 Poster: A snowHead
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How do you close snowheads user accounts, had a little hunt about on here but couldn't find how to do that? Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Do you mean delete and remove all its posts? or just remove the persons details from the system?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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^ this - when its come up before, IIRC the line taken by the mods is leave posts and go for anonymisation - but then you're already anonymous...
You, of course, do have the right to go through the threads and null-edit out any of your posts, but anything which quotes your writing does not have to be edited.
If you're overly concerned, I suggest you reach out directly to one of the moderators and discuss the issue.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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ok thanks.....'you can check out any time you like but you can never leave' 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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More 'Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
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But why?
What do you wish “deleting” an account to accomplish?
How is that different from not ever logging in (say you stop skiing)?
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As above, the question is what are you trying to achieve?
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| Layne wrote: |
| As above, the question is what are you trying to achieve? |
Why does that matter l and is it any of SH business? If he wants to he wants to.
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| abc wrote: |
But why?
What do you wish “deleting” an account to accomplish?
How is that different from not ever logging in (say you stop skiing)? |
Just a neat and tidy thing, nothing too deep. Haven't skied in 5 years, may never ski again (lotto win aside), rarely contribute these days.
Doesn't bother me but I thought it normal to come off a database if not an active member. Don't need to be receiving promo emails etc.
Doesn't bother me either way.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Klammertime wrote: |
Doesn't bother me but I thought it normal to come off a database if not an active member. Don't need to be receiving promo emails etc.
Doesn't bother me either way. |
Just go into your forum and personal profiles, delete details and adjust settings to stop notifications.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| holidayloverxx wrote: |
| Layne wrote: |
| As above, the question is what are you trying to achieve? |
Why does that matter l and is it any of SH business? If he wants to he wants to. |
The answer may change depending on the answer.
As it happens it appears they just don't want to receive emails - which is very different to being expunged.
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If you undertake work for the security services or key police agencies, you will be advised to remove your digital 'footprint' as much as possible. Foreign security services and international organised crime have substantial resources and technology to help them trawl social media, to help them identify and then target people in such agencies. Someone may reveal personal information that's innocuous enough on a ski forum, at a time when they weren't in a sensitive job, but cross-referenced with content on other platforms and forums, reveals more about them than is healthy when they move to a more sensitive role. This is just one reason why someone might want to be deleted, along with their posts.
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You know it makes sense.
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I'm pretty sure that under GDPR you have the right to be deleted.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@MorningGory, the first link on my post above is from the ICO.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| MorningGory wrote: |
| I'm pretty sure that under GDPR you have the right to be deleted. |
You are 100% right, but I guess that snowheads is a UK site, and then GDPR no longer applies.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@DanishRider, the EU legislation was fixed into UK law on exiting the EU so its the same as it hasn’t been changed.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@DanishRider, we agreed to keep it
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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| achilles wrote: |
| @MorningGory, the first link on my post above is from the ICO. |
Or more clearly (from Achilles post): NO you don't have the right to ask the forum owner to go through every thread and anonymise/delete your postings but they must delete your profile on request.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| davidof wrote: |
| achilles wrote: |
| @MorningGory, the first link on my post above is from the ICO. |
Or more clearly (from Achilles post): NO you don't have the right to ask the forum owner to go through every thread and anonymise/delete your postings but they must delete your profile on request. |
absolutely , old threads would read a bit weird if posts disappeared when a user did. However any personal details of the user must be deleted upon request
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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| t44tomo wrote: |
| ...However any personal details of the user must be deleted upon request |
As I said above, pretty sure you can go into your profiles and delete it yourself.
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If you delete some of your Snowheads accounts, who’s going to agree with you?
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More to the point, isn’t it sad that @Klammertime feels he/she/it is unlikely to ever ski again?
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| Gordyjh wrote: |
| More to the point, isn’t it sad that @Klammertime feels he/she/it is unlikely to ever ski again? |
Not necessary, depending on the reason for that.
