How do I cancel my profile.

[NO TOW]

I no longer own an RV and would like to stop this forum.

 

[emugel]

l would like to know that, too. I bet they say we can't.

 

[spade117]

Just don't log in or visit the website.

 

[JRTJH]

I no longer own an RV and would like to stop this forum.

We do not regularly delete a member's account or profile. If we do, then all posts that you've made are also deleted. That will leave "gaps" in threads where you made posts. Removing your posts can, in many threads, cause the entire thread to become confusing and any discussion of what you might have posted to be "lost in the process"... So, we don't "remove memberships." If you don't log onto the forum, your membership becomes "inactive". You might want to go into your profile and choose not to receive any further communications or updates from the forum, some of which are "automatic unless you unsubscribe"....

 

[wiredgeorge]

We do not regularly delete a member's account or profile. If we do, then all posts that you've made are also deleted. That will leave "gaps" in threads where you made posts. Removing your posts can, in many threads, cause the entire thread to become confusing and any discussion of what you might have posted to be "lost in the process"... So, we don't "remove memberships." If you don't log onto the forum, your membership becomes "inactive". You might want to go into your profile and choose not to receive any further communications or updates from the forum, some of which are "automatic unless you unsubscribe"....

John, Perhaps put a signature on post. I just had to modify my signature as it exceeded allowed number of line or similar.

 

[wiredgeorge]

In the profile section, some items are required but seem redundant... why fill in brand then model then year and model and then model year? This profile section should be cleaned up some?

State/Province/Territory Texas
City Mico
RV Brand Keystone
RV Model Cougar 278EFS
RV Year and Model 2002 Keystone 278EFS
Model Year 2002
Occupation Proprietor wiredgeorge Motorcycle Carburetors

 

[Janet H]

In the profile section, some items are required but seem redundant... why fill in brand then model then year and model and then model year? This profile section should be cleaned up some?

State/Province/Territory Texas
City Mico
RV Brand Keystone
RV Model Cougar 278EFS
RV Year and Model 2002 Keystone 278EFS
Model Year 2002
Occupation Proprietor wiredgeorge Motorcycle Carburetors

Some substantial clean up is needed but it takes time and we didn't want to keep the forum offline any longer than was absolutely needed.

 

[wiredgeorge]

Gotcha but keep in mind, at least my profile was more or less missing and if everyone's is also missing then this might be something to take on asap? Thanks BTW: New forum works and looks fine. Is there a way to make a person in a profile picture look thinner?

 

[daywood]

We do not regularly delete a member's account or profile. If we do, then all posts that you've made are also deleted. That will leave "gaps" in threads where you made posts. Removing your posts can, in many threads, cause the entire thread to become confusing and any discussion of what you might have posted to be "lost in the process"... So, we don't "remove memberships." If you don't log onto the forum, your membership becomes "inactive". You might want to go into your profile and choose not to receive any further communications or updates from the forum, some of which are "automatic unless you unsubscribe"....

Coming from the IT business, I've always been taught that zombie accounts are security risks for the owners and the host. Seems like there should be a way to permanently and completely close down an account that is no longer needed, hopefully without removing all activity that was contributed while the account was active.

 

[jasin1]

why not just delete the former members name and profile and any pictures they posted ? you could leave all the text they posted up so the thread doesn’t get confusing or have gaps…that seems like a good compromise

 

[DutchmenSport]

I use to work in an IT shop before I retired and my wife still works in an IT shop. She deals with security sometimes and over the years one thing that keeps coming back are accounts that have been paid-in-full and over X number of months, the account is closed.

Actually, the account is never "completely" gone. Access to the end user (you are me) is stopped, but the information about that person resides .... basically .... forever in the system. After X number of months when an account is paid off it is transferred from the active database to the inactive archived historical database. Those databases and "servers" are still accessible at any time by employees, but they are not accessible to the end user any more or to the public (they are archived).

So, basically, the end user's access is cut off, but the account, truly is never "deleted."

On a forum site, such as this one, perhaps the best way to become a non-entity any more is to just simply stop logging in and stop using the forum completely. Or, if you do use the forum, don't log in. In time, your posts will drift off into last years history, and eventually you will be forgotten.

Your personal information.... most likely ... like in all IT environments, cannot be "permanently" removed. Once you touch anything on the internet ... anywhere .... you are in the system forever!

 

[RollaMo]

Coming from the IT business, I've always been taught that zombie accounts are security risks for the owners and the host. Seems like there should be a way to permanently and completely close down an account that is no longer needed, hopefully without removing all activity that was contributed while the account was active.

