It's gone...all gone...

Started by Oryx September 7th, 2011 8:12 AM
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Oryx

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Age 30
Female
Seen January 30th, 2015
Posted December 27th, 2014
13,184 posts
12.2 Years


Account Deletion


Imagine one day you go to log onto PC and you realize your password isn't working. Fearing getting hacked, you check your profile and see the message: "This user has not registered and therefore does not have a profile to view." Your account was accidentally wiped in a server error, and there's no way of getting it back. All your posts, threads, themes, emblems, and blog posts were wiped clean, and all you can do is make a new account and...start over.

Would you?

Because this deletion is due to server error, assume whatever staff and supporter tier you have would be transferred to your new account. However, nothing else will.


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Hybrid Trainer

Age 28
Him/Them
«UK»
Seen April 12th, 2023
Posted January 27th, 2022
2,096 posts
14.5 Years
i'd probably just ask for it to be restored because i'm pretty sure PC backs up its database ;D

But I'd probably restart from scratch, i don't care that much about the post count or the emblems or the thread. As long as the people i talk to on here are still coming online i'd stay and build up again ^-^

Ho-Oh

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Age 31
Female
QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
35,988 posts
17.5 Years
I'd stay due to being staff, so I kind of have to. But even if I wasn't, I'd definitely stay. Really I'd LOVE to start all over again and just be seen as a brand new member but not really be one...

If anything, I'd sorta miss my 2005 join date though, since not many active now have 2005 join dates, lol. :x OH and my userid. And my vms too @ future post. Post count however would be least of my worries, lool.

Esper

California
Seen June 30th, 2018
Posted June 30th, 2018
Eh, I'd start over. It's a chance to wipe the slate clean, right? A fresh start. I'd loose some data, some vms and pms, but it's not like I couldn't still keep in contact with people.

Not that I'd never actually want it to happen, but sometimes it's kind of nice when something happens out of your hands and forces you in a new direction.

It'd make a good story in any case.

mikey

Age 30
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Posted 4 Days Ago
6,229 posts
14.1 Years
I would be really mad xD But I suppose I would start over, and eventually reach where I am today again.

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Guy

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Age 31
Male
Florida
Seen March 26th, 2016
Posted January 22nd, 2014
7,127 posts
14.7 Years
I would hope that the other staff would transfer over my staff status to my new account!! That's the only thing I'd really care about potentially losing for good. But this would give me the perfect reason to create a new account with a new name!! I would certainly.
My thoughts exactly!!!

I wouldn't mind starting over at all, but if I can have my staff status moved to my new account (with my new name), then that's all that I'd care about.

Meganium

memento mori

she/her
Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
If my lovely account got wiped out, I'd be devastated. Then I'll have to start using one of my alts instead of making a new one (if my alts did get wiped out as well, I guess I can start off new). I'd also ask staff to hopefully transfer my staff & supporter status like Patchisou mentioned.

What I will miss from my old account would definitely be the emblems. I have a few that are valuable to me.

Xyrin

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Age 24
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purdue
Seen September 17th, 2022
Posted October 17th, 2013
1,065 posts
15 Years
:o That would be horrible. ;_; But I would start over (and hopefully the owner of the account Furret lost their account as well) and I would use my same name unless the staff would give me the name Furret, that darn account has two posts and hasn't been on since 04. ;_;

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Kevin

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Age 24
Male
Virginia
Seen February 3rd, 2021
Posted July 5th, 2015
2,686 posts
12.8 Years
All my post counts--gone? That sucks, but as long as everyone else is on the same page I won't mind. And my Supporter Tier to be transferred over. I would kind of be mad, but there's nothing I can do about it so yeah. I'd still stay on PC.

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Age 31
Male
Northern California
Seen June 16th, 2022
Posted June 14th, 2014
1,817 posts
14.2 Years
I would totally start over. I wouldn't abandon the site, or any of the people I talk to on here just because of this. Since my Supporter-ship would be transferred over, it's not like I lost any money in it or anything, and i can still talk to my friends. So yeah, i would still come back. ^__^

Sammi

Age 33
she/her
The States
Seen 5 Days Ago
Posted November 8th, 2021
14,085 posts
18.3 Years
I'd just start over. It'd be upsetting at first, but not worth leaving PC over, imo. It's just a bunch of numbers and statistics, and maybe a few PMs I'd miss but I do have backups on my other computer of the really important ones. Only thing I'd miss is blogs if I left staff. But that might inspire me to donate for once...

Although I'd be confused as to why the forum couldn't go back to an earlier date. I actually did have my account deleted during a hacking once! Pretty much happened the same way as the post intro, except I went to the forum leaders page to not find my username there. All of the s-mods got deleted for some strange reason. Great day to be one! XD

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quixotic

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Seen January 3rd, 2017
Posted March 13th, 2014
3,406 posts
14.9 Years
I'd be pretty pissed, and I doubt I'd immediately make a new account. I'd sort of sit around hoping it will come back. xP
But yeah, I'd no doubt make a new account and try and get in touch with everyone I was connected to.

It'd also be like fun though. Being the only one with the problem. You could be like, "the new and improved moments."
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Her

Age 29
Seen 5 Hours Ago
Posted 4 Days Ago
^ lol im dumb

I wouldn't be too angry. I'd be pissed for about a day, grumble about the loss of pixels I had worked so hard to collect (not really I'd just miss my VM's), grumble even more about the loss of some css codes I had saved in my notebook and register all over again. There have been some usernames I've been wanting to try, anyway.