# How do I delete my acount? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 26, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306 "2012-06-26T00:20:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/61 "2012-06-27T00:37:11Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > He was being sarcastic people. :rolleyes: I got the impression that he was being sarcastic in a way that basically said “why the hell are on a message board to get important advice?”. I guess it is possible he was being sarcastic to the people who are saying that and doesn’t believe it himself. If the later is the case then my apologies. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/62 "2012-06-27T00:48:51Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I got the impression that he was being sarcastic in a way that basically said “why the hell are on a message board to get important advice?”. > > I guess it is possible he was being sarcastic to the people who are saying that and doesn’t believe it himself. > > If the later is the case then my apologies. Yeah, I didn’t take it that way either. I’d be happy to be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/63 "2012-06-27T01:15:59Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > He was being sarcastic people. :rolleyes: > > Frosty, I’m sorry for your loss. no shit, sherlock. he responded with sarcasm and i responded to the point he was making. re-read the posts, and rolleyes smiley right back at you. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/64 "2012-06-27T01:24:26Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > And why do you come here complaining about how all those gyms are violating your civil rights just because you are in a wheelchair? > > I mean really. Don’t you have REAL people in the REAL world to talk about this with? I will leave aside the fact that I truly believe you just say things to me in order to get a rise and I will attempt to genuinely answer this absurd question. I made absolutely no issue whatsoever about the _nature_ of his thread; his tragedy, if real, is awful and he needs help and support and this mb shouldn’t be a place that shuns such outreach. _However_, when you add up the potential “troll” aspects, it looks like a definite possibility: the eerie coincidence lining up perfectly with the **Umkay** shitstorm; a new poster who has “lurked for a while” prior to posting fantastical claims; and this poster then announcing-via a new thread-to the entire board-that he is planning on packing up and leaving and wants to delete (this is done, IMO, to attract attention to himself and have members try to convince him to stay; rather than just _leaving_). This is what make me think this **could** be a troll. Does this make me an asshole somehow? If so, why? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/65 "2012-06-27T01:51:01Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > This is what make me think this **could** be a troll. Does this make me an asshole somehow? If so, why? Did I call you an asshole? What I basically said was why can’t he talk about major shit here? You do (for some values of major shit). If he needs to go somewhere else to talk about it IMO you do as well. Wasn’t that basically what you were saying in the part from you I quoted ealier? If it isnt, explain it better. If it is the tell my why my points are baloney. The whole "this is why I think this a troll " is a totatally seperate thing. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/66 "2012-06-27T01:58:18Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Did I call you an asshole? > > What I basically said was why can’t he talk about major shit here? You do (for some values of major shit). If he needs to go somewhere else to talk about it IMO you do as well. > > Wasn’t that basically what you were saying in the part from you I quoted ealier? If it isnt, explain it better. If it is the tell my why my points are baloney. > > The whole "this is why I think this a troll " is a totatally seperate thing. He can talk major shit here. Others have and others will with varying levels of success. But even before the current situation many of us are wary when someone joins just to post something that will illict very strong responses. It is odd that someone would randomly find a general interest board like this and choose to post something deeply personal as their first post. It’s not damning but it is curious. Which is why I don’t participate in such threads until I’m reasonable sure it’s not bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/67 "2012-06-27T02:02:13Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > He can talk major shit here. Others have and others will with varying levels of success. But even before the current situation many of us are wary when someone joins just to post something that will illict very strong responses. It is odd that someone would randomly find a general interest board like this and choose to post something deeply personal as their first post. It’s not damning but it is curious. Which is why I don’t participate in such threads until I’m reasonable sure it’s not bullshit. And what was Ambivilad’s first major thread here (if not his first damn post)? Therefore Amby is a troll by your logic. