does anyone know how to purge one's account?

[samsingh]

[sufrommich]

1. Purge it of what? nt

[samsingh]

2. remove my account?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

3. you can have your account locked

but purging isn't really an option. it's here (what you've written) ... and it's staying here.

s

[samsingh]

5. that's fine - i just am disconnecting myself from DU - i'm tired of contributing financially and

time only to see people being locked out with so many people cheering fellow duers being banished.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

7. drop a line to skinner

or you could go out with a bang...

sP

[boston bean]

4. Ask a previously banned poster...

I know you are upset about the banning of NYC_SKP, right? but I do presume that if you want someone else to do it for you, you will have to follow their suit. Admin is the only one who can purge your account, if you won't/can't do it yourself.

[samsingh]

8. okay - i can just stop coming to the site

take care.

[boston bean]

11. that is one other option.

1 more is you can go into your account settings and change your password by typing in characters without looking at the keyboard, so you can't log in any longer.

[treestar]

37. but then isn't there a lost password recovery?

I'm lucky I remember mine. I rarely have to actually log in.

[samsingh]

12. i'm one of the strongest Hillary supporters and i'm still appalled by the treatment received by a

fellow DUer.

thanks for your response.

[boston bean]

13. i'm a very strong Hillary supporter and was pleased

to see that calling her that, in a not so clever way, was taken care of swiftly, even if it was a long timer.

We don't need that.

[Renew Deal]

6. Call someone the c word

Seriously though. You can just stop using it.

[samsingh]

9. will do. thanks

[TheCowsCameHome]

26. It isn't worth it just to get a free pizza.

[FrodosPet]

14. Forgive me but I'm pretty sure this is mandatory on Goodbye Cruel World posts

[patricia92243]

18. You are supposd to beg them to stay - that is the whole point of the post!

[FrodosPet]

36. In that case...

[pinboy3niner]

15. To leave DU, just leave

No need to delete your accoount. If deleting your account is important to you, you can email admins by using links at the bottom of this page.

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. That does not work

I tried, trust me.



Something about numbers I s'pose

[BlueJazz]

16. I thought those types of posts were cruel and immature. It's like a pack of nasty sharks.

I hope you reconsider though. We'll miss you.

[samsingh]

17. thank you.

[seaglass]

19. There is no deleting your account, admins won't do it as they've been asked many times before.

You can get yourself banned, I wouldn't suggest it.

You can scramble your password so you can't log in.

My suggestion would be to take a break. There have been a few times when I've just had it with DU and taking a break helps.

[samsingh]

20. thanks

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. Suggested process:

Self-delete all the posts you've made that you want to stop DUers reading
Change your signature and profile to have a message to let people know you're no longer posting here
Change your registered email address to something false
Chang your password to something random you will never remember
Log out

[Jesus Malverde]

40. Good advice...nt

[Rhiannon12866]

22. Just take a break and leave the door open

Things change and you could change your mind. When I've been aggravated, I've taken a break. Sometimes you just really need to. But I hope you'll eventually miss us and decide to come back. And you may not think so now, but you'll also be missed...

[samsingh]

23. that's good advice.

[Rhiannon12866]

24. Thank you!

I really hope you take it...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

25. Just slip out the back, Jack ...

Make a new plan, Stan ...

[TheCowsCameHome]

27. and certainly "no need to be coy, Roy".

[Nye Bevan]

28. Here's one way.....

[awoke_in_2003]

35. All time classic. nt

[hifiguy]

39. That is an initial inductee to the DU Hall of Fame.

Along with the Fried Chicken Wars, in which millions were lost or went missing, and the moon-bombing thread.

[CentralMass]

29. Giving it a fiber rich diet might help.

[Lizzie Poppet]

30. Polite requests to do so tend to get ignored.

As do most PMs to the Admins...

Probably the best way is to post something so heinous that you end up with a "Name removed" where your nick used to be (and not just PPR'd). Might or might not work...

[uppityperson]

41. "Name removed" only happens with newbies, not long timers

[Lizzie Poppet]

43. I was thinking that might be the case.

Ah, well...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

31. I like and respect you sam but this a overreaction.

The mark of a great intellect is to believe two mutually exclusive things at the same time and believe both to be true. SKP did a horrible thing but he didn't deserve a lifetime ban.

