Originally posted by: vijay
Deactivation of account is easier but deletion is a challenge due to how forums is structured.
Reason deleting user forum posts is a challenge cause all the posts are linked to the first post and deleting that will make all the responses to that post inaccessible.
For example:
If I created a topic with a question and I got over 50 responses. And all of a sudden I want my post to be deleted it will impact those 50 responses too as without the context of the first post its hard to understand the responses. And as a member I would not like to lose my post due to someone else deleting their account. If you have suggestions which solves this problem we can certainly look into it.
So personally I recommend members not to share any personally identifiable information on the forums.
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