What Happened to the Quitting the Site Thread?

[pink_silk_glove]

There was tons of good discussion in there. Someone responded to me at length while I was at work. I was ready to reply properly after getting home and getting some shut eye.

Which douche blew it up while I was sleeping?

 

[iwatchus]

Agree there was good discussion there. I didn't notice anything objectionable go by.

 

[MelissaBaby]

It quit.

 

[NuclearFairy]

I dunno, maybe the op changed their mind and asked to have it deleted?

 

[AwkwardlySet]

There was tons of good discussion in there. Someone responded to me at length while I was at work. I was ready to reply properly after getting home and getting some shut eye.

Which douche blew it up while I was sleeping?

Huh, considering that even my old notifications about the thread are gone, I can only conclude that it got nuked. And that means Laurel/Manu.

There was some good discussion in that thread, I agree, and some different takes on how we perceive writing. We've all been here long enough to know that there was nothing in that thread that was breaking the forum rules. No one was advertising other websites, no one was insulting or name-calling. For AH standards, it was quite a tame discussion.

I can't wait for the website apologists to defend this one.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Even if someone posted something crazy nasty 5 mins before it was disappeared, all that the admin has to do is mod that one post.

AH mod himself isn't that vindictive. it had to be Laurel or Manu, and almost certainly Laurel. Notice how Duleigh's post in that thread that had tagged Laurel had gotten instantly modded to (apparently) remove his self-promoting links?

 

[SinclairGroupLLP]

Damn, this sucks. I was enjoying that thread.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

AH mod himself isn't that vindictive.

I don't always agree with his ruling, but he has proven many times that when he does intervene, he clearly signs his name. If this were done by him, I suspect he would have locked the thread and signed his name along with the reason for locking.

 

[Voboy]

Damn. Bummer.

I thought it was a good thread. Possibly the OP requested its removal; that happens sometimes.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Huh. I'll retract my hasty accusation, as obvious as it seemed...

The O.P.'s forum and storyside accounts don't exist anymore, which is the likely reason for the disappearance of the thread started by them. I never knew that erasing an account deletes the threads started by that member?

 

[TheLobster]

I never knew that erasing an account deletes the threads started by that member?

Does it? It doesn't seem to remove posts by deleted accounts in other threads; I've seen a few instances where a post text was still present but it was explicitly attributed to a deleted account.

Threads might be different, though, since they could conceivably be nuked by a query that cascades to all the replies.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

The O.P.'s forum and storyside accounts don't exist anymore

So AmberSolis should be around somewhere on a new account with a new email. ; )

 

[lovecraft68]

Does it? It doesn't seem to remove posts by deleted accounts in other threads; I've seen a few instances where a post text was still present but it was explicitly attributed to a deleted account.

Threads might be different, though, since they could conceivably be nuked by a query that cascades to all the replies.

Usually if someone deletes their account the thread stays but you'll see the name "guest" instead of the former user handle.

I don't think this has to do with the OP nuking their account

 

[SimonDoom]

You're wrong. When an account is removed, all content it created, including threads, PMs, and posts, is deleted. If anything remains, it's only replies to that account, and only if it didn't start the thread. On the other side, comments are anonymized.

This seems like the logical explanation, but it still sucks. The better rule would be for the thread to remain but for the OP's I.D. to be anonymized as well.

The Site should be more respectful of the ire roused among its contributing authors when they take time to contribute meaningfully to these discussions only to see their contributions go POOF! and disappear with no explanation and for no obviously good reason.

 

[Erozetta]

Huh. I'll retract my hasty accusation, as obvious as it seemed...

The O.P.'s forum and storyside accounts don't exist anymore, which is the likely reason for the disappearance of the thread started by them. I never knew that erasing an account deletes the threads started by that member?

Can confirm, all my posts were deleted when I asked for my account to be deleted.

 

[Erozetta]

Usually if someone deletes their account the thread stays but you'll see the name "guest" instead of the former user handle.

I don't think this has to do with the OP nuking their account

If they ask for everything to be wiped, everything gets wiped except for quoted posts.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Does it? It doesn't seem to remove posts by deleted accounts in other threads; I've seen a few instances where a post text was still present but it was explicitly attributed to a deleted account.

Threads might be different, though, since they could conceivably be nuked by a query that cascades to all the replies.

That happens when someone else has reposted the content.

The FAQs clearly say that if you want your forum content removed, you have to go through and do that yourself BEFORE you ask for your account to be deleted.

So in this instance, the thread OP would have deleted their thread, not the site. A poster can't, however, remove their content when someone else has reposted in a thread - unless it was their thread in the first place.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

That happens when someone else has reposted the content.

The FAQs clearly say that if you want your forum content removed, you have to go through and do that yourself BEFORE you ask for your account to be deleted.

So in this instance, the thread OP would have deleted their thread, not the site. A poster can't, however, remove their content when someone else has reposted in a thread - unless it was their thread in the first place.

I don't see any option to delete any thread I created?

 

[lovecraft68]

The only people that can delete a thread is the site. The OP can't delete a thread, so either they asked for it to be deleted by the site or the site did it on their own.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I don't see any option to delete any thread I created?

It's up the top somewhere, around the first post. I recall doing it once, when I raised a new thread and changed my mind half an hour later. Someone had raised a thread on pretty much the same topic in the same time period. I can't recall exactly how I did it, but it can be done.

Previously when people deleted their posts and their account was deleted, I thought their reposted posts when to Anon. But that might have been a while ago.

 

[SimonDoom]

No need to be conspiratorial. One click on "delete account" and all its data is instantly removed. Simple.

As I said before, I think this is the logical explanation. It's not a conspiracy, but it's definitely a bug.

 

[ElectricBlue]

The Site should be more respectful of the ire roused among its contributing authors when they take time to contribute meaningfully to these discussions only to see their contributions go POOF! and disappear with no explanation and for no obviously good reason.

The onus is on the post puller to manage their own content, and that includes threads they start but no longer want.

Why should the site act as curator?

In this instance, the "no obviously good reason" was the OP taking their bat and ball and going home, and taking their commentarista along with them. Who really cares, except people caring on principle?

 

[Erozetta]

No need to be conspiratorial. One click on "delete account" and all its data is instantly removed. Simple.

Not instantly. It takes a few days.

And I don't think there's a "Delete account button" you send in the request like you would a story edit.

 

[Voboy]

As I said before, I think this is the logical explanation. It's not a conspiracy, but it's definitely a bug.

I know for a fact that there have been past users who've left the site while leaving their created threads intact. As lovecraft suggests, it shows up as "guest" or something. I was not aware deleting those threads was an option, and I'm sorry it is. There was nothing at all wrong with that thread. If it critiqued the site, it did so with less invective than other threads that have stayed alive.

 

[Djmac1031]

No need to be conspiratorial. One click on "delete account" and all its data is instantly removed. Simple.

Simple. Logical.

Trust me most still won't accept that lol.