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/68 "2012-06-27T02:15:35Z")
All this does make me curious as to how RandRover claims to know it’s a true story. > [@Irishman](#): > > I’m not sure RR’s behavior veers into board rules violating jerkitude. I mean, it’s kinda jerky to tell a person “I don’t believe you”, but it’s also a legitimate reaction to being told something that sounds too close to standard troll patterns. Also, it’s fair to question other poster’s motives in the Pit. You might want to go back and re-read Rand’s post. He didn’t say, “I don’t believe you”. But rather, “I know what you are saying is 100% true, but I think you are posting it just to get a rise”. Here’s a quote: \*"The dude is absolutely telling the truth (i.e., everything in his OP is 100% accurate)–don’t ask me how I know. But, he knows that, due to recent events with umkay, the board is discussing the whole phenomenon of trolling and is quite suspicious of posters with extraordinary stories. So, he posts about his completely true story just to get a rise out of people by arousing their suspicion, secure in the knowledge that he’s actually telling the absolute truth."\* RR didn’t accuse Frosty of troll by lying, but troll by relating his story (while true) at a time he knew it would get just this reaction. Unless RandRover knows Frosty IRL, I don’t see how he could know Frosty’s intentions. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/69 "2012-06-27T02:24:21Z")
Sheesh. Why do I feel like Rodney King here? Can we all get along? Frosty Camel, stay if you like. Leave if you must. Everybody … can we just dial down the volume and have 5 minutes without some drama? Stop banging on each other. If you can’t say something nice … Y’all are giving me a headache. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/70 "2012-06-27T02:34:07Z")
You have something as major as a headache and are complaining about it here? TROLL! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/71 "2012-06-27T03:01:52Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > You have something as major as a headache and are complaining about it here? > > TROLL! > > 🙂 FTW. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/72 "2012-06-27T03:06:22Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Everybody … can we just dial down the volume and have 5 minutes without some drama? I wonder when the last time the board went 5 minutes without drama actually was? Not counting the times you accidentally banned everyone or the server was down. I don’t mean that as a bad thing, just a curiosity / matter of statistics. Hell, there was a time that the whole **internet** went 5 minutes without drama, but we shall never see the likes of that again. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/73 "2012-06-27T03:08:31Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Stop banging on each other. I first read this without the word ‘on’ and wondered how I managed to miss that! > [@](#): > > Why do I feel like Rodney King here? **TubaDiva** was a great admin here. She will be missed. I’m sorry for your loss. Can I send flowers? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/74 "2012-06-27T03:30:59Z")
Wow there’s a lot of meanness on the board this week and not just in this thread, and not even just against hypothetical trolls What happened to not threadshitting and not being a jerk? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/75 "2012-06-27T07:08:06Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > And what was Ambivilad’s first major thread here (if not his first damn post)? > > Therefore Amby is a troll by your logic. Did you not read the post you quoted? Did it say anywhere in there that such actions automatically meant troll? It’s not a long quote I’m sure you can find it if I did. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/76 "2012-06-27T15:17:33Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > no shit, sherlock. he responded with sarcasm and i responded to the point he was making. re-read the posts, and rolleyes smiley right back at you. It wasn’t directed at you, thus my use of the word “people”. You just happened to be the one I quoted. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/77 "2012-06-27T15:45:21Z")
People, this is ATMB, and this is supposed to be a thread about how to delete an account. Dial back the snark, please. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/78 "2012-06-27T15:51:33Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Exactly. I’ve seen incredible support given here when posters spouses, children or other loved ones died. He was lonely, had called a friend who couldn’t make it over immediately and needed some “company” to get through a tough moment. That’s fine, whatever. But this is not a board based around bereavement support. If some posters manage to find some, that’s great but it’s incidental. Google is not that hard to use and if you’re truly looking for unconditional support for grief, just go to one of the many internet forums set up specifically for that purpose, and that have members and moderators who have quick and easy access to resources and information. This is not to say that one can’t look for such support here, but that one shouldn’t be surprised if one doesn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/79 "2012-06-27T16:15:03Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Mod note > People, this is ATMB, and this is supposed to be a thread about how to delete an account. > > Dial back the snark, please. My knob is stuck! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306/80 "2012-06-27T18:02:21Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > And why do you come here complaining about how all those gyms are violating your civil rights just because you are in a wheelchair? > > I mean really. Don’t you have REAL people in the REAL world to talk about this with? I wasn’t commenting on whether or not this board was an appropriate venue to discuss the matter; rather I was commenting on the fact that he was sticking around to start threads asking how to delete his account when his family has just died. It would seem, if he really wanted to just forget about this place he’d just _leave_ rather than broadcasting his discontent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306.md?page=5)