-- Posted by Anonymous at 4:34 pm on July 22, 2008 New Moderator Ability: Reactivate Closed Accounts Dec. 20, 2007 at 6:57pm by davjs Moderators can now reactivate closed accounts in the event that a member accidentally closes his or her account and wishes to reopen it before the 7 day waiting period is up. ok in the past week i've seen three people's accounts re-activated within a day of closing them. i thought that livezilla was implemented because somebody (if i remember rightly, peeta or one of his accounts) had some fucked-up script or something close his account without him knowing what was happening....not because people closed their accounts with full knowledge of it and a day later wanted to come back. these people all knew exactly what the fuck they were doing. they all knew that anything was possible to happen on the site after they left. they all typed in "I understand that I cannot undo this action (for 7 days)." how the fuck was it an accident on any of their parts? this means even worse attention-whoring. come on, the significance of closing an account has been diminished enough; are you really going to make it this much worse and just bend over to people like this? -- Posted by DemolitionxXxLover at 4:35 pm on July 22, 2008 This is weird...very weird... -- Posted by Skip at 4:36 pm on July 22, 2008 yeah thats a pretty bad update -- Posted by Birdo at 4:37 pm on July 22, 2008 Maybe it's just for people who have had a bad day or something and are feeling really extreme about cutting all social outlets off. Though it's not like 7 days is really that long of a waiting period. -- Posted by boothy at 4:37 pm on July 22, 2008 Closing accounts is pointless. -- Posted by Relativity at 4:38 pm on July 22, 2008 Honestly you have to go through an entire process to close your account and even answer the question as to WHY you're closing it. Re-opening it for someone who went through this process is a complete joke. Furthermore, what's even more of a joke is hearing the persons plea to have this account re-opened. "I'M ADDICTED! I MADE A MISTAKE! OPEN IT AGAIN! PLZ PLZ PLZ!" -- Posted by Stud Muffin at 4:38 pm on July 22, 2008 quit your bitchin -- Posted by Apotheosis at 4:38 pm on July 22, 2008 we're supposed to bitch about the site being too fascist, not not enough leeway is good for all involved -- Posted by Anonymous at 4:42 pm on July 22, 2008 ok diego why/how? -- Posted by bighead1991 at 5:42 pm on July 22, 2008 There's been a discussion about this the past few days in the mod forum, people coming from both sides; Of how we should use this feature and treat situations. Personally I think it was a stupid feature and should never have been introduced. -- Posted by The Professional at 6:07 pm on July 22, 2008 I agree with Sam that it's a silly feature that we didn't want/need, and still don't want/need. It's basically down to moderator discretion.  If someone wants their account reinstated a day after, a mod can say no if they want, but the next mod can say yes if they want. -- Posted by Anonymous at 6:49 pm on July 22, 2008 i see, thanks. glad you guys have discussed it. -- Posted by dreamweaver at 10:50 pm on July 22, 2008 Quote: from The Professional at 9:07 pm on July 22, 2008 I agree with Sam that it's a silly feature that we didn't want/need, and still don't want/need. It's basically down to moderator discretion. If someone wants their account reinstated a day after, a mod can say no if they want, but the next mod can say yes if they want. Ditto as well, though I see the reason why David has given it to us. I really think we shouldn't be using it fr whenever a member decides to change their mind, as some of you guys even said- there's seriously no way it can be "accidentally" close as there's a whole damn process for it. -- Posted by iwashere85 at 11:32 pm on July 22, 2008 Personally, I can understand why it exists, but, it should only be used in case something odd with the system happens. -- Posted by Rastafarian at 11:40 pm on July 22, 2008 Closing accounts with the time limit never really made much sense to me. -- Posted by Anonymous at 12:03 am on July 23, 2008 Quote: from dreamweaver at 10:50 pm on July 22, 2008 there's seriously no way it can be "accidentally" close as there's a whole damn process for it. i swear there really was some legitimate "accident" like a few days before the ability was implemented... -- Posted by dreamweaver at 12:41 am on July 23, 2008 I know. It happened to several members which is why david implemented it. I did say I understood it's original intentions but think it should only be used for those purposes, and not to be used whenever a member thinks it's time for them to come back. -- Posted by Spice at 1:46 am on July 23, 2008 I don't think any account should be reactivated unless some bug is preventing the member from doing so. I think that's the only circumstance in which we should open the account for them. Apparently, I'm more or less alone on that standpoint, because it's seen as punishing someone for closing their account. As far as I'm concerned they chose to close it, they should face the consequences. But there ya go. -- Posted by Apotheosis at 5:53 am on July 23, 2008 Quote: from hithere at 7:42 pm on July 22, 2008 ok diego why/how? because leeway creates an environment where people realize that the rules don't actually matter as much as the people and that as long as the people are good the rules can be bent -- Posted by nikki at 6:54 am on July 23, 2008 I believe someone tried to open there account more than seven days after they'd closed it, and couldn't, so David implemented the feature whereby we could reactivate it. -- Posted by dreamweaver at 7:24 am on July 23, 2008 Quote: from UnusualOne at 4:46 am on July 23, 2008 I don't think any account should be reactivated unless some bug is preventing the member from doing so. I think that's the only circumstance in which we should open the account for them. Apparently, I'm more or less alone on that standpoint, because it's seen as punishing someone for closing their account. As far as I'm concerned they chose to close it, they should face the consequences. But there ya go. *raises hand* I'm with ya, chica. -- Posted by nikki at 8:46 am on July 23, 2008 Quote: from UnusualOne at 4:46 am on July 23, 2008 I don't think any account should be reactivated unless some bug is preventing the member from doing so. I think that's the only circumstance in which we should open the account for them.   . I do believe that's why we were given that power in the first place. -- Posted by Spice at 8:53 am on July 23, 2008 Quote: from Nikki at 4:46 pm on July 23, 2008 I do believe that's why we were given that power in the first place. It is, which is why it's the only reason I would open an account. -- Posted by nikki at 8:57 am on July 23, 2008 Quote: from UnusualOne at 4:53 pm on July 23, 2008 Quote: from Nikki at 4:46 pm on July 23, 2008 I do believe that's why we were given that power in the first place. It is, which is why it's the only reason I would open an account. Me too. -- Posted by coloring the void at 2:00 pm on July 23, 2008 Quote: from Rastafarian at 11:40 pm on July 22, 2008 Closing accounts with the time limit never really made much sense to me. David's actions never made much sense.