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4dbv
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My account got deleted?

Post by 4dbv » 2011/02/10 06:18:04

I was wondering what happened to my old account: 1dbv. I can't log in with it any more and my old posts are all credited to 'uregistered user'.

Was it deleted?

Thanks.

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My account got deleted?

Post by pschaff » 2011/02/10 14:14:57

Forum moderators have been dealing with literally thousands of spammer accounts, apparently created by "bots". The process of cleaning them up involves searching the user database by selecting accounts based on various criteria common to the bogus accounts, inspecting the selections, and deleting the "bad" ones. It is manual, repetitive, labor intensive, and apparently occasionally error-prone.

It appears your account was an inadvertent casualty of the process. Please accept our apologies for the deletion of your legitimate account.

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Re: My account got deleted?

Post by 4dbv » 2011/02/10 22:56:47

Thanks for the clarification Phil.

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Re: My account got deleted?

Post by pschaff » 2011/02/11 00:10:42

You are welcome. We are trying very hard to avoid [i]collateral damage[/i] in our war on spammers. Thanks for being understanding.

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Re: My account got deleted?

Post by AlanBartlett » 2011/02/11 00:57:14

If you wish, we can mutate your [b]4dbv[/b] ID back to [b]1dbv[/b] -- thought I'm not so sure about re-associating your original posts to it. :oops:

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Re: My account got deleted?

Post by 4dbv » 2011/02/12 06:02:24

No need to go back to old account, but thanks anyway.

I didn't think you did it on purpose, it wouldn't make any sense.

D.

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Re: My account got deleted?

Post by meldon » 2011/03/22 12:23:37

Most of the time it also happens that once I signed up on a forum and it was okey till the time I logged in then a message appeared that your account has been deleted, why this happens?

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Re: My account got deleted?

Post by pschaff » 2011/03/22 13:37:42

Because of the SPAM in your signature. That has been fixed as has your password. If you choose to reset it do not spam the forum or the account [b]will[/b] be deleted!
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