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dansup

I need to refactor account deletion in @pixelfed

You'd think the huge warnings, after you have to re-enter your password, would make it clear

Yet, a significant amount of people come back, and want to re-use their old deleted account

Pixelfed account delete warning screen
12 June at 8:27 | Open on mastodon.social
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Григорий Клюшников

That's why you never ever delete accounts right away, you deactivate them and delete after a delay, giving the user enough time to reinstate their account in case they change their mind. In Smithereen this delay is 30 days.

12 June at 8:30
dansup

@grishka That isn't compatible with GDPR though, in some cases you do have to delete all PII immediately

12 June at 8:31 | Open on mastodon.social
Григорий Клюшников

dansup, a server administrator can delete a deactivated account immediately.

12 June at 8:37
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Viktor Glukozavr Kurochkin

@dansup @pixelfed I think there will always be people, who don’t treat this warnings seriously. You could add threats 😂 are you sure? Your nickname can be taken. You will never get it back. You would become username578643. Or, you need to request account deletion 3 days in a row to delete it 🤣

12 June at 8:59 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place
Jippi 🇩🇰

@dansup @pixelfed I would consider moving the “take a break” section down into its own CTA in green / yellow before the actual delete account step. And if folks click delete; show a modal giving final warning about it being irrecoverable action and have a green CTA again saying “never mind, just freeze my account instead” - a pattern like that have worked wonders for me at work when’re similar happened

12 June at 9:13 | Open on expressional.social
Guy Martin (Dwev) :pc2red:

@dansup @pixelfed is there a reason the username must be retired instead of being released after a period of time?

12 June at 12:41 | Open on podcastindex.social
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