member2686
Banned
To his credit, Maxell has done it the right way, IMO. Rather than make a permanent decision to leave, he's taking a self-imposed break.
When a member asks to have his/her account closed, they have a time window in which to reconsider that request/decision. If they don't change their mind within that time window, the account is closed.
I don't understand why people don't just step back, why there's this melodrama of permanence. If they're no longer or not currently enjoying the board, they can walk away and check it out at a later date and see if perhaps they want to return. This "I quit" stuff is a bit extreme, IMO, but hey, whatever they feel the need to do is their decision. Maybe their wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, ****, job, sex life, or whatever have been sidelined by their time here, and if that's the case, I fully respect their decision(s) to re-prioritize their lives and leave. Even then, though, why ask for the account to be closed permanently? They can just walk away for a bit and enjoy the board when it does not conflict with their real life priorities.
Upon further reflection of these recent "close my account" requests, I've pondered over this idea... By asking to have their accounts permanently closed, aren't they (the account closure requests) really protests of something? Aren't they really saying (rather than taking a break and just taking a sabbatical of sorts), "This place has become intolerable in my opinion," or "the members here suck," or "the rules suck," or aren't they basically just "flipping the bird"
thefinger) to the board and its members as if to say, "I have better things to do than be here," or something to that effect?
I don't know. To make a decision to permanently close one's account seems to me to be sending some sort of a message. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but that's sort of how it seems to me upon further contemplation of the issue.
Anyway... Just a thought and my :2 cents:.
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When a member asks to have his/her account closed, they have a time window in which to reconsider that request/decision. If they don't change their mind within that time window, the account is closed.
I don't understand why people don't just step back, why there's this melodrama of permanence. If they're no longer or not currently enjoying the board, they can walk away and check it out at a later date and see if perhaps they want to return. This "I quit" stuff is a bit extreme, IMO, but hey, whatever they feel the need to do is their decision. Maybe their wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, ****, job, sex life, or whatever have been sidelined by their time here, and if that's the case, I fully respect their decision(s) to re-prioritize their lives and leave. Even then, though, why ask for the account to be closed permanently? They can just walk away for a bit and enjoy the board when it does not conflict with their real life priorities.
Upon further reflection of these recent "close my account" requests, I've pondered over this idea... By asking to have their accounts permanently closed, aren't they (the account closure requests) really protests of something? Aren't they really saying (rather than taking a break and just taking a sabbatical of sorts), "This place has become intolerable in my opinion," or "the members here suck," or "the rules suck," or aren't they basically just "flipping the bird"
thefinger) to the board and its members as if to say, "I have better things to do than be here," or something to that effect? I don't know. To make a decision to permanently close one's account seems to me to be sending some sort of a message. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but that's sort of how it seems to me upon further contemplation of the issue.
Anyway... Just a thought and my :2 cents:.
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