zcalbrecht
March 31, 2016, 3:24am
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I just opened my meta.discourse.org user preferences page and distinctly saw that users were able to delete their account (pictured below). I checked later in another tab, and the functionality was gone. Why was this suddenly changed? Is this a bug, or was it intentional?
##Before
##After
####Later screenshot of the delete button (now removed)
once you start posting you can’t delete your account anymore. this is a feature of discourse.
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zcalbrecht
March 31, 2016, 3:35am
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That would make sense, but my first post (with this account) was nearly two hours before I checked (affirmatively) whether we could delete our account. Is there just a delay?
riking
March 31, 2016, 3:49am
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No, it just kicks in on post number 2. You can self-delete if you have 0 or 1 posts.
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jhabdas
August 6, 2018, 8:45am
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Crosslinking to help individuals locate relevant info when searching for “delete account” on this forum.
Relevant information:
So, to clarify the current status for compliance regarding the issues I raised in the first post:
@angus ’s amazing custom wizard to construct a consent to new privacy policy and ToS (which can state that emails are used to “notify you about posts and other activity on the forum”):
https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-wizard-plugin/73345/111
Related posts I’m attempting to give quick access to the GDPR link above:
I’d like an option to prompt the user for a reason when they delete their account.
The admin/moderator could be PM’d or it could go into a queue someplace.
After the reviewing the reason, the admin should be able to respond to the user (perhaps they have misunderstood something or they need to cool off) and not delete their account, or delete them with one click and have the system notify them. Thanks!
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