To the re-regs on here who have previously closed an account, why did you close it?

pablomakaveli

I'm kind of curious as to people's reasons for doing this.

I don't think i'll ever close this account. I'd kind of miss it if i did. So i can't understand why a lot of posters seem to be doing it these days.

So to the posters who have closed an account, what made you close it?

michael999999

I'm presuming because there ban record is cleared!

padma

I originally used my real name.

Recon

Changed my user name after having my account for a year or so.

canadianwoman

I had a different account on here but wanted to change my username.

Ihatecuddles-old

Some poster kept at me, and also because I wanted a change!

Miss my old names though. This one sucks.

MadsL

pablomakaveli wrote: »

I'm kind of curious as to people's reasons for doing this.

I don't think i'll ever close this account. I'd kind of miss it if i did. So i can't understand why a lot of posters seem to be doing it these days.

So to the posters who have closed an account, what made you close it?

I'd say flouncing off after a tiff with the mods would rank highly. Then thinking better of it the next day.

MadsL

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

Some poster kept at me, and also because I wanted a change!

Miss my old names though. This one sucks.

You know you can change it, right?

Mr. CooL ICE

I can understand that people would want a fresh start. But these people probably wouldn't answer here for fear of having their former account known.

I'd never close my account as I'm proud of my join date. Lets me look down on the rest of you young whippersnappers.

pablomakaveli

padma wrote: »

I originally used my real name.

Recon wrote: »

Changed my user name after having my account for a year or so.

canadianwoman wrote: »

I had a different account on here but wanted to change my username.

I could be wrong but i'm sure it's possible to change your username without needing to close an account.

canadianwoman

pablomakaveli wrote: »

I could be wrong but i'm sure it's possible to change your username without needing to close an account.

But you don't know for sure?

Links234

I didn't want to be associated with my old 'persona' any more

Esoteric_

pablomakaveli wrote: »

I could be wrong but i'm sure it's possible to change your username without needing to close an account.

Lots of people don't want to buy a subscription though, and that's what you do to change your name. I might subscribe and change mine again, I get bored easily

Ihatecuddles-old

MadsL wrote: »

You know you can change it, right?

Yeah, but then I'd end up missing this one. So I'll stick with it for a while.

Lenin Skynard

Once i reach a certain amount of dopey drunken nonsense posts in my post history, I shut up shop and start anew.

MadsL

pablomakaveli wrote: »

I could be wrong but i'm sure it's possible to change your username without needing to close an account.

Subscribe and request name change here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=331


Then again some people won't even spend the fiver that costs.

I made a post that wasn't received very well and I was mad at myself for writing it. Closed my account straight after.

Stayed off boards for a few months till I re-regged with this name.

returnNull

canadianwoman wrote: »

But you don't know for sure?

if you subscribe to the site you can.

MadsL

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

Once i reach a certain amount of dopey drunken nonsense posts in my post history, I shut up shop and start anew.

You are about due :pac:

pablomakaveli

MadsL wrote: »

Subscribe and request name change here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=331


Then again some people won't even spend the fiver that costs.

Ah fair enough. I suppose some people just don't feel attached anough to their account to merit paying a fiver though

Inadvertently revealing something that makes you personally identifiable would be a big reason, I'd think.

canadianwoman

MadsL wrote: »

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Then again some people won't even spend the fiver that costs.

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MadsL

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SCOOP 64

LordChessington wrote: »

I can understand that people would want a fresh start. But these people probably wouldn't answer here for fear of having their former account known.

I'd never close my account as I'm proud of my join date. Lets me look down on the rest of you young whippersnappers.

Was there many members to chat with in 1999?

Peregrine

I grew up..a lot.

I stopped posting for a year and when I came back, I had a look at some of the immature posts I made with my previous account and knew I had to start afresh if I was ever going to post again.

I was in no way a troll, it was a younger, stupider version of me that I didn't like.

Jimoslimos

MadsL wrote: »

Subscribe and request name change here
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=331


Then again some people won't even spend the fiver that costs.

If you change your name by subscription it is still possible to link the user's old name - all it needs is an old quoted post.

RobbingBandit

Too many people calling me a robbing bastard so I decided to embrace the hate so to speak.

Karl Stein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhBr0lPNuuU

KeithM89

pablomakaveli wrote: »

So to the posters who have closed an account, what made you close it?

Love.
Or hate.
It was probably hate......

Mr. CooL ICE

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

Was there many members to chat with in 1999?

There were a few

Legs.Eleven

Blazing row with a poster I'm not a fan of on here and closed my account in a huff. Immediately regretted it and opened up a new one.

The Backwards Man

What's a re-reg?

MadsL

The Backwards Man wrote: »

What's a re-reg?

Thanks. Now I need to clean my screen.

Abigayle

I was doing assigments at the time and knew I'd get distracted. Wander on for a quick look, which would probably turn into hours wasted. My Abi account was originally Abigayle but I had shortened it. Turns out I could reuse Abigayle, which suits me fine.

I'm on a different course now so I might have to do another disappearing act at some point.

my teapot is orange

I had told so many anecdotes and given out so many bits of information about myself, someone who knew me would have put it all together.

Didn't want all my views being available.

Banjo String

My real name was blurted out on a thread one day, and as I'm a wanted man on 15 different continents and several large islands, I decided it was best to start afresh.

Red Nissan

Cyber bullies.

pablomakaveli

Red Nissan wrote: »

Cyber bullies.

Is that kind of thing really prevalent on here though? Surely the mods clamp down pretty hard on that.

Karl Stein

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Surely the mods clamp down pretty hard on that.

Don't call him Shirley FFS. He's already had a hard enough time.

lkionm

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Is that kind of thing really prevalent on here though? Surely the mods clamp down pretty hard on that.

There is ways around it to bully someone here but if you take it seriously here, you shoudnt be allowed on the internet.

Muise...

I knew it was time to leave when a poster annoyed me so much in a discussion that it, it, flames on the side of my face -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92IkddsjtAA

canadianwoman

MadsL wrote: »

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My bank account only comes in Canadian dollars.

FloatingVoter

I change my name every 500,000 posts whether I need to or not.

MadsL

canadianwoman wrote: »

My bank account only comes in Canadian dollars.

Paypal, oddly, have figured out a solution.

Banjo String

canadianwoman wrote: »

My bank account only comes in Canadian dollars.

Lol.

Worst. Excuse. Ever! :pac:

V.W.L 11

cyberbullying and even a mod wasnt helpful they were nearly as bad

C.K Dexter Haven

I used to be Spartacus but some posters started this craze of saying "I'm Spartacus"; so I left them to their fun:(

hdowney

Honestly have contemplated it. Simply from the point of view of I think the only way I'll truly back off from boards is to close my ac (and if I ever need to, college work to do frinstance) and therefore would have to re-reg to come back

MadsL

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

I used to be Spartacus but some posters started this craze of saying "I'm Spartacus"; so I left them to their fun:(

Tempted to follow you around and post this all the time :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1PEW45pOog

C.K Dexter Haven

MadsL wrote: »

Tempted to follow you around and post this all the time :pac:
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Only if you throw red rose petals in front of me as I walk:P

tosspot15

When you rack up a big enough post count, across several boards, people start to figure out who you are. It can give away where you live, where you work, and more.
Then you fear about putting down personal or controversial opinions incase people you know see them. Friends, and workmates browse the same forum as you and may find out who you are.