?
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05.02.2020, 14:06
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I don't get the drama. Some people decide to leave, others decide to join, normal stuff. Just checked, currently 704 (seven hundred and four!) guests browsing! I can bet that among them are the recently left.
The "message" of one "leaving" is nothing but useless vanity. Nobody cares, life moves on.
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05.02.2020, 14:07
| | | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
| Quote: | | | | | I don't get the drama. Some people decide to leave, others decide to join, normal stuff. Just checked, currently 704 (seven hundred and four!) guests browsing! I can bet that among them are the recently left.
The "message" of one "leaving" is nothing but useless vanity. Nobody cares, life moves on. | | | | | They will be almost 100% bots.
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05.02.2020, 14:08
| | | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
| Quote: | | | | | Hypothetically speaking, as they no longer have an account, they could just create a new one and it wouldn't be a duplicate account.
In that case they couldn't be banned for having a duplicate account.
Is that right? | | | | | Well seems to work like that for 1 or 2 recent arrivals.
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05.02.2020, 14:09
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| | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
| Quote: | | | | | At one time, when I wanted to delete mine....it wasn't possible and I was told by someone in the know, that EF is like Hotel California ..."you can check out, but never leave."
If a mod in the know,could/would answer Today Only's question, I'd also be glad about the info. | | | | |
As Baboon said, contact EditorBob and ask for your account to be deleted.
I´d imagine that things have changed since GDPR, EE.
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05.02.2020, 14:10
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05.02.2020, 14:12
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| | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
| Quote: | | | | | Hypothetically speaking, as they no longer have an account, they could just create a new one and it wouldn't be a duplicate account.
In that case they couldn't be banned for having a duplicate account.
Is that right? | | | | | That's correct because of GDPR's right to be forgotten, EF should not be able to identify that they would be accounts if the same person.
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05.02.2020, 14:13
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| | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
| Quote: | | | | | Hypothetically speaking, as they no longer have an account, they could just create a new one and it wouldn't be a duplicate account.
In that case they couldn't be banned for having a duplicate account.
Is that right? | | | | | Ask porsch
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05.02.2020, 14:15
| | Forum Legend | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Zurich
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| | | Re: Mixed messages: EF deletion of posts
| Quote: | | | | | Hypothetically speaking, as they no longer have an account, they could just create a new one and it wouldn't be a duplicate account.
In that case they couldn't be banned for having a duplicate account.
Is that right? | | | | | Hypothetically, seeing the account is deleted, the name should be avialable again.
So they can even open a new account in the same name.
All that they would lose would be their post stats and blobbies.
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