What is the proper thing to do when you no longer wish to belong to a site anymore?

**Bad-Day** · 10-04-2009, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by idoleyes787

Originally Posted by night0wl

i would say let it die. Just in case 3-4 weeks go by and you regret it. If 100% sure that there is no way in hell you are ever going back somewhere, then maybe use delacct.php or ask to be deleted.

i'm sure that is the wisest advice. i'm suffering from a general depression and maybe this is just another manifestation of it.
i just don't seem to have much luck fitting in anywhere.thought maybe i would just forget it all and stick to being an anonymous member of lesser places.

100%

**pro267** · 10-04-2009, 09:51 PM

Contact the staff and ask for the account to be disabled. Unused accounts are practically an invitation for hackers/password guessers. Since the account is not used by the original owner, the likelihood of someone noticing the account has changed hands is greatly reduced. This is especially important in sites that don't disable accounts automatically, or do so rarely.

**Duckater** · 10-04-2009, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by pro267

Contact the staff and ask for the account to be disabled. Unused accounts are practically an invitation for hackers/password guessers. Since the account is not used by the original owner, the likelihood of someone noticing the account has changed hands is greatly reduced. This is especially important in sites that don't disable accounts automatically, or do so rarely.

Sorry but have disagree with part of this pro267

Ask have deleted not disabled as in future can re join with less problems if disabled account may not be pruned and can in future be accused of having dupe accounts and people asking why.

**Night0wl** · 10-04-2009, 10:29 PM

I very much doubt idol is the type to use qwert1234 as a password.

**megabyteme** · 10-04-2009, 10:36 PM

Originally Posted by Night0wl

I very much doubt idol is the type to use qwert1234 as a password.

And what, may I ask, is wrong with that perfectly good mixture of letters and numbers?

I bet you cannot guess my luggage combo, too...

**Night0wl** · 10-04-2009, 10:37 PM

OMG I just wrote my own password by accident

**megabyteme** · 10-04-2009, 10:44 PM

That's alright, nobody actually reads the posts here anyway. It'll be our secret. And easy to remember because we...NVM. *wink*

**pro267** · 10-04-2009, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by Duckater

Originally Posted by pro267

Contact the staff and ask for the account to be disabled. Unused accounts are practically an invitation for hackers/password guessers. Since the account is not used by the original owner, the likelihood of someone noticing the account has changed hands is greatly reduced. This is especially important in sites that don't disable accounts automatically, or do so rarely.

Sorry but have disagree with part of this pro267

Ask have deleted not disabled as in future can re join with less problems if disabled account may not be pruned and can in future be accused of having dupe accounts and people asking why.

Deleted or disabled, doesn't matter imho. Some trackers don't delete accounts, just disable them so that's the only option.

Either way, if a person asks for his account to be disabled on good terms, I can't see any site telling him he has dupe accounts if he returns with a new account. Hell, many trackers would be willing to re-enable the disabled account without having any problem.

And Night0wl, you'd be surprised at the stupidity of some people on the one hand, and the ingenuity of some of the password guessers on the other hand.

Edit: I just re-read my post and realized I may have called Idol stupid.
That was obviously unintentional.

Or was it