Quote from: Susan on May 20, 2015, 04:35:01 PM
Beverly a former staff member deleted her account a long time ago, but she never left. She has been here ever since under a multitude of account names.
"Egg on face" time Susan. You have me confused with someone else. I have NEVER been a staff member here. I lack the temprament for it.
Quote from: Susan on May 20, 2015, 04:35:01 PM
After receiving a delete request from her latest creation, I started looking into her account to see if i could figure out why.
I initially left when it became apparent to me that I was suffering from trying to deal with many of the posts on here. This is why I know I could never be a staff member. I had several more goes at it but it never worked out. So in the end I compromised. I stayed out of here and I
read the posts but did not comment on them. By not having an account I could not be sucked in to the negative, downward spiral that I had previously experienced. Nonetheless I occasionally came across posts I could not ignore - either things I knew a lot about or just out and out wrong information. I could not let people harm themselves because I neglected to speak up so I made an account, did what I could and then left again.
Quote from: Susan on May 20, 2015, 04:35:01 PMSo I checked her IP. It seems that her IP address has not changed in that time making her easy to track. I find 34 accounts.
It has been a long time - years - and it is no shortage of people on here needing help and support, but staying too long damages me. By having the accounts deleted I place a barrier in my own way, an obstacle that stops me getting sucked into trivial arguments. My "anonymity" helps me and protects me. I am not here for kudos or smites. I just want to see that people who really need solid help get that help if I can provide it. If others can provide it then I let them do so.
The different account names became a PITA so after a while I just used whatever the CAPTCHA presented me with on the registration screen. Generally I limited myself to 10 responses. Once the forum software made it too easy to post it was time to go so I requested the account to be deleted.
Quote from: Susan on May 20, 2015, 04:35:01 PMSo I went and re-attributed all of her posts from her many accounts to her current username, and renamed it from thfwdf to Beverly.
Except that is not me. I spell my name differently (correctly!) using the English version, not the USA version. I do remember noticing someone with a similar name and I presume she now has my posts.
Quote from: Susan on May 20, 2015, 04:35:01 PMDeletion request denied.
It is up to you. I shall generate a random email address and random password which will prevent me from logging into this account. I tried to help on my own terms and if they are not acceptable then so be it, I have no problem with that.
Good luck and best wishes.
Beverley
