Closing your Boards.ie Account

Kadongy · 28-10-2011 7:04pm

alwaysadub wrote: »

I've noticed a lot of trolls trolling the place then closing their accounts before they get banned, some of them only put up one post then close it!
Would it be an idea to have a minimum post count before you can close your account? Nothing major, even 10 or so so that trolls can be caught and banned before they close their own account!

I dont see the difference between them closing their account and being banned. Closing their account is kinda like banning themselves anyway.

pickarooney · 28-10-2011 7:22pm

Kadongy wrote: »

I dont see the difference between them closing their account and being banned. Closing their account is kinda like banning themselves anyway.

Their trail of crap still has to get nuked though.

Kadongy · 28-10-2011 7:29pm

pickarooney wrote: »

Their trail of crap still has to get nuked though.

Yeah but banning someone doesn't erase their trail of crap either.

Otherwise people wanting all their posts to be removed could just put up tubgirl or something :pac:

KnifeWRENCH · 28-10-2011 9:43pm

I'd just like to say that I approve of this. Good job boards!

o/

TeddyTedson · 28-10-2011 10:48pm

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

I'd just like to say that I approve of this. Good job boards!

o/

and now you're gone too. WTF?
This is like a suicide thread.

My name is URL · 28-10-2011 11:01pm

Wow.. It's good that the option to close your account is there, but sad to see good posters avail of it.

Poor Uncle Tom · 28-10-2011 11:01pm

most depressing thread ever....

TeddyTedson · 29-10-2011 12:04am

I'll do it, I'll ****ing do it!

The Left Hand Of God · 29-10-2011 12:25am

Overheal wrote: »

So your electrons are liable for damages in court, not you?

I wasn't aware that handguns got the death penalty.

What are you on about? Is that one of those strawmen things? Slight of hand? I asked a pretty straightforward question.

Now I get the impression you would love to be an admin but maybe just fuk off somewhere and let someone sensible answer my question rather than rambling on about sh1te that isn't funny?

Thanks.

Zaph · 29-10-2011 12:33am

The Left Hand Of God wrote: »

What are you on about? Is that one of those strawmen things? Slight of hand? I asked a pretty straightforward question.

Now I get the impression you would love to be an admin but maybe just fuk off somewhere and let someone sensible answer my question rather than rambling on about sh1te that isn't funny?

Thanks.

Leave out the abusive language please.

The Left Hand Of God · 29-10-2011 12:37am

Zaph wrote: »

Leave out the abusive language please.

Noted.

Overheal · 29-10-2011 3:06am

The Left Hand Of God wrote: »

What are you on about? Is that one of those strawmen things? Slight of hand? I asked a pretty straightforward question.

I think it was a rather straightforward problem from a legal standpoint. An 'account' doesn't agree to the Terms and Conditions, a Person does. A person controls the account. "You agree to abide by the terms and conditions", not "your account agrees to abide by the terms and conditions".

I mean if we were really going to go that route what would that say about the US Military and it's use of drone warfare? Or pedophiles who use world of warcraft to arrange victims for themselves? "It wasn't me officer, it was the Night Elf. Arrest the Night Elf."

I don't know how much simpler to make the point: You agree to abide by the terms and conditions. Whether or not you have used the same account to continue using the site or not, You are still using the site, and in doing so have agreed to the terms and conditions. The answer to your question then is yeah, you have to contact the office by email (hello@boards.ie) to close the account, I reckon, if you are that concerned about it. I suppose you could make the argument about whether the account created new posts since the T&C changed though. Either way, electrons aren't the ones agreeing to the T&C.

Boards.ie: Danny · 29-10-2011 1:00pm

Hal Emmerich wrote: »

How many have used this since it became available?

286 closed accounts so far.

TeddyTedson · 29-10-2011 3:15pm

RIP:(

Hal Emmerich · 29-10-2011 8:55pm

Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »

286 closed accounts so far.

Golly! That's alot. 240 more than I would have guessed.

Corsendonk · 29-10-2011 9:47pm

Hal Emmerich wrote: »

Golly! That's alot. 240 more than I would have guessed.

Some of them could be posters with multiple accounts changing their evil ways:pac:

The Left Hand Of God · 29-10-2011 10:23pm

Overheal wrote: »

I think it was a rather straightforward problem from a legal standpoint. An 'account' doesn't agree to the Terms and Conditions, a Person does. A person controls the account. "You agree to abide by the terms and conditions", not "your account agrees to abide by the terms and conditions".

