Michaelrsh wrote: » ^^^^ Simple as the title ^^^^
Rabies wrote: » You log off and walk away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqGl5Y9DtaA
Spiritoftheseventies wrote: » Curious. Why cant you just delete your account. Any reason?
Rabies wrote: » If your posts were deleted along with your account, then it would leave people quoting you... but you'd be gone... not sure if it works like that or what happens. Do you want your username gone, or name and all posts associated? Just wondering.
Spiritoftheseventies wrote: » Yes but dont other people cancel their accounts on other websites. Surely there would be the same problem there
Rabies wrote: » There is a difference between canceling an account and what is pretty much a profile. It leaves trail around the site. and really... well... Google has you already snapped up. No escaping them. Are you over Boards, or want to leave and want your history deleted. ha ha ha... I just read what I typed... Sound like so religious nut
Spiritoftheseventies wrote: » But that trail disappears in time.
Tom Dunne wrote: » How do posts in a thread disappear over time?
Spiritoftheseventies wrote: » I mean posts that are posted six months back are hardly going to crop again as no one replies to them. Debates die and threads die so I dont see it being that big of an issue if that's the reason boards is wary of deleting accounts.
Zaph wrote: » Not always. A 7 year old thread was dug up in PI today. In cases like that what generally happens is that someone does a Google search, it comes up with a thread and they post in it without looking at the last post date. It's not as uncommon as you'd imagine.
Spiritoftheseventies wrote: » Seven years old? Thats a long time. Btw how many zombie threads are in existence?
Spiritoftheseventies wrote: » I think users should be allowed a fresh start with a new account if they request. It needs to be looked at seriously.
Overheal wrote: » Its going to be looked at: see Feedforward. http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=65408425&postcount=58
That_Guy wrote: » If their current account is deleted and they start a new one will their IP address still be stored?
Spiritoftheseventies wrote: » Hard to know.But some posters will go to great lengths to find out the identity of a poster if he starts off with a new account. But no reason not to give it a go.
therecklessone wrote: » How utterly predictable. If posters want a new start on boards then they always have the option of disregarding their existing profile (scrambling their password being the easiest way) and registering with a new account, though the effort is often wasted when the new profile is used to have a conversation with the old profile, or the user continues to post in exactly the same batsh1t way giving themselves away in the process.
bayviewclose wrote: » Actually know Recklesstone you are wrong there. You can't just set up a new account. It doesn't work like that.
therecklessone wrote: » Yes you can.
bayviewclose wrote: » Thats news to me. Trust me Recklesstone, its not that simple. Admins have to clear it.
Spiritoftheseventies wrote: » Thats news to me. Trust me Recklesstone, its not that simple. Admins have to clear it.
Spiritoftheseventies wrote: » But some posters will go to great lengths to find out the identity of a poster if he starts off with a new account.
Spiritoftheseventies wrote: » Admins have to clear any new accounts.
Dav wrote: » Dav's not an "alt" account, it's my work account. I don't (if possible) log into boards as Dav outside of the office, Ross sometimes does. I think that's worth clarifying. The alternative is we'd have to stop being users of this site as everything we said would be taken as "official" and that'd be quite a drag when you want to slag someone off It's not an offence to have a second account, but it is to have one with the purpose of circumventing a ban. This has, to my knowledge, always been the case and I don't think we would step in unless someone is acting the plank with another account. The only reason we'd even spot the connection is because we did a check and the only reason we'd do a check is because someone gave a moderator reason to.
Conor wrote: » 99% of the time it's really obvious that the accounts are not the same person. If none of the accounts sharing the IP cause any trouble, then none of them will come to the attention of any moderators so there'll be no problem. If one account causes trouble then the other accounts might be called into question, but it's very often obvious that the accounts are belonging to two different people based on the pattern of posting, the content, the language used and so on. Unless you have the exact same interests as your wife and/or children and "sound" the same and one of ye causes trouble you have nothing to worry about.
Conor wrote: » ...and this is one of the reasons why it's not a hard and fast, instant siteban for duplicate accounts. If your account(s) don't come to the attention of the mods of a forum then you have nothing to worry about.
sceptre wrote: » Case by case basis and it'd depend if they appear to be heading down the same road that got them banned the first time. We've had some former troublesome users that in time have been valued members of the community. As MAJD said up the page, if there's an account that doesn't cause any hassle and doesn't get itself noticed on the radar it probably won't be noticed. If a previously banned user comes back and never gets noticed for any reason they are very unlikely to be checked and hence it won't be an issue. Over time with a clean slate it tends to become a non-issue even if they're found out for whatever reason as long as they haven't misbehaved. Typically if a former user gets noticed in short time they're just zapped. There's always a reason such a person gets noticed in short time when they do. If they don't get noticed at all, well that's usually a different story by virtue of them not being noticed. It's worth remembering that while spammers are usually permanent prison residents, normal users get unbanned on a regular basis - lots of people get one chance back. There are however a number of former users who will be zapped on sight. These are the few characters with nothing to do but cause trouble for others from behind their keyboards. In those cases the virtual equivalent of a bag of stones and a river is well deserved. That's a "what we generally do" kind of statement by the way - it really is pretty much done on a case by case basis.
