Account removal and forum posts.

[Portly_Penguin]

I figured I'd post this here rather than Lit Tech Support since it's not a busy place.

I read through the FAQ section of account removal and saw that it doesn't necessarily mean forum posts will be removed. If that's true, I'm wondering if it would be better to delete the posts I do have where possible and bank out the ones that I can remove (so threads I've created) rather than leave them.

Just curious to know if anyone has any preference either way when it comes to removed accounts and forum posts.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

I don't think that the posts get removed. Is another rejected story the reason for throwing in the towel? I can only imagine how frustrating the whole thing is, but if I am not mistaken, you do have published stories here.

 

[AloneTooLong]

Several updates since I last looked at that BUT it used to be you removed all your 'posts' and then closed your account. If you close the 'account' first then you are not able to remove posts. I 'guess' you could just remove the posts you want deleted, close account and leave some of your posts.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I figured I'd post this here rather than Lit Tech Support since it's not a busy place.

I read through the FAQ section of account removal and saw that it doesn't necessarily mean forum posts will be removed. If that's true, I'm wondering if it would be better to delete the posts I do have where possible and bank out the ones that I can remove (so threads I've created) rather than leave them.

Just curious to know if anyone has any preference either way when it comes to removed accounts and forum posts.

You have to delete your own forum posts before you ask for an account removal. The site doesn't do it for you.

Keep in mind that if you delete posts, that doesn't affect re-posts. You can delete posts that you author, but any response that includes your post, stays.

I don't think you can delete threads that you started, only your own posts within that thread. So half the conversation will remain.

It's not up to anyone here to suggest preferences - you can do whatever you choose to do, noting the points above. People remove whatever traces they can, all the time. The key thing though - do it before you ask for your account to be deleted, because once your account is closed, you can't redact yourself.

 

[Erozetta]

I figured I'd post this here rather than Lit Tech Support since it's not a busy place.

I read through the FAQ section of account removal and saw that it doesn't necessarily mean forum posts will be removed. If that's true, I'm wondering if it would be better to delete the posts I do have where possible and bank out the ones that I can remove (so threads I've created) rather than leave them.

Just curious to know if anyone has any preference either way when it comes to removed accounts and forum posts.

Forum posts are removed but if your posts were quoted, those stay. Only way to fully get rid of everything is to delete the information from the original post as that updates the quoted post to the new content.

Edited to add this to see if quoted text updates in quoted posts: Let's find out.

 

[KeithD]

Yep, you've got to go through and delete all of your own posts, if that's what you want/need to have done. We had a school teacher on here years ago who was a bit too revealing of who she was. Her students called her out and she spent a lot of time, moaning all the way, trying to erase her footprint here.

 

[Erozetta]

I literally deleted my account at the end of last year. They deleted my forum posts, just not the quotes of my posts. Any threads I'd started are gone and I didn't do that. If I'd realized the quotes stayed, I would've gone back through and edited my posts to say stupider shit than they originally did.

Like all dad jokes that aligned with whatever response was made on the quoted post.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Forum posts are removed but if your posts were quoted, those stay. Only way to fully get rid of everything is to delete the information from the original post as that updates the quoted post to the new content.

Are you sure?

I've seen many threads where the OP has removed all of their posts (nowadays, a period . is all you need, previously you needed at least five characters *****), but reposts keep the original content. That might have changed in the last couple of years, but I've not spotted it. But then, we haven't had many departures, more people just going silent.

 

[Erozetta]

Are you sure?

I've seen many threads where the OP has removed all of their posts (nowadays, a period . is all you need, previously you needed at least five characters *****), but reposts keep the original content. That might have changed in the last couple of years, but I've not spotted it. But then, we haven't had many departures, more people just going silent.

After testing, the quoted post keeps the original message.

So my joke wouldn't have worked, rats.

However, original posts are all still deleted upon account deletion. (I tested this by searching the thread I made that was titled "How many questions is too many?" and it no longer exists at all and I definitely didn't delete it myself. All of my posts from the rape thread and the sexual harassment thread are gone as well. I only deleted one post of mine before I deleted my account last year and it wasn't any of those.)

So the only way you could fully erase your existence here is to contact everyone who has ever quoted one of your posts and ask them to instead insert a dad joke within the quote bubble. Or ask them to just delete your quoted post, way less fun that way, though.

 

[TheLobster]

After much and very extensive testing for all of five minutes, the quoted post keeps the original message.

Quotes are just a formatting option, like bold or italic. You can put anything in there and pretend the original post said it, just like I did above.

We had a school teacher on here years ago who was a bit too revealing of who she was. Her students called her out and she spent a lot of time, moaning all the way, trying to erase her footprint here.

