Deleting acconts

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we should be able to disable our accounts id liek mine to go thanks

I never quite understand this. It's just making more work for Alex, for no real reason. Certainly, it doesn't seem reasonable to remove your posts from existing conversations (though you could go in and do that yourself if you really err), and banning is something that you should be able to do yourself.If you don't have the willpower to avoid ithe site, change your password to something random.

With nine posts it's easy to delete them and pretend you never existed.

I don't understand this need to delete an account either. I know you can do it on some forums, but usually people use it as a way to vent then return at a later date. I suppose the reason mostly is that people get addicted, want to break away ....but even then, it makes no sense as you can still see the boards mostly and can easily re-register.

Yeah, I'd like to start hearing some legitimate reasons for why people want to erase their WP identity.

As opposed to their real one.

I should hope one reflects the other.

Some like to wear masks and use the net to project the things they wish to be or cannot be in their real life selves.

I'd much rather keep my online existence as opposed to my real one.

To me that's like the devil's bargain.

Nah. I just want to be dead.

You should be open on the internet to gain confidence in yourself. People who put on an endless mask will never feel good about themselves - everything good that happens to them they will attribute to not being themselves. This can be very self-destructive, I should know. Let your true self come out bit by bit - test the waters.

First of all, I doubt that there is a REAL me. There's a series of personalities which I put on, depending on my moods; and a series of traits and interests that I have. But, I don't know that there's too much fundamentally underneath this. If there is some soul or whatnot, it is a tortured and erratic thing, flying through both pain and ecstasy, but usually numb these days.

As to any sort of dishonesty in real life, I'm the same arrogant fool everywhere. I never know what can and can't be said. Nonetheless, I'm never so immoral as to intrude on those who don't already know me IRL, though I've learned to do so more on forums. But, that's not really too different either, as the forums are rather like public meetings, and I have never had too much trouble getting up in front of a faceless horde and telling them what I think.

Actually, when I think of it, when I'm in a small group of people, I either clam up completely, or am essentially playing the crowd. Maybe my one on one relations are exactly the same way - I don't know for sure. I certainly put on different personas when with someone. Even when alone. I think that this is really what everyone does though.

Its no wonder i want my account deleted, people saying they want to die or commit suicide its not good i had to quit irc cause too much of that talk plus mental health issues. alex should of left the delete your account so we can disable it, i know i can avoid this site but be good to know my account is gone as well.

I don't see what difference it makes to know that some account is gone. It didn't take any effort to create and it shouldn't take much to forget.

As to my comment, life is that way. Some people don't like their lives.
Some people don't like coffee. There's on telling tastes.

You can just simply not sign in anymore. That way, you will be on Wrongplanet rarely enough to realize that other people know you need a break.