+coachstahly Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Has anyone seen this appear anywhere else? it's a 1/1 cache in a cemetery in OH and happened just the other day. Has Groundspeak mentioned anything anywhere about doing this? Quote Link to comment
+derektiffany Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Has anyone seen this appear anywhere else? it's a 1/1 cache in a cemetery in OH and happened just the other day. Has Groundspeak mentioned anything anywhere about doing this? Similar thread from 2012 (with responses / explanations):http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=305230 Quote Link to comment
+narcissa Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 If that's a new automatic thing, that's troubling. They let people use the site without a working email address, but a cache with nothing wrong with it gets disabled because the owner hasn't logged into the site? Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) Well, it's not new, obviously. The whole thing, and more, got hashed out in that thread back in 2012. The Help Center article has changed since then. Help Center → My Account → My Account and Profile 2.25. Deleting My Account http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=102 To disable your account, please visit your membership page. Although accounts are never permanently deleted, they can certainly be disabled. Each account created on Geocaching.com is assigned a Member ID which remains as a historical record in our system. If you choose to delete all public profile information or adopt caches or trackables, you can do so before your account is disabled. Disabling your account will cancel your email subscriptions and future payments. Note that account changes may take up to 24 hours to take effect. If you have an active PayPal subscription, you may need to contact PayPal directly to cancel it. B. Edited April 1, 2015 by Pup Patrol Quote Link to comment
+redsox_mark Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 The thread linked to a couple of posts above (from 2012) is interesting. It seems "inactive" means the owner requested that their account is deleted (or something like that). It is not just that they haven't logged in. And it seems this is not new. Quote Link to comment
+narcissa Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Well, it's not new, obviously. The whole thing, and more, got hashed out in that thread back in 2012. The Help Center article has changed since then. Help Center → My Account → My Account and Profile 2.25. Deleting My Account http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=102 To disable your account, please visit your membership page. Although accounts are never permanently deleted, they can certainly be disabled. Each account created on Geocaching.com is assigned a Member ID which remains as a historical record in our system. If you choose to delete all public profile information or adopt caches or trackables, you can do so before your account is disabled. Disabling your account will cancel your email subscriptions and future payments. Note that account changes may take up to 24 hours to take effect. If you have an active PayPal subscription, you may need to contact PayPal directly to cancel it. B. That makes sense, thanks for the refresh. Quote Link to comment
+coachstahly Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) Interesting. I didn't know about the death "policy". Thanks! Edited April 1, 2015 by coachstahly Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Wonder what the expiration date is. I have heard of some cachers who drop out and then years later they log in again. Plus with the use of smartphones and tablets we can't tell if a cacher is active or not if they only use that and not a computer. I wonder if GC can tell if they are active or not if they just use smart devices. Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Has anyone seen this appear anywhere else? it's a 1/1 cache in a cemetery in OH and happened just the other day. Has Groundspeak mentioned anything anywhere about doing this? Similar thread from 2012 (with responses / explanations):http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=305230 Weird cause if you look at the example's CO they logged in on 12/12/12. They probably are no longer active but was curious why the message. Quote Link to comment
+Hynz Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Well, it's not new, obviously. The whole thing, and more, got hashed out in that thread back in 2012. The Help Center article has changed since then. Help Center → My Account → My Account and Profile 2.25. Deleting My Account http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=102 To disable your account, please visit your membership page. Although accounts are never permanently deleted, they can certainly be disabled. Each account created on Geocaching.com is assigned a Member ID which remains as a historical record in our system. If you choose to delete all public profile information or adopt caches or trackables, you can do so before your account is disabled. Disabling your account will cancel your email subscriptions and future payments. Note that account changes may take up to 24 hours to take effect. If you have an active PayPal subscription, you may need to contact PayPal directly to cancel it. B. But following the "membership page" link in the Help Center text you're reaching: Disable Your Account Disabling your account will cancel all of your email subscriptions and any Geocaching Premium recurring payments. Your logs and photos you've uploaded will still be visible. Before you can disable your account, you must archive or adopt out all of your geocaches and drop any trackables you may be holding into a nearby geocache. Maybe I'm missing something but currently it seems that you cannot become intentionally an inactive member owning active or inactive caches. But I refrained from testing the red button below the text So the log from the OP must be the result of becoming an inactive member by other means. And such situations have not been discussed in the 2012 thread, right? Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Based on a close reading of the OP and taking particular notice of the words "currently" and "temporarily" I am going to venture a guess that it wasn't the cachers choice to become inactive. Would not be surprised if they were all reactivated again after a specific but unknown time and he became active again Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Interesting. I didn't know about the death "policy". Wonder what the expiration date is. Unfortunate juxtaposition! Quote Link to comment
+dprovan Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Based on a close reading of the OP and taking particular notice of the words "currently" and "temporarily" I am going to venture a guess that it wasn't the cachers choice to become inactive. Would not be surprised if they were all reactivated again after a specific but unknown time and he became active again I actually read this the other way, as a carefully crafted note that, while it could apply to an involuntary action, would apply equally well as the automated message if the cacher decided unilaterally to disable the account. Quote Link to comment
+coachstahly Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Interesting. I didn't know about the death "policy". Wonder what the expiration date is. Unfortunate juxtaposition! Quote Link to comment
JASTA 11 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I've seen this in the case of a CO who's account was 'suspended' by the empire: No mention of it being an automated message though. Quote Link to comment
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