Why some members get deleted?
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raregem009
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They are really bad people
Jk
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But their content isn't deleted.
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well if you ask nicely - im sure @BassTrackerBoats will show you how it really works
then you can admire the view from outside
Sardi
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it's probably because the users themselves requested a profile deletion
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They should add a feature where people could request other people's profiles to be deleted so we could have a weekly battle royal.
HoNeYBiRD
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You can register with a username, which in itself is a promo (i.e. brand name, cloaked domain name). This i think can be one reason to delete the username, but not the posts. Another reason i can think of, if someone registers an offensive username.
watsonovedades
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Really? They askl themselves to be deleted? Like why? If i'm a spammer/scammer that had just been banned from a community i wouldnt return to Say "ok You know what? I may be banned but delete my profile now!"
Why?
Why?
The IP addresses and personal information is required to be deleted not the content.. at least this is how I understand this.
To get out of different companies spam list I have used this method.. lately an company didn't want to end my subscription and asked a collateral of 1000 USD but after threatening them with GDPR they let me off.
Sardi
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An admin can change the name to something else so I don't think that's a reason for deletion
MrWhite2018
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They realised they were adopted, they had used the wrong usernames all along.
HoNeYBiRD
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They could, but why would they change the username of these banned members instead of just deleting? And change to what exactly? I don't see the point. And i don't think, it's a protocol here either.
Possible scenarios:
(a) Someone owns whatever.com. He registers with the username whatever_com. At this point, he might not even know, that it's not allowed to advertise in any form without going through the proper channels. He makes some legit posts, by the time the username gets noticed/reported, the user already made some posts, so the mod decides to keep the posts, but ban the user and delete the username.
(b) Someone owns whatever.com. He registers with the username whatever_com. From the very beginning, he knows well, that it's not allowed to advertise in any form without going through the proper channels. He doesn't start spamming to avoid unwanted attention. He makes some legit posts, by the time the username gets noticed/reported, the user already made some posts, so the mod decides to keep the posts, but ban the user and delete the username.
Sardi
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this might be possible, if the user does it on purpose then He/she will get deleted
I don't think the (a) scenario is that strict
I remember a member who had a Chinese username and an admin replied to the post saying the rules and he then proceeded to change the username to numbers
HoNeYBiRD
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Yes, but these are banned members the OP's talking about. Admins can change the username, but i think, it's the exception and not the rule. It's just easier to simply delete the username in case of a ban, if it violates the rules.
The intention diesn't really matter, having a domain name as username is against the rules with one exception:
"3.11 No domain names as usernames unless you're an Enterprise member."
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Not all are worth the bandwidth.
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The usernames that go from Joe Guy to Deleted member 123456 are do to a GDPR request.