jamesjm, 4 months ago

@dansup @pixelfed in other industries, like the mobile one, depending on the country, phone numbers are frozen for a while before being recycled.

That could work here?

grishka, 4 months ago

That's why you never delete accounts immediately. You deactivate them and only actually delete after e.g. 30 days.

dansup, 4 months ago

@grishka Well I think some jurisdictions like EU require immediate deletion

grishka, 4 months ago

dansup, of course you would still have immediate deletion as an administrative option you'd use when someone asks you. The idea is to make it hard but not impossible. Putting up such a barrier will immensely help to lower the incidence of people deleting their accounts and changing their mind shortly after.

dansup, 4 months ago

@grishka Yeah that's a good point!

lyyn, 4 months ago

@dansup @grishka I would prefer there to be both options, "delete now" and "disable now and schedule deletion in 30 days", but the UX becomes complicated

xavsworld, 4 months ago

@lyyn @dansup @grishka I disagree, the 30 days delay prior permanent deletion should be the only option.

It’s does protect users by allowing a recovery when the deletion is performed by someone else than the real owner (account/computer is compromized, password is re-used/shared, …).

However, when the deletion is requested, the user should have nothing else to do, and no further communication is sent, unless a recovery is requested by the owner.