Why can we no longer delete our accounts?

[jhabdas (Josh Habdas)]

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GDPR countdown and compliance

So, to clarify the current status for compliance regarding the issues I raised in the first post: Consent to Updated Privacy Policy / Terms of Service We can use @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 IP Addresses Sounds like a ton of work wa…

Related posts I’m attempting to give quick access to the GDPR link above:

Feature Request: Prompt user for reason when deleting account

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!