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Title: question about members
Post by: vytautas_lamps on June 12, 2022, 03:44:16 AM

Hi there,

I don't follow all news on this site, and I am a bit confused as of why some of the main members are now just guests? Like, I go on older posts to see some of my favorite uploads and I see that the guy who been here for a long time is now either mister X or still has its name, but in the comments where the author is posting a comment, it just says 'guest' and its name under. I noticed that members like freekstar, bean, and some others have become just guests for some reason. Why is that? have they left the site? or have they been kicked out? how do I know that this will not happen to me?  ??? Thank you for your comments  :)

Title: Re: question about members
Post by: Foxtronix on June 12, 2022, 05:20:40 AM

I noticed that some posts retain their author's name (who are referred to as "guests"), while others turned completely blank. I wonder if an account being deleted by the user vs banned by the staff has anything to do with this.  :wndr:

Title: Re: question about members
Post by: dor123 on June 12, 2022, 05:41:33 AM

These are deleted accounts. When users deletes their account, this is the result.

Title: Re: question about members
Post by: 108CAM on June 12, 2022, 06:40:01 AM

I've noticed it too. In one of my cases, I spotted a lone comment from a user who left the site and all their message board topics and photos were gone but this one single comment they had made on another user's photo remains but oddly their rank and username that links to the profile page is still there.

Title: Re: question about members
Post by: Rommie on June 12, 2022, 06:49:11 AM

They're deleted accounts. If a user has been banned (rare, honest..!) their username is still on the system, but if they've requested deletion then they'll show up as a guest.

Title: Re: question about members
Post by: bulb_tester2009 on June 12, 2022, 09:26:11 PM

I wonder what happened to the user "Bean", who has replied to my posts many times.

Title: Re: question about members
Post by: Gearjammer on June 26, 2022, 10:41:25 PM

I've been wondering what's happened to a lot of the members as well as the site.
Since I've returned from a 7 month absence I've noticed a lot of missing members as well as less activity.
I guess it's nothing more than a phase that the site is going through along with summer is vacation time.
Maybe some people just have less time or have moved on.
Sometimes  :wndr: :wndr: :wndr: :wndr:

Title: Re: question about members
Post by: Rommie on June 27, 2022, 07:57:07 AM

I think it happens anywhere and everywhere to some extent. People's interests change and they move on. We have literally hundreds of dormant members, some of whom haven't logged on for a decade or more  :-\