deleting your posts

[Sunshine]

is there a way of deleting all the posts you have ever made istead of indiviugally? im feeling abit vulnerable having all my information so freely available to the public and im not sure what to do! i dont mind happy posts but all the personal depressing stuff i kind of want gone!
thanks

[James]

I can remove these for you if you're absolutely sure you don't want them. Bear in mind we don't make a habit of doing this for users as it can be confusing for other members to see posts made in a thread suddenly disappear (posts that follow yours may no longer make sense).

Reply back to this thread if you would like your posts deleted. Bear in mind any posts of yours that another member has 'quoted' will not be removed.

[Sunshine]

no dont worry i dont want to confuse people, ill just have to deal with my information being public, maybe when im ready to leave the site i will get it done, if thats ok? sorry for bothering you!

[James]

No that's okay, you weren't bothering me at all :) We are indeed happy to delete members' posts when they leave RYL and request account deletion so that's no problem.

As you know, I'm afraid just about everything once posted online remains in the public domain. In the case of RYL, even after we remove posts or content from the site, it often remains cached by Google and other online services for months or even years to come.

Not to put you off though, just bear this in mind when drafting your posts :)

(the above does not apply to forums which are off limits to non-members since Google can't see those).

[Isoverity]

With a username like "Sunshine" (which would return a gabillion hits) there isn't much chance anyone can Google anything specific to you. Just take out anything specific to you if you posted it (school name etc). You could even post fake stuff in your profile and really throw anyone off the trail. You could list kenchippendale@snotmail.com etc. etc.