But this is a teachable moment. I am very cautious what I say to people in real life when I am mad at someone because I don't get to calibrate their response. I might drop an epithet on somebody and they laugh it off or they just might punch me in the face. You can have your account terminated here at any time, for any reason.

[samsingh]

44. thanks for your kind words. i will follow them. I don't think

i can ever think of Du as a home ever again, but i agree that i'm over reacting.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

46. At the end of the day, sam, this is still an anonymous message board./NT

[hlthe2b]

32. I will absolutely not say anything snarky or smart alecky...

Just log out, save your password somewhere, take a break and thus give yourself an option to return later.

[City Lights]

33. What do you mean by "purge?"

If you no longer want to participate you can just leave. I don't know of any "mass delete" feature that would allow you to remove all of your posts.

[cherokeeprogressive]

34. FUCK the grave dancers. Keep posting while imagining what they're like in real life.

Post while imagining what their acquaintances think about them and their attitudes.

That, and stop being a financial contributor; like I'm going to do after almost ten years.

[hifiguy]

38. Take a break for a while. I avoided DU for a year

because I had reached The Popeye Point (I've had all I can stands and I can't stands NO MORE!!) with the miserable language police. Came back because there are way too many people here I like and respect to let the bad apples run me off.

[samsingh]

45. thank you

[cwydro]

47. I love DU.

But I got busy for about three years because I was traveling (worked for an airline and flew for free all over the place), and I just kind of forgot about it.

So essentially, I was gone. No one cared. No one knew I left, and maybe three knew when I returned. I didn't leave in a burst of glory. I wasn't mad at DU. I was just busy with other things. Life lol.

One day, I remembered, oh hey, wonder what is going on in DU? And I came back. Could not remember my password or even the email addy I had when I joined back in 2005. A longtime DUer and friend here helped me, and Skinner could not have been nicer to help me get back on.

But if I never did, who cares? Why the need to "purge"?

Don't go away mad. I didn't. I just went away.

You can do the same.

[Warren DeMontague]

48. I prefer the vaunted "Walt Starr" method.

gotta hand it to the guy, it was memorable.

[csziggy]

49. Yes, it was!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2507034&mesg_id=2507034

[samsingh]

50. thanks everyone for your kind emails and responses

i'm not feeling as negative as i was - i used to think that progressives would get things right and keep a large tent. I never imagined that there could be such staunch word speech. I was feeling more frustrated than i have ever been with DU.

My loyalty has been swayed to this site - to which i have been financially and emotionally committed for 14+ years. I'm over the initial shock so i'm not going to leave. But i won't have that false sense of comfort that we are a large helpful family warts and all. When people can, in my view, be callously treated - today it was over the use of a word in a stupid way - who knows what it will be tomorrow. Many of us have strong emotional opinions. Who knows what will come out tomorrow and which of us may emotionally post something that gets us banned.

I'm a strong believer in the collective good, and i believe in the old parable that they came for x and i stayed quiet. then they came for y and i stayed quiet. then they came for me and no one was left to stand up for me.

I am a passionate Hilary Clinton supporter. I think she will make a very good President and Bill Clinton will be a great FLOTUS (!). I miss the camolet like world under the Clinton/Gore administration. Hillary as the first Women President will be such a good message after the first Black President. But i don't think we should ban people who have passionate views for others and when they stupidly use stupid words.

There are big issues for progressives to fight beyond this site - placement of progressives on SCOTUS, getting rid of Citizens United, Universal Healthcare, Climate change, 1 person 1 vote. This site has proved a very valuable service - and it was a lifeline after bush allegedly stole his way into office in 2000.

[NCTraveler]

51. Self Control.

I don't mean that in a snide way. If your membership payment is on some kind of reoccurrence, put a stop to it. Then simply don't log onto du. It works in multiple ways. You get what you want, and if you change thoughts in the future, your profile is still here waiting for you. Go in with the mindset you are taking a break. If that break turns into an overall positive in your life, make it permanent. Millions of things you could be doing other than this. Determine if this is what you want to use your free time on over those other options. Best wishes to you.

[Capt. Obvious]

52. Here you go

This will work

[cyberswede]

53. Take a break and come back after the primaries

Then we can trash talk the R nominee - now THAT is fun!

[OregonBlue]

54. Just take a break for a while. I know you're upset about Skip but for heavens sake, he called

Hillary a _unt. Go away for a while and come back when you are tired of those other sites.