Re: How to delete an account

tchan001 · Post by **tchan001** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:07 pm

I just noticed the account is no longer around and thought this was an appropriate video for this occasion.

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:32 pm

For transparency, I deleted his account, per his request.

John Fairbairn · Post by **John Fairbairn** » Thu Feb 24, 2022 1:21 am

For transparency, I deleted his account, per his request.

Unless I am having a senior moment, it seems transparency has been the very opposite of this action. I gather deleting an account also deletes all the account holder's posts, without leaving any place holders to show something was once there. The result here is that I now appear to be the instigator of this thread. I was not, and prefer not to be shown as such.

I have inserted an edit to my own post, but presumably the same sort of hiccup now occurs right across the forum.

This may be a design flaw in the software, but I think it needs flagging up.

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Thu Feb 24, 2022 2:16 pm

There's a forum function to delete a user's posts. The OP requested that, citing GDPR. I don't know much about the applicability of GDPR to a forum like this, but whatever the case, I did as he asked.

I am calling this transparent, simply because I am indicating what was asked and what was done.