I mean if we were really going to go that route what would that say about the US Military and it's use of drone warfare? Or pedophiles who use world of warcraft to arrange victims for themselves? "It wasn't me officer, it was the Night Elf. Arrest the Night Elf."

I don't know how much simpler to make the point: You agree to abide by the terms and conditions. Whether or not you have used the same account to continue using the site or not, You are still using the site, and in doing so have agreed to the terms and conditions. The answer to your question then is yeah, you have to contact the office by email (hello@boards.ie) to close the account, I reckon, if you are that concerned about it. I suppose you could make the argument about whether the account created new posts since the T&C changed though. Either way, electrons aren't the ones agreeing to the T&C.

That's not really an answer. It is an answer in the sense that what you say is true but it is not the answer to my question.

I will ask a more simpler version. Not for you but the actual people who can provide a proper answer. Dav and the team.

If a user had a boards account from 2000 to 2003. Never used boards since. When they signed up it said "Hi and Welcome"

Could they have all their posts history deleted as the new T&C's more or less infer that prior to them they didn't exist? If you get me?

I say it is more a question for Dav and the team really as they have the ability to seek a proper legal answer rather than finding a square'ish peg to fit a square hole.

Kadongy · 29-10-2011 11:00pm

Corsendonk wrote: »

Some of them could be posters with multiple accounts changing their evil ways:pac:

-if not all of them.
Doubt most people wanting to close primary accounts would use them enough to stumble across this thread so quickly.

Orion · 30-10-2011 12:33am

Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »

286 closed accounts so far.

How many of them are >2000 posts (to pluck a number out of my ass) and how many regged before say 2009?

Boards.ie: Danny · 30-10-2011 2:07pm

It has been pointed out to me that there may be some confusion regarding the total number of closed accounts. 286 is the total number of accounts marked as closed on Boards. It is not the number of people who have closed their accounts since this feature was made publicly available.

Previously, account closures have been available through Dav (via hello@ or the contact page). I do not have figures on how many accounts have been closed since the feature was made public.

It isn't my place to give a breakdown of X/Y/Z for closed accounts either.

-Chris- · 30-10-2011 3:21pm

Wow, did you get a talking to??

-Corkie- · 30-10-2011 5:35pm

-Chris- wrote: »

Wow, did you get a talking to??

Have you considered it Chris....:pac::pac:

If herself finds the close account button I will be gone for sure..

Boards.ie: Danny · 30-10-2011 5:46pm

-Chris- wrote: »

Wow, did you get a talking to??

Nope, not at all - it is the weekend after all

I was in a rush earlier so it may have come across a bit sharp but I don't see the point in running stats or analysing people who took the decision to close their accounts. The fact my username has Boards.ie: prefixed to it doesn't mean I can't make my own decisions

*avoids Feedback :pac:*

Orion · 30-10-2011 7:48pm

Boards.ie: Danny wrote: »

It isn't my place to give a breakdown of X/Y/Z for closed accounts either.

No probs. It was just idle curiosity. I've seen old and new accounts closed since the feature was made available.

biko · 31-10-2011 12:24am

Kadongy wrote: »

I dont see the difference between them closing their account and being banned. Closing their account is kinda like banning themselves anyway.

It just doesn't give me the same satisfaction when they close their account before I ban them.

Kadongy · 31-10-2011 12:54am

biko wrote: »

It just doesn't give me the same satisfaction when they close their account before I ban them.

Is it kinda like someone saying "You can't fire me! - I quit!"?

biko · 31-10-2011 10:17am

Ha, yeah that's it

TeddyTedson · 31-10-2011 6:24pm

Hi Danny. I emailed hello@boards.ie an received a reply form Nicola so thank her for that.
How can I get a job like you?

Boards.ie: Danny · 31-10-2011 7:32pm

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Hi Danny. I emailed hello@boards.ie an received a reply form Nicola so thank her for that.
How can I get a job like you?

What Nicola & Dav do (Community-based work) is entirely different to what myself and the other guys do (Tech-based work). If you are actually interested in a tech role then Distilled Media have plenty of opportunities you can check out on the Adverts.ie Jobs Page.

Neyite · 01-11-2011 3:26am

eVeNtInE wrote: »

This post has been deleted.

I like the Deleted Poster idea for the reasons you state, but would take it a little further and add a number at the end. If you had an old thread with a few closed accounts it could get confusing which deleted poster is which. Numbering changes a previously known username to an anonymous number, yet wont be confusing in threads, as you can distinguish "deleted user 101" from "deleted user 293"

Closing your Boards.ie Account

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