Does Neowin delete member accounts?

[fusi0n]

:iiam:

[LimeMaster]

From the forums I've seen, most of them don't allow you to delete your member account, so what the Neowin staff are doing is completely reasonable. :)

[Arachno 1D]

Jeeps dont be agreeing with the Admins they`ll never get out of the office door :woot: :laugh: :laugh: :D

[LimeMaster]

But..... but........ they were right.

 

[Growled Member]

That doesn't matter. They'll get the big head if everyone agrees with them. Don't start a trend. :P

[LimeMaster]

That doesn't matter. They'll get the big head if everyone agrees with them. Don't start a trend. :p

I suppose I can trust what you are saying as you are a former staff member. :p

[The Evil Overlord]

Guys, why are you posting in a 2008 thread???

[LimeMaster]

Guys, why are you posting in a 2008 thread???

I believe it was you that revived the thread, so quit complaining. :p

[TAZMINATOR]

I believe it was you that revived the thread, so quit complaining. :p

 

LOL

[The Evil Overlord]

Moi???

:shiftyninja:

Actually it wasn't me it was a guy who changed his name from steven farker to 2_05 for once :p

[TAZMINATOR]

Moi???

:shiftyninja:

Actually it wasn't me it was a guy who changed his name from steven farker to 2_05 for once :p

 

 

Look at the date between you and the guy above you:

 

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/632944-does-neowin-delete-member-accounts/?view=findpost&p=596065715

 

You brought it up.. :p

 

LOL

[The Evil Overlord]

Look at the date between you and the guy above you:

 

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/632944-does-neowin-delete-member-accounts/?view=findpost&p=596065715

 

You brought it up.. :p

 

LOL

Dude, are you trying to get me into trouble?

STOP POSTING IN THIS THREAD

I like having 0 warning points.

[JustGeorge]

2). Clear out your profile (personal stuff like email address and IM addresses) and anything else that you deem personal, then follow step 1.

You can't delete every email address. There is no option to delete the email address associated with your account.

[Mainer82]

Please delete my account.

[Barney T. Administrators]

Hi Mainer82,

Neowin does not delete accounts as this action disrupts threads and the flow of forums when posts are deleted. If you wish, please stop using your account and it will vanish into obscurity.

 

Best,

 

Barney

Neowin Administrator

 

[adrynalyne]

Does GDPR play into the denial

of deleting data? Or is there some loophole?

[+virtorio MVC]

I was wondering the same thing. 

[Jim K Global Moderator]

With respect to GDPR ...

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The above, apart from the strikethroughs (which indicate this is no longer policy) was last edited in 2008. From Friday, May 25 2018 we updated our forums to include GDPR compliant tools, such as the ability to anonymize a member that has chosen to leave Neowin (or has been banned) this can be done on request and is irreversible. In such cases you will have to prove you owned the account and reside in a GDPR enforced country.

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/632944-does-neowin-delete-member-accounts-gdpr-update/

 

Don't shoot the messenger ... I'm just passing on the above.   

[adrynalyne]

2 minutes ago, Jim K said:

With respect to GDPR ...

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/632944-does-neowin-delete-member-accounts-gdpr-update/

 

Don't shoot the messenger ... I'm just passing on the above.   

So Neowin can. They choose not to unless forced, heh. 

[DentedAphid7]

Thats BS.

 

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If we continually deleted accounts, we would have a small member base, 

 

[Jazmac]

3 hours ago, DentedAphid7 said:

Thats BS.

 

 

About as bad as those sites you try to unsubscribing from. You click the unsub link, but keep getting spammed by the same BS. My Yahoo account is STILL getting email from a company I unsubbed from at least 6 times more than 7 years ago.

[Brandon H Supervisor]

merged in

[adrynalyne]

On 4/23/2008 at 6:36 AM, Steven P. said:

If we continually deleted accounts, we would have a small member base

There is so much wrong with this. Starting with if you need ghost accounts for a member base size, you are fooling yourself or someone else looking at the numbers into the relevancy of Neowin. That’s just another form of artificial inflation. 

[Brandon H Supervisor]

Just now, adrynalyne said:

There is so much wrong with this. Starting with if you need ghost accounts for a member base size, you are fooling yourself or someone else looking at the numbers into relevancy. 

physically "deleting" accounts also deletes their posts which can ruin threads for other users and people searching on google. there is a reason for the ruling.

[shockz]

Waiting for this thread to be locked because members provide feedback on a ###### policy.