Okay, now I'm intrigued, because this sounds like a great material for a story

 

[Erozetta]

Quotes are just a formatting option, like bold or italic. You can put anything in there and pretend the original post said it, just like I did above.


Okay, now I'm intrigued, because this sounds like a great material for a story

It took one minute, thank you very much. If you're going to misquote me at least make me seem competent. Particularly when I fuck up.

 

[Portly_Penguin]

Ah, awesome, thanks. I might delete what I can just to be safe - though I did a clear out a few months back so I don't have many posts anyway

Is another rejected story the reason for throwing in the towel?

Nope; I haven't submitted anything to be rejected since March

I can only imagine how frustrating the whole thing is, but if I am not mistaken, you do have published stories here.

You're right. I have one stand alone story that scrapped through which is full of errors, and a series I'll never be able to finish because of the rejections. I'm a long-form writer and knowing that I'll probably never be able to post the entirety of a story because I keep getting rejected is what's pushing me towards this decision. This account serves no purpose both with posting stories, and being used in the forms since all I somehow manage to do is complain.

The fact is, the rejections have ruined any desire I have to write any erotica content because I don't know what's going to go through and what isn't, and I get the feeling that people are probably annoyed at me because of all the complaining. Deleting makes sense.

 

[ElectricBlue]

So the only way you could fully erase your existence here is to contact everyone who has ever quoted one of your posts and ask them to instead insert a dad joke within the quote bubble. Or ask them to just delete your quoted post, way less fun that way, though.

It looks like the site might make a judgement call - this is from the FAQ:

Per our Forum Rules, we do not remove forum posts except in extreme circumstances. However, if you request to have your Literotica account closed, we may delete all of your posts and messages on the forum.

Which sounds like you could ask for your forum posts to be purged, but at the site's discretion. The other half of a conversation would remain in place, though.

 

[Erozetta]

It looks like the site might make a judgement call - this is from the FAQ:


Which sounds like you could ask for your forum posts to be purged, but at the site's discretion. The other half of a conversation would remain in place, though.

I don't think I asked for my forum posts to be removed. I asked for my account to be deleted and stories to be removed.

I actually deleted one post of mine because I didn't want it to be the last post I made (as I'd read that faq and assumed forum posts stayed unless you asked them to be deleted.) If I'd asked for my posts to be deleted, deleting that one post would've been pointless.

I'd guess that they might hem and haw on deleting the forum posts of members with a lot of posts or any influential posts. I only had like 1000-2000 or so and none of them were significant in any way.

 

[KeithD]

Okay, now I'm intrigued, because this sounds like a great material for a story

There were a couple of Lit. author gatherings back at the turn of the century. As I recall she organized them. Very well liked here, but she described her daily RL happenings on the board more than was safe to do.

 

[Portly_Penguin]

After testing, the quoted post keeps the original message.

Kinda wish the quote posts went too - erase any and all existence.

Ah well.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

@Portly_Penguin I hate to see you go!

 

[Portly_Penguin]

@Portly_Penguin I hate to see you go!

Can't imagine why

 

[Portly_Penguin]

Anyway, thanks for the help/advice folks! Much appreciated

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

Anyway, thanks for the help/advice folks! Much appreciated

Silly goose, because I enjoy reading your comments and stories.

 

[Portly_Penguin]

Silly goose, because I enjoy reading your comments and stories.

I mean, I don't comment on stories, only have 5 posted and just complain in the forums soooo

 

[SimonDoom]

The fact is, the rejections have ruined any desire I have to write any erotica content because I don't know what's going to go through and what isn't, and I get the feeling that people are probably annoyed at me because of all the complaining. Deleting makes sense.

I'm sorry it's been such a frustrating experience. I reviewed the two story excerpts you posted a few days ago, which you've since deleted, and I wouldn't have been comfortable saying either of them had been AI-generated, so I appreciate your reasons for being frustrated.

 

[jaF0]

The one and only consistent thing here is the lack of consistency.

Some IDs get completely wiped, no trace at all. Others get changed to Guest. Others get changed to 'Loves Spam' while still others get locked out, and no one can view their Profiles any more. In the last three, the posts usually remain, but not always. Some posts can be quoted, others cannot.

And don't ask me for examples of each.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

Can't imagine why

Comments here, Port, comments here. Port, don't mind if I do, fill my glass.

 

[Portly_Penguin]

I'm sorry it's been such a frustrating experience. I reviewed the two story excerpts you posted a few days ago, which you've since deleted, and I wouldn't have been comfortable saying either of them had been AI-generated, so I appreciate your reasons for being frustrated.

I think I've gone from frustrated to defeated. My first rejection was in November, my last in March. It's just so much hassle for nothing. So much time writing something no one will see, or fighting to get something through when the whole thing is futile. If my account has been marked for some reason or another with these rejections, there's no point trying for something that'll never happen