To delete a user account whilst retaining the content created by the account breaks their software. The internals of most forum software is based on foreign keys or data structures that presume integrity of the data. This preserves the context of other people's content.īeyond that. Thus, most forums will ask for the right to reproduce your user content even after your account has been deleted. Changing the historical record affects the content of others. Most forum admins agree that you have the right to edit your content, but not to modify/affect someone else's. Taking this very conversation as an example if you deleted your account and your comment, mine now makes far less sense. The general stance is that a conversation is an audited history, and to change the historical record affects other people's content too by redefining the context. The reason for this is that a forum is a collaborative effort, a collective work, and the contributions of other people's content might only make sense in the context of yours. ![]() ![]() ![]() Your account and personal information may be deleted, but all of your comments, submissions, conversations, threads or whatever you call the collected bulk of user generated content will remain. Nearly all forums do this or some form of this.
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