Coming from the IT business, you should know that database accounts can easily be set to "inactive".
This will prevent anyone from ever logging into or using that information.
But the account itself will remain, so as to preserve history as John explained.

why not just delete the former members name and profile and any pictures they posted ? you could leave all the text they posted up so the thread doesn’t get confusing or have gaps…that seems like a good compromise

That just isn't the way databases work.
Deleting the name and profile of an account will also delete all of the text in any posts they were part of.
And John explained why this is not done

So, basically, the end user's access is cut off, but the account, truly is never "deleted."


Your personal information.... most likely ... like in all IT environments, cannot be "permanently" removed. Once you touch anything on the internet ... anywhere .... you are in the system forever!

Yep

 

[jasin1]

Coming from the IT business, you should know that database accounts can easily be set to "inactive".
This will prevent anyone from ever logging into or using that information.
But the account itself will remain, so as to preserve history as John explained.



That just isn't the way databases work.
Deleting the name and profile of an account will also delete all of the text in any posts they were part of.
And John explained why this is not done

Coming from the IT business, you should know that database accounts can easily be set to "inactive".
This will prevent anyone from ever logging into or using that information.
But the account itself will remain, so as to preserve history as John explained.



That just isn't the way databases work.
Deleting the name and profile of an account will also delete all of the text in any posts they were part of.
And John explained why this is not done



Yep

seems to me it wouldn’t be hard to assign a random number instead of a former members username if they left the forum and wanted to remain anonymous…would prevent someone you might not want from searching the internet if they knew your old username 10 years from now…That would preserve the continuity of the threads

wouldn’t help if someone quoted you though i guess as the name would be in the quote
It’s no different then if someone changes their username….all the old posts show that new name as well

 

[RollaMo]

seems to me it wouldn’t be hard to assign a random number instead of a former members username if they left the forum and wanted to remain anonymous…would prevent someone you might not want from searching the internet if they knew your old username 10 years from now…That would preserve the continuity of the threads

wouldn’t help if someone quoted you though i guess as the name would be in the quote
It’s no different then if someone changes their username….all the old posts show that new name as well

I just think you are way overthinking this.
Have you ever "Googled" your name or someone else's name?
You might be totally shocked at the amount of information that is out there.

As someone else said, Once something gets on the Internet it will very likely be there forever.

I can't think of anything that I would ever put in my profile that is so confidential that it would ever do any harm.
Now if you did put any confidential information in your profile, you are always free to clean and remove it.

If you use your computer for anything on the internet, any information that have in your profile here, or threads you post in or start here should be the least of your concerns.

 

[jasin1]

I just think you are way overthinking this.
Have you ever "Googled" your name or someone else's name?
You might be totally shocked at the amount of information that is out there.

As someone else said, Once something gets on the Internet it will very likely be there forever.

I can't think of anything that I would ever put in my profile that is so confidential that it would ever do any harm.
Now if you did put any confidential information in your profile, you are always free to clean and remove it.

If you use your computer for anything on the internet, any information that have in your profile here, or threads you post in or start here should be the least of your concerns.

Your right although i guess if a person bragged about being knowingly overweight while towing it could come back to bite them if they were ever in a serious wreck

 

[LHaven]

seems to me it wouldn’t be hard to assign a random number instead of a former members username if they left the forum and wanted to remain anonymous…

"On 02/05/2020, *inode #8B83DA779D0 wrote:"

 

[jasin1]

"On 02/05/2020, *inode #8B83DA779D0 wrote:"

Do you really think i believe assigning a random number would make you anonymous on the internet?…NO..but….it would make you “technically” anonymous on the forum and for internet searches related to the forum though for people that know your username and it still preserves the continuity of the threads I only said it because we were told you can’t delete a username because you would lose all the data associated ..this way is just like changing your username which in the old forum had to be done by the mods…I KNOW your digital fingerprint wouldn’t change …

your username is LHAVEN …if you changed it to RICHARD or something like that it would change all your old posts to that username as far as the forum is concerned while viewing by the general public

 

[LHaven]

Do you really think i believe assigning a random number would make you anonymous on the internet?

It was just geek humor. This is the sort of message classic UNIX systems would present you when a file whose contents were still present in the file system had lost its filename due to some corruption or other. Panic-inducing, the first time you saw it.

 

[jasin1]

It was just geek humor. This is the sort of message classic UNIX systems would present you when a file whose contents were still present in the file system had lost its filename due to some corruption or other. Panic-inducing, the first time you saw it.

lol I was having a little fun also

 

[Janet H]

Hi Folks - We have a fairly well-defined process for handling opt-out requests in the site rules. It doesn't remove posts, as that disrupts the continuity of discussions. Posts here are public and available for all to view - this is why the forum exists - rvers helping rvers. If you have further concerns about this please follow the process as defined in the site rules.