FAQ: Can I Delete My Account and All My Posts?

[Carnivore Talk]

CAN I DELETE ALL MY POSTS?

The short answer is No, which is the way it has been for forums all over the internet (and UseNet) since the mid-90's. There are many reasons for this, but here are the primary ones...

1) It would break the flow of discussion threads. Imagine a topic several pages long that spanned several weeks that "Eddie" contributed with lots of replies to others. Other members comments are replies to the things Eddie said. Now imagine all of Eddie's posts disappeared. This topic for discussion would not make sense to later readers.

2) There is no way to remove your words that others have quoted in their replies. Simply put, this type of functionality is not built into the software. And as far as we know, nobody builds this into their software.

That is why, BEFORE YOU REGISTERED, you were required to read the Carnivore Talk Terms & Conditions and agree to them before submitting your application for membership. We trust you did so, and recall that the terms included the following snippet...

 

Publicity, Content Ownership, & Copyright

All submitted posts become a permanent part of Carnivore Talk Community. By sending posts or submitting content to the community, you, the Sender, acknowledge and agree that your contribution automatically becomes an intrinsic part of the CarnivoreTalk.com Community without any further obligation to you, and that you grant CarnivoreTalk.com the right to use, reproduce, display, perform, adapt, modify, distribute, have distributed, and promote the content in any form, anywhere and for any purpose; and warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content you submit and that the public posting and use of your content by CarnivoreTalk.com will not infringe or violate the rights of any third party. You acknowledge that your submitted content may not be removed, unpublished or changed once the content has been posted. 

While most areas of CarnivoreTalk are visible to the public, we are a private membership community. Whether you are a registered member or an unregistered guest, you agree that you will not copy and paste the contents of individual posts that you yourself did not author to another internet location outside of CarnivoreTalk.com, and that doing so will result in a copyright takedown notice initiated by the original content author or us as their agent.

We do NOT delete accounts. However, you may request that we "deactivate" your account. You will no longer be able to log in to view members only content nor read or reply to Private Messages. You can reactivate your account at a later time by using the Contact Us form at the bottom of every page to send a message to the Administrators.

 

CAN I DELETE MY ACCOUNT?

As stated in the Terms & Condition, we can "deactivate" you account. This will prevent you from receiving, reading, or replying to Private Messages and any Members Only Content, and will stop all email notifications. The forum will treat you like an unregistered guest, even if you are logged in (and you will see a message saying your account is deactivated). You can reactivate upon request.