Lemmy: Deleting an account doesn't seem to work
When trying to delete an account I simply get redirected to the start page, the account still exists and is signed in.
optikfluffel
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It doesn't delete your account, I don't have this yet. It overwrites all your comments and posts with removed. Which is the account so I can make sure it did that?
dessalines
on 21 May 2020
Oh ok, I didn't know that this isn't implemented yet. The one I want to get rid of is this account.
(I accidentally created two accounts, then lost access to the first one for a while, ...
the usual drama 馃檲)
optikfluffel
on 22 May 2020
Signed up after the AMA and noticed the same issue (I don't actually need the account deleted, but renaming is not an option - signed up as just michel since I'm curious if it's already taken or not)
Can it be renamed to michel-slm to match my other accounts elsewhere, or deleted and I'll start over? https://dev.lemmy.ml/u/michel
michel-slm
on 2 Jun 2020
I would just make a new account, there's no renaming of accounts. I have no way of merging accts.
dessalines
on 2 Jun 2020
In that case I'll probably just keep this. I only use my first name as username in a few other places so it's special :)
michel-slm
on 3 Jun 2020
Mastodon doesn't give an option to delete an account either. Is that a common theme in opensource/federated alternatives for some reason?
nathgit
on 28 Jun 2020
I don't know, we typically don't delete anything for database reasons. IE you make a community, deleting your user db row would wipe out everyone's comments, posts, etc. Or you make a comment, then deleting your user would remove all the comments under yours.
dessalines
on 28 Jun 2020
Would it be reasonable to reassign deleted Posts and Comments to a special "nobody" user ie ID: 0? this way a user could be properly deleted.
ryexandrite
on 9 Jul 2020
@nathgit Mastodon actually does give an option to delete your account.
MasterOfTheTiger
on 10 Jul 2020
Also of note. This is vital for GDPR and the Right to be Forgotten compliance.
As postgres serial ID's start at 1 I propose that a special nobody or *deleted* user be created as ID 0 or -1. when a user delete's their account all posts, comments, and messages are reassigned to this special user as well as have their content removed.
ryexandrite
on 12 Jul 2020
A delete account button should delete your account. If it doesn't do that at the moment, probably should change the label.
ghost
on 29 Aug 2020
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Also of note. This is vital for GDPR and the Right to be Forgotten compliance.
As postgres serial ID's start at
1I propose that a specialnobodyor*deleted*user be created as ID0or-1. when a user delete's their account all posts, comments, and messages are reassigned to this special user as well as have their content removed.