If the reason is involuntary (medical, financial), yes, that would be sad.
However, some people can have personal reason to voluntarily stop activities and see no conceivable reason to ever engage in it in the future at all.
I have 2 activities that I used to be very passionate about but no longer do and had no intention to ever do again. It’s just I found something else that I’m even more passionate about, or have better access to.
Last edited by You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net. on Fri 17-02-23 15:32; edited 1 time in total
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@abc, I still think it sad to feel that way.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Presumably, it’s technically possible to write an app to run on a user device that would automate deletion of every one of your posts? Can’t I already do this manually, by doing an Advanced Search? What that can’t do, of course, is delete posts quoted by other users - only the platform could do that. There may even be a platform function that does delete all of a user’s posts, but admin has decided not to use it.
Personally, I don’t think anyone’s contributions are so valuable that they can’t all be deleted. Yes, it may make some threads look weird or reduce the thread’s value. But it’s not like SnowHeads is CERN. And anyway, who reads the entirety of any long multi-page thread before posting? And most topics get resurrected as new threads on a regular basis anyway.
Although obviously, my contributions re winter tyres and snow chains would be an exception. They should remain fixed for future generations as a priceless archive on these topics.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Gordyjh wrote: |
| More to the point, isn’t it sad that @Klammertime feels he/she/it is unlikely to ever ski again? |
Not if She/He/Them/They/Whatever see sense and takes Snowboarding lessons !! 
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Don't we all have to accept these days that "once it's on the internet it's there forever". Isn't that what we drum into the kids? I can't delete an unwisely hasty Whatsapp message!! And I've made a few of those. 
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You know it makes sense.
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@pam w, you can delete what's app messages
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@holidayloverxx, I think you can feel like you have deleted them but I think they are recoverable and certainly screen shotable.
Basically there is "delete" and then there is "leave no trace". The latter isn't always that easy.
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Poster: A snowHead
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you can delete what's app messages
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you can delete them for yourself, but that doesn't remove them from the feed of whoever you sent them to. There's a "delete for everybody" option but that's only immediately after you've sent it.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@pam w, I just selected an old message that had subsequent replies...delete for everyone is an option
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Layne wrote: |
@holidayloverxx, I think you can feel like you have deleted them but I think they are recoverable and certainly screen shotable.
Basically there is "delete" and then there is "leave no trace". The latter isn't always that easy. |
I know the difference
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Well I didn't get that option when I checked just now. I wonder if I've missed something in the set up?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I’ve been on fora/BBS where a user leaves and all of their original posts disappeared, only leaving when they have been quoted by other people. I never knew if it was automated by the software itself or the forum admins, or whether that person had sat up for hours “Find all posts by me” and manually deleted each.
I see on one of my other regulars that they recently changed the permissions and we can no longer delete our own posts, apparently to keep the flow of the threads but irritating when there are accidental double posts etc. all we can do now is edit the post and put a full stop (hmm I should try a space) and the software says “Edited by (user) at (time)” so it’s clear for others. Selective disappearance of posts can be nasty in a heated argument.
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@pam w, dunno..you can see the message i selected is behind the delete options box. You can select a message from the other person and you onl6 get the option to delete it for you
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Fri 17-02-23 12:39; edited 1 time in total
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@holidayloverxx, enjoy your cruise 
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@denfinella, lol...its a shop, not a ship...can't you see? 
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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@Orange200, you can't delete your own posts here once there's been subsequent reply (only edit them).
| Klammertime wrote: |
| abc wrote: |
| ...What do you wish “deleting” an account to accomplish?... |
...Don't need to be receiving promo emails... |
I hope @Klammertime, has managed to adjust his forum settings, otherwise he's getting loads of reply notifications 
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| Gordyjh wrote: |
| @abc, I still think it sad to feel that way. |
I’m not sad about giving them up.
I was also not sad about giving up my teddy bears when my family moved. (I was already living at uni at the time).
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