big\_dave wrote:Someone quote this before I go: I'm available in the secret workgroup channel. If you want in, ask FMNewDarkAge or FMSmud. Providing you pass the 23 rights of initiation and you're approved by Council, of course. No decons, tropers, brummies or people who say "decant" to describe pouring IPA from a can.

I have gotten several requests in the last few days to delete accounts of forum members, and want to start a discussion about why that is a thing now. To be clear, this is people contacting me and asking to have their own accounts deleted and all their posts removed.Haven't done it yet, certainly will if people insist, but it's irrevocable and I want to know why it's suddenly a thing.

First thread I click on and the conversation already makes no sense, which I realise is because b\_d's responses have all been nuked. I hope there was a good reason for this.

mookie1010 wrote:steve wrote:big\_dave wrote:people who say "decant" to describe pouring IPA from a can.Who says decant when pouring their IPA? That's preposterous.Can or bottle?

To the people wanting to delete accounts -1.Don't goooo, we will miss you2. You know you will want to come back at some point, facebooks, slacks, whatever don't have all the things on offer here and never will be quite the same.3. Consider lurking, you can always come back under a new or old account later. A lot of us navigate this forum using 'Go to first unread post' and when people's entire posting history gets deleted it messes that up for, oh about a year.4. In the Tech Room, no one can hear you scream.JD

Maybe all these people have internet startups and are worried about investors reading their posts?

damn, i liked FMb\_d but i won't do no work in no group

Sad to hear Big Dave is going. Any reason in particular?

Also it breaks the page links, which you'll notice if you hit "next page" on a long thread that has had a lot of posts removed.The next page link takes you to the post that used to be at the top of the next page, which after post removals is now probably halfway back on the previous page.

I'd always just thought that was some weird forum glitch.