How do I get banned from a forum

AppleSalt

I can't delete my account how do I get banned or get it deleted

clarkwinkelmann

AppleSalt do you want your account deleted on discuss.flarum.org? Please confirm and a moderator will take care of it.

If you are referring to a different forum, you need to contact the owners.

AppleSalt

clarkwinkelmann no on a different forum

luceos

Here on discuss we use the gdpr extension, you can go to your account settings to do an erasure request, mods will then take care of processing the deletionz anonymization etc.

tolgaaaltas

AppleSalt You should contact to mods or admins. There no other way.

AppleSalt

tolgaaaltas I did and they told me they can't delete it yet

tom23

AppleSalt I did and they told me they can't delete it yet

That's nonsense! Any admin can delete a user account. However, the posts remain.

tom23

Unfortunately, Flarum does not have this function. In Europe, there should actually be a function that allows users to delete themselves. This means that Flarum cannot actually be used within the EU without violating DSGVO etc.

luceos

AppleSalt yeah Sami meant here on discuss too. But as said, we use the gdpr extension, which is still under heavy development. It works though.

tom23 Unfortunately, Flarum does not have this function.

https://flarum.org/extension/blomstra/gdpr

AppleSalt

tom23 I asked them again and they told me to use their contact us form but that doesn't work

SychO

Profile -> Settings -> Personal Data -> Erase Acount

AppleSalt

SychO doesn't exist

AppleSalt

AppleSalt nevermind the form works now I wait

clarkwinkelmann

It's up to forum owners to comply with the regulations. As a last resort they can always edit the database directly if what they must do is not possible via the UI. As discussed, Flarum has some built-in features and others are available through third-party extensions so there shouldn't be any excuse to an owner to not do the right thing.

If the owner is not responsive, you can always try reaching out to their host as well. If the forum is hosted by FreeFlarum this should be simple enough, they have email and their own support forum. If it's a self-hosted forum it might be more challenging to figure out where it's hosted.

luceos

clarkwinkelmann As discussed, Flarum has some built-in features

Yeah, totally forgot. But you can simply delete the user as well. We have done that for years here on discuss. You just asked for it inMeta and a mod would comply with the deletion request.

It's up to the community to define the process and follow up on any legal requirements.

AppleSalt

Ok issue solved they said they wil delete it