deleting my account ?
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Lohan Drake
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Join date: 8 Mar 2006
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03-08-2006 22:48
how do i delete my account?
whent thru cancel process to get automated responce saying Linden is going to hold onto my delatils for 60 days !!!
anyone find this invassive???
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Enabran Templar
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Join date: 26 Aug 2004
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03-08-2006 23:07
They're talking about your inventory.
They do that so that, thirty days from now, when you realize "Oh, shit, I don't want to cancel my SL account," they can restore your inventory and then you won't come here to complain that Linden Lab trashed your inventory.
What's the big deal?
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Ace Arizona
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Join date: 23 Feb 2006
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03-08-2006 23:16
However as i have reciently learned, do not delete an account if you intend on making a new name using the aforementioned deleted accounts credit card or mobile phone used for verification. Even though you are deleted, your number stays and you won't get another free basic.
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Ghoti Nyak
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Join date: 7 Aug 2004
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03-09-2006 05:56
Yes, deleted accounts are included in the '2 accounts per credit card, 5 accounts per household' rule. So you delete an account and you do NOT get that slot back.
Really, I fail to see the reason behind this. Its not like you can game the stipend for an account that no longer exists.
-Ghoti
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Argent Stonecutter
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Say *what*?
03-09-2006 06:05
From: Ghoti Nyak Yes, deleted accounts are included in the '2 accounts per credit card, 5 accounts per household' rule. So you delete an account and you do NOT get that slot back. REALLY? Damn, I deleted an account so I could change the name with a new account. Yes, I expected to pay another $10.00 for the account, I wasn't "gaming" the system, I just finally gave up on the possibility of changing my name. I guess I better reactivate it. Why on earth would they *not* allow this? |
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Ordinal Malaprop
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Join date: 9 Sep 2005
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03-09-2006 06:18
Presumably so that people can't just keep deleting their accounts whenever they get into trouble and coming back under a new name for free.
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Stephane Zugzwang
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Join date: 26 Jun 2004
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03-09-2006 06:22
They are looking for quality rather than quantity. They don't really want to become just a place where people come for throw-away 10mn flings as temporary IDs. The community becomes a market asset only as soon as it exhibits a certain level of stability and involvement from the person behind the keyboard. Which won't happen if you're not committed one way or another to your online identity.
At least that seems to be their reasoning.
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Ghoti Nyak
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03-09-2006 06:29
From: Ordinal Malaprop Presumably so that people can't just keep deleting their accounts whenever they get into trouble and coming back under a new name for free. LL has complete records of these deleted accounts. I do not see how, given this list, some could fool LL. If you get in trouble, your creditcard/SMS/household gets tagged. Deleting an account and then establishing a new account on the same creditcard/SMS/household does not interfere with the abilty to know that the user of that creditcard/SMS/household is a troublemaker and that the creditcard/SMS/household in question should be banned. As the situation stands, sounds to me like if said troublemaker gets a new creditcard/SMS/household there is nothing to prevent them from creating a new account anyway. What does counting the deleted account of a nontroublemaker creditcard/SMS/household result in except a slot that can no-longer be used? -Ghoti
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Argent Stonecutter
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03-09-2006 06:49
From: Ghoti Nyak LL has complete records of these deleted accounts. I do not see how, given this list, some could fool LL. Indeed. I was under the impression that sanctions for abuse applied to ALL linked accounts. It never occurred to me that not only do they not let you change a name (even for a fee), but they don't even let you do it this way. That's just NUTS. |
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Argent Stonecutter
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03-09-2006 06:50
From: Stephane Zugzwang They are looking for quality rather than quantity. They don't really want to become just a place where people come for throw-away 10mn flings as temporary IDs. The community becomes a market asset only as soon as it exhibits a certain level of stability and involvement from the person behind the keyboard. Which won't happen if you're not committed one way or another to your online identity. What does a never-used account left unused because you quickly realised that the name was a mistake do to help create "stability"? |
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Nokuma Strangelove
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Join date: 20 Nov 2005
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03-09-2006 07:59
From: Lohan Drake how do i delete my account?
whent thru cancel process to get automated responce saying Linden is going to hold onto my delatils for 60 days !!!
anyone find this invassive??? Can i please shoot you?
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Cocoanut Cookie
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Join date: 26 Jan 2006
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03-09-2006 08:31
Maybe you can't delete account so population numbers won't go down?
coco
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Enabran Templar
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03-09-2006 08:38
From: Cocoanut Cookie Maybe you can't delete account so population numbers won't go down? Except you can delete an account. And Linden Lab will hold onto your inventory data for 60 days. In case you change your mind. edit: The population number isn't based on total rows in some table in LL's SQL server. It's based on accounts that show activity within a given period.
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Ingrid Ingersoll
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03-09-2006 08:41
From: Ghoti Nyak Yes, deleted accounts are included in the '2 accounts per credit card, 5 accounts per household' rule. So you delete an account and you do NOT get that slot back.
Really, I fail to see the reason behind this. Its not like you can game the stipend for an account that no longer exists.
-Ghoti I never understood this either. |
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Cocoanut Cookie
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03-09-2006 08:49
From: Enabran Templar Except you can delete an account.
And Linden Lab will hold onto your inventory data for 60 days. In case you change your mind. Oh, okay. And the holding onto inventory is a GOOD thing. coco |
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Enabran Templar
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03-09-2006 09:37
From: Cocoanut Cookie Oh, okay. And the holding onto inventory is a GOOD thing. It absolutely is. With the volume of data they're already carrying, sixty days of "just in case" holding for expired accounts is trivial, especially given the sorts of E-Mails and phone calls they might get otherwise. "OMG I CANCELLED MY ACCOUNT LAST MONTH BUT NOW I WANTED TO COME BACK AND OMG I WAS WORKING ON THIS PUPPY AND NOW IT'S GONE I DON'T WANT TO START AGAIN PLEASE HELP ME PLEASE"
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