This is insane
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Join Date: Jan 2016
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This is insane
I am trying to delete my account - there is no option to do so? WHY?
I cannot send a PM to get my account deleted BECAUSE I DONT HAVE 15 Posts
Please delete my account - there is no way to contact you either as your "Contact Us" page is also missing
This is frustrating - just delete my account
I cannot send a PM to get my account deleted BECAUSE I DONT HAVE 15 Posts
Please delete my account - there is no way to contact you either as your "Contact Us" page is also missing
This is frustrating - just delete my account
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Join Date: Sep 2021
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Originally Posted by jsmanim 
I have no need for the account anymore - but the fact that I cannot delete it is extremely frustrating and it makes it feel a little like a hostage situation with my data.
i understand that you are upset you cant delete your acount....but what data is there? a few posts etc...
why dont you just delete your posts (if poss) change your password but dont make a note of it, log out an forget it ever happened?
i only joined today but i have a bit of inside information on forum software......it is extremely dificult to delete an acount once you have made a post......and the reson is it works on .php database tables.... in other words "plucking" your bit out can damage the database table and mess up a lot of the forum......ie others posts....etc... or worse make the whole site crash......
there is a linear continuity to how they work..........
anyway...all the best and i hope u get a resolve.
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Inability to delete an account is typical with a lot of forums. For whatever reason, they fail to program that function into the software. And I agree that this is a deficiency that should be remedied. I feel the same way about banks. They want my personal information including my social security number, and act like I shouldn't worry because my personal information is secure. Yeah right? Then why does the data in banks, credit card companies, Amazon, or the Federal Government get hacked all the time?
The one thing I might say to allay your frustration is that hacking a site with a bunch of alcoholics floundering around in their disease isn't worth the effort for most hackers. Unless there is someone out there who holds a petty grudge against you, and wants to reprint something you say here in a letter to the newspaper for the purpose of ruining your reputation, but most of those jerk types aren't smart enough to reinstall the software for a corrupted program in their own computer, let alone hack someone else's.
The one thing I might say to allay your frustration is that hacking a site with a bunch of alcoholics floundering around in their disease isn't worth the effort for most hackers. Unless there is someone out there who holds a petty grudge against you, and wants to reprint something you say here in a letter to the newspaper for the purpose of ruining your reputation, but most of those jerk types aren't smart enough to reinstall the software for a corrupted program in their own computer, let alone hack someone else's.
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Originally Posted by DriGuy
Inability to delete an account is typical with a lot of forums. For whatever reason, they fail to program that function into the software. And I agree that this is a deficiency that should be remedied. I feel the same way about banks. They want my personal information including my social security number, and act like I shouldn't worry because my personal information is secure. Yeah right? Then why does the data in banks, credit card companies, Amazon, or the Federal Government get hacked all the time?
The one thing I might say to allay your frustration is that hacking a site with a bunch of alcoholics floundering around in their disease isn't worth the effort for most hackers. Unless there is someone out there who holds a petty grudge against you, and wants to reprint something you say here in a letter to the newspaper for the purpose of ruining your reputation, but most of those jerk types aren't smart enough to reinstall the software for a corrupted program in their own computer, let alone hack someone else's.
The one thing I might say to allay your frustration is that hacking a site with a bunch of alcoholics floundering around in their disease isn't worth the effort for most hackers. Unless there is someone out there who holds a petty grudge against you, and wants to reprint something you say here in a letter to the newspaper for the purpose of ruining your reputation, but most of those jerk types aren't smart enough to reinstall the software for a corrupted program in their own computer, let alone hack someone else's.
on a side note i noticed this platform is xenforo.....and i believe there is a plugin you can download to save all that deleting lines of code and hope your database holds up to a bashing..... (but am still pretty sure it will come with a use at your own risk senario) damn sight better than going at databases with the delete key....plus you will proberbly miss something hahahahah (does this sound like i have made that mistake before!!) hahahahha.
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