- Sign up for Discourse
- Click the confirmation link in the email
- Activate the account at
/users/activate-account/ - Preferences -> Delete account
Note the /404 page.
This is correct behavior. If you are proposing a different behavior, go ahead and propose it.
I’d have expected to get sent to the default site page, with a confirmation flash showing deletion was successful.
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Yes, I guess it could be more graceful.
I wasn’t surprised or confused by the 404.
If I’m on a page and I delete the page getting a 404 makes sense to me.
But some kind of “success warning” thing could work too.
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The average user would think it was an error if there wasn’t some sort of success your account has been deleted message.
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It is extraordinarily rare for a user to self delete their account. Remember this is only allowed if the account is less than a few days old and has no more than one post.
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So I just attempted this on my sandbox and then on try.discourse.org, and a modal window appears when you delete your account (with an OK) button, but the page is forcing a refresh/navigate to action that prevents you from being able to read the Modal or click the button…
It seems like there is a bug here, as that Modal should remain visible until the OK button is clicked.
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I would propose redirecting the user to /. Maybe they found the content valuable but don’t want to be a member.
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