What reasons would merit deleting an internet profile? Be it here, there, or anywhere.
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cupcakes, really. said, (201 days ago)
Someone totally dissed your momma, and you were like, man, I don't have to take this. I'M OUT.
Or maybe you're just bored with a place, or you don't feel like you belong, or maybe you just want to start over.
Sometimes just "leaving" your profile as-is isn't quite good enough.
Jay Def said, (201 days ago)
I've never actually deleted an account. I have hundreds of accounts at different places out in internetland that haven't been accessed for years.
I mean, I still have an Orkut account. It just sits there and every now and then a Brazilian whorebot will try to friend me. (In case you don't know, Orkut is popular in Brazil.)
ashok said, (201 days ago)
I think paper california and erica have it right, as does portable's last two comments. We know the info will still be there, we just want out. Usually when you delete a profile the community has proven itself really, really not worth your time, and I think all of us are aware that the Internet creates mobs that can turn on one person all at once and not hold back.
bizzy said, (201 days ago)
I'm with Jay Def, having never deleted an account I'm not really sure what reasons I would need to do so.
I just know I'm getting to the point of overflow and will probably soon trimming down my internet clutter. Soon.
Uncanny MONCHICHI said, (201 days ago)
I never have.
Though I think there are a couple of really good reasons. Stalkers is one. The other is the situation that Sven had last week.
Futilely attempting to remove information about you from the internet?
In reaction to someone else doing something you disagreed with? A very "So there! Fine, I'm leaving!" gesture.
A symbolic gesture if you associate a site with a person or section of your life that you want to get past?