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**Han** · 01-10-2008, 03:59 PM

A couple of days ago, I got a private message from one of the members on my forum asking me to delete their account. Since it's written in our rules that we do not delete accounts, I didn't take any action.

The member in question came back to the forum and continued to post as normal so I thought it was forgotten. However, when I visited today I discovered they had deleted a lot of their posts and a lot of the topics no longer make any sense since they have gaps where that member had posted.

I didn't realise the option for members to delete their own posts was enabled (probably through a fault of my own

) but I have now disabled that feature.

How would you deal with the situation? Should I just delete the topics that now make no sense? Should I say anything to that member?

Advice is appreciated.

**Caddyman** · 01-10-2008, 04:41 PM

i would just let it go. if someone on your site ask, explain. those topics will eventually fade away....normally

**THFS** · 01-11-2008, 03:40 AM

That's exactly what I would do to...

**Norrad** · 01-20-2008, 10:30 AM

Just letting it go would be best. Most topics won't stay active for long and probably won't be seen again.

01-10-2008, 03:59 PM	#1
Han Lurker Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 14	Deleted posts A couple of days ago, I got a private message from one of the members on my forum asking me to delete their account. Since it's written in our rules that we do not delete accounts, I didn't take any action. The member in question came back to the forum and continued to post as normal so I thought it was forgotten. However, when I visited today I discovered they had deleted a lot of their posts and a lot of the topics no longer make any sense since they have gaps where that member had posted. I didn't realise the option for members to delete their own posts was enabled (probably through a fault of my own ) but I have now disabled that feature. How would you deal with the situation? Should I just delete the topics that now make no sense? Should I say anything to that member? Advice is appreciated.

01-10-2008, 04:41 PM	#2
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01-20-2008, 10:30 AM	#4
Norrad Rookie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Thailand Posts: 17	Just letting it go would be best. Most topics won't stay active for long and probably won't be seen again. __________________ Occupation: Evil Genius Reason: Less Paperwork *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

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