WhiteWaterM00se
Member
Hello mods, please DELETE my account as well. Not a ban, but full deletion. I asked for this last winter as well, and it wasn't done. Please do as I request, it isn't unreasonable.
I don't really have a strong opinion about it. Facebook is obviously more closely tied to the real person, so having your real name, pictures, etc out there if you don't want them to be could be an issue.
I just don't think messageboards are the same beast. If I was a potential employer of yours and I somehow found out you went by "Kyzer" online, unless I also specifically know you go by Kyzer here at GAF, I'm not going to find anything. I see ancestry boards, a car forum, straight dope messageboard, foxhunters. I have no way of knowing if any of this is you, so I'm getting nowhere if I want to find some red flag in your internet history. A picture of you drunk at a party on Facebook is another matter, but to me posts on gaf are nothing.
Hello I'm the father and what my son says is true, he did not cheat. It was his brother on my account. Please unban him
sincerely the father
I am an artist and my account is intrinsically tied with my identity, it's easy to connect the dots for me.
Uh better safe then sorry?We'll have to agree to disagree. You're concerned that a potential employer with your name, email, whatever can figure out you go by Kyzer online, and find incriminating stuff from there. I already know you go by Kyzer and I can't find jack squat. I personally don't think you have anything to worry about.
You're upset with them because they don't want to post on a board you choose to post on that handles situations like this?Yawn.
The self righteousness on display in these threads is embarassing. Just leave if you're going to leave. Don't come back. We don't need a separate topic for each quitter's boring diatribe about 'issues' every 10 minutes. 'Everyone, I'm leaving and this is my really important essay on issues based on something completely unrelated to me I read on the internet'.
Just leave already and do it quietly. Thanks.
We'll have to agree to disagree. You're concerned that a potential employer with your name, email, whatever can figure out you go by Kyzer online, and find incriminating stuff from there. I already know you go by Kyzer and I can't find jack squat. I personally don't think you have anything to worry about.
How does this work on a forum? I've searched and see that you've created about 20 threads in the gaming section. What would happen if you delete an user that are the creator of a thread? Honest question.For the record, do you believe people should not be allowed to delete their Facebook accounts? For the sake of contributions to discussion. Do you think Facebook should own my pictures and posts as their property?
Why would you be targeted for having a NeoGAF account?1) How does that resolve my concerns of being targeted for having a NeoGAF account?
2) It's easy to find me through my GAF account, trust me. If I was doxxed it would be 4000x easier? Lol
This thread is hilarious.
Uh better safe then sorry?
1) How does that resolve my concerns of being targeted for having a NeoGAF account?
2) It's easy to find me through my GAF account, trust me. If I was doxxed it would be 4000x easier? Lol
How does this work on a forum? I've searched and see that you've created about 20 threads in the gaming section. What would happen if you delete an user that are the creator of a thread? Honest question.
Why would you be targeted for having a NeoGAF account?
Sure but you have to draw the line somewhere. Deleting a single user can break thousands of threads, and it doesn't take care of the fact that any time that user was quoted his/her name is still there for Google to find. So maybe delete every thread the user participated in? Or just wipe the whole forum just in case? And for what? The vague possibility that someone may find something sometime in the future that looks bad? This place has (mistakenly in my opinion) had a horrible reputation for years. Kyzer chose to participate anyway.
If I was in charge and feeling nice, I'd rename his/her account for him/her. I would not delete it.
I think you're overestimating the cultural influence of NeoGAF. Go to the grocery store and ask 100 people if they know what it is.
If the exceedingly unlikely happens and someone confronts you about it - say you left when you discovered things you didn't like.
I have been lurking for quite a while but only asked for an account a few months ago. Only posted a few times as well. Loved the threads on new gaming news and official game threads. I am flabbergasted at the amount of people posting to be deleted. Just leave. It doesn't matter. If it's a protest then just leave. It's like watching a classroom of 5th graders all acting up when a substitute teacher is teaching. It's like they are trying to show off to others. Just leave. I have enjoyed my time so far but find this all very laughable.
Did you even read the OP?
you're asking too much of them
Funnily enough this was on BBC today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41735619
EU has a 'right to be forgotten' ruling which presumably should extend to internet psuedonyms, there's an argument to be made here I reckon.
NeoGAF nukes accounts all the time, mostly by request I'm pretty sure. There are posts in threads by no name ghost accounts everywhere. It's why I requested it. They had no problem obliging peoples privacy concerns because they understood the concern, I would imagine it makes even more sense to them now.
Ok, i see. Then it shouldnt be much of a problem to delete an account i think.I think its just there still but posted by a deleted account. I've seen posts like that around throughout the years.
I understand. Were you actively engaged in the GamerGame converastion? But i think that sounds quite unlikely to happen though. Its been a while since GamerGate was very active (from what i know at least), and if it didnt happen before, i'm not sure that it will happen now. Theres so many users at NeoGAF as well.And im worried because we made nerdy enemies in GamerGate that like to doxx people and who were celebrating the death of GAF after being pegged by society as nerds who harass game journalists, and want to see GAF stay dead, and some users have already reportedly been doxxed. and I'm leaving and don't want to have to think about this
And now they have an express incentive not to. A few ghost accounts is ok. Mass amounts of them are not.
And anyway, you've likely got nothing to worry about. All the people doing the doxxing and whatnot don't care about an average user. They're going after the big personalities who are openly extreme left. I'm assuming that's not you or you would have blown up and suicided with the rest of them. Just move on. And come back when things settle and you're ready to rejoin the community. Because that will happen.
Ok, i see. Then it shouldnt be much of a problem to delete an account i think.
I understand. Were you actively engaged in the GamerGame converastion? But i think that sounds quite unlikely to happen though. Its been a while since GamerGate was very active (from what i know at least), and if it didnt happen before, i'm not sure that it will happen now. Theres so many users at NeoGAF as well.
By the way, if they cant delete your account, its at least possible to get an username change. I've seen people getting their username changed before. Then you should be able to get it changed to something random.
No problemThis is a useful suggestion, thank you, definitely an alternative to consider. Hopefully Gromph gets to me soon. Judging from the thread still being up and my account not getting deleted nor hearing from anyone it might be something that only he can deal with
I'll take an account deletion as well. PM'd a mod but nothing yet.
How are you PMing mods if they're anonymous now?
How are you PMing mods if they're anonymous now?
I have been lurking for quite a while but only asked for an account a few months ago. Only posted a few times as well. Loved the threads on new gaming news and official game threads. I am flabbergasted at the amount of people posting to be deleted. Just leave. It doesn't matter. If it's a protest then just leave. It's like watching a classroom of 5th graders all acting up when a substitute teacher is teaching. It's like they are trying to show off to others. Just leave. I have enjoyed my time so far but find this all very laughable.
Also do you ask for ANY of your accts to be deleted when you close them on other sites, emails, blogs etc??