Are we trapped for ever and ever? I know it is simple not to log in and not to post- but I would prefer to have my account deleted- so I am not tempted to look in and comment. Surely it is against Human Rights to not be allowed to request to be deleted.
Surely you have joined /re joined GN 3 times and subsequently left 2 times, 3 if you leave again.
Or am I mistaken?
To be absolute fair to you when you have returned you kept your original Username adding 1 & 2 and you deserve credit for that.
When you have left before are you saying that you never requested for your account to be deleted in it's entireity and you chose to keep it open to be able to return using another Username?
Now however you presumably want to leave GN and never return and want GN to block any return from your IP address etc., GN to ensure you will not be accepted as a member again but are of the opinion this cannot be done, hence you feel trapped.
You raise an interesting point by the way as I don't know the answer and hope I get to know.
I had a name change caused by a tech glitch. GN said they could put it right but to be honest i would rather tick pins in my eyes than sort tech glitches ?
I don't think there are many who come back, but if you have a definitive posting style, it is difficult to change your style when you post under a different user name. That's how people are sometimes found out.
I know of one poster who came back after being banned, wrote a PM, saying who she really was to another poster, but inadvertently posted the PM on a thread, identifying herself for all of the GN community to see!
lemongrove Thanks for your kind comments. ? Just to be clear, I wasn't banished. I went of my own accord. If I had been banished, I would have walked into the sunset and never returned....
I think there is a difference between choosing to leave GN for personal reasons and perhaps changing your mind later, then returning under another name, as opposed to being banned and coming back under another name.
Coming back under another name, after being banned, is where there is a trust issue.