Yup. That's the answer. Ask Joe. I'm glad to cancel memberships if that's what people want to do. And no, cancellation of your membership does not remove all of your posts. It just closes off your membership so people can't send you personal messages. If you decide to come back, contact me so I can reopen your old membership.

"Membership" is probably a misnomer, because you don't really "join" anything. You register and tell us who you are, and we give you a cookie that verifies your identity and allows you access to certain features, particularly personal messages and verified identity for posting. Deleting your membership means that you no longer have access to those features. You can post as a Guest, but we require that you continue to post under the same name you used when registered. So, about all that deleting your membership does, is close off your personal messages box.

Deleting your posts would be problematic, because it would tend to make nonsense out of the posts that responded to yours. Of course, if specific posts or a user name contain personal information or might otherwise be harmful to you, we can make arrangements to deal with that.

-Joe Offer-
joe@mudcat.org