An Explanation but not an Excuse

[Greystoke]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

...Also on the off chance you're serious don't expect all actively moderated forums to do what you want in that regard... There is another vintage electronics forum that took away users ability to delete or edit posts after an expert got mad at the world and deleted his own posts manually gutting many threads that were the only source of info on some topics... On that forum they'll lock you out of your account and all non-violating posts you made will stay along with your username and a note that you've been banned. Some forums consider your posts their property and not yours from the moment you hit the post button...

I get it - and point again taken, and that makes sense. What most other forums have done is to disable and "Anonymize" my accounts - the account exists but has no ability to be logged into, all user information is deleted from the account, and the account is given a random number that displays as the user name on all posts - all posts remain. This seems totally fair and acceptable - I'd even be fine if my username remained on the posts - I just want the account disabled and my personal info not stored on servers to be sold/hacked/misused.