delete LinuxQuestions Profile

tweetle_dee · 05-01-2011, 05:56 PM

how can i delete my LinuxQuestions profile?

XavierP · 05-01-2011, 07:12 PM

Since you have posts against your name it is the policy of LQ not to delete your profile - that would leave orphaned posts behind. The solution is to do this:
Go to your Options (My LQ menu -->Edit Options) and unsubscribe from any threads and set all email options to "not enabled"
Change your password to something hideously long and not memorable
Log out of LQ and delete all cookies related to LQ

And ta-da! LQ will be unable to contact you.

tweetle_dee · 05-01-2011, 07:15 PM

where is this policy written?

XavierP · 05-01-2011, 09:01 PM

It isn't - it's been that way since day one as far as I know.

MTK358 · 05-02-2011, 10:15 AM

I always thought that accounts aren't deleted becasue it's a "policy", but becasue if you made posts, and then the account is gone, what to do with the posts?

Why do you want to delete your account?

If it's to change your name, contact "jeremy" (the administrator).

If you don't want to participate in LQ anymore, how does it hurt that you still have an account?

Mr. Bill · 05-02-2011, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTK358

If you don't want to participate in LQ anymore, how does it hurt that you still have an account?

My first thought is, personal info and e-mail. Should LQ ever be hacked and this info is stolen...

TobiSGD · 05-02-2011, 07:22 PM

Then just delete your personal info and give a fake email-address. Shouldn't be that hard.

jeremy · 05-02-2011, 07:34 PM

The only personal information we store is email address, and you're free to change to to anything you'd like. We're also happy to change your username if you'd like.

--jeremy

Mr. Bill · 05-02-2011, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeremy

The only personal information we store is email address, and you're free to change to to anything you'd like. We're also happy to change your username if you'd like.

--jeremy

Sounds fair enough, but I'm still curious- I've seen other forums where user accounts were deleted, and it didn't affect their posts. A "[deleted]" tag was added to their username, that's all. Why can't LQ do that? (Again, just curious. I personally like it here and hope to learn so I can share.

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