Yes, someone can disable their own account by going to My Account > Delete your account (which would bring them here).

Interesting. Thank you!

I wish we could still see profiles of people who have left. When we look up somebody in an old thread and they’re gone, it would be nice to see a reminder of who they were.

^I’ve left twice. Each time for more than a year. I no longer remember why other than there was grotesque homophobia that was tolerated. Each time I wanted nothing but my questions and answers to remain. I wanted to be gone. My son has instructions to erase my profiles from social media when I die. I don’t want to keep popping up online.

When I see someone is no longer here (account deactivated), I wonder if they deleted themselves or if the mods asked them to leave (because of trollish behavior or something).

@Hawaii_Jake But I’ll miss you…

^Aww. Thanks. Your doggie will keep you company.

@jca2 Right, which is why I asked the question. I still don’t whether the person left voluntarily or not, but now I know that yes, we can delete ourselves.

I’ve noticed that some people leave their profile up but write a farewell statement, sometimes mentioning why they’re leaving. Others delete for a while and then come back, not sure how they do that.

^The mods can revive a deleted account.

I don’t remember the precise details as to why I left each time, but I remember very well why I returned. The first time, I came back after Gail died, and the second was for John Powell’s illness.

Yes. I’ve done it a dozen times at least.