@dansup @pixelfed While part of the problem would be that some people simply do not read, you might at least reach a few more people if the warning about not being able to reuse the account name later was also inside a red border.

@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 🤣

@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

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