Username no longer a link to User profile?

Mango Joe

I'm just curious as I've noticed over the past while that with an ever-increasing amount of the Users on here their Username is no longer a link to their User profile?

This means you can't open the normal action items like view public profile, PM, view their others posts etc.

Obviously people leave the Site or whatever but I've noticed that some people who haven't posted in years do still have an active public profile.

I was just wondering as to the exact status of these others with the unclickable usernames- Is it if they're banned or have they explicitly requested that their profile be locked down or whatever?

o1s1n

You can request to have your account closed. Fairly sure that's what these people have done.

osarusan

Mango Joe wrote: »

I'm just curious as I've noticed over the past while that with an ever-increasing amount of the Users on here their Username is no longer a link to their User profile?

This means you can't open the normal action items like view public profile, PM, view their others posts etc.

Obviously people leave the Site or whatever but I've noticed that some people who haven't posted in years do still have an active public profile.

I was just wondering as to the exact status of these others with the unclickable usernames- Is it if they're banned or have they explicitly requested that their profile be locked down or whatever?

Accounts have been closed I believe. You won't see the 'Registered User' or anything else under their username.

Boards.ie: Mark

Hi Mango Joe,

As others have said, this happens with accounts that have been closed.

Mango Joe

Boards.ie: Mark wrote: »

Hi Mango Joe,

As others have said, this happens with accounts that have been closed.

Thanks all - Sorry I'm not trying to be obtuse - But would this occur only when a User specifically opts to have their account closed?

Or could some action by Board.ie cause this - ie perma-banning and is there a way of determining which it is?

Boards.ie: Mark

Banned users display the Banned usergroup title underneath their username, It should still possible to click on their username though. If a user is banned and subsequently closes their account, I have seen instances where the usergroup title is still Banned, but it's not possible to view any further details of this.