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I-am-Britta — Banned vs. Deactivated Idea

Published: 2011-03-04 05:48:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 5207; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 52
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Description Both banned and deactivated accounts are associated with the exclamation mark, so in order to distinguish between the two, I figured deactivated accounts should have a question mark. We don't know where they went or why they shut down their account, so I thought it fitting to use a question mark. Their life is now a big mystery.... *queue dramatic music* I've been hearing of people's confusion upon encountering a user with an exclamation mark, so I came up with this. It's not a big deal by any means, just maybe a way of making the "code" a little clearer. We've entered into a newer version of DeviantART that allows us to deactivate accounts, so I would personally like to know who's banned and who's simply gone.

Just like my "dA Improvement" submission, this isn't functional. It is simply a modified screenshot. Names and avatars have been changed, and the conversation has been blurred for the protection of the individuals. I designed the avatars myself.
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Comments: 35

ryanthescooterguy [2014-08-12 10:31:22 +0000 UTC]

Nowadays, deactivated/terminated users have their name greyed/crossed out.
And for some reason, the user avatar stays there forever only if they're terminated...

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alexaruby [2013-06-06 02:20:10 +0000 UTC]

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alexaruby [2013-06-06 02:18:49 +0000 UTC]

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InsaneRoman [2012-05-04 18:37:28 +0000 UTC]

I really like this idea. Do you have a way to show this to the admins?

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I-am-Britta In reply to InsaneRoman [2012-05-05 16:25:58 +0000 UTC]

I believe I've showed it to a gallery moderator, but aside from it getting a DD, I'm not entirely sure any of them will see it. I managed to get a DD on an improved block system, which also incorporates purging of comments from the site, but there's no way they'll update their system. They're too busy fiddling around with arbitrary links and aesthetic tweaks. :/

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InsaneRoman In reply to I-am-Britta [2012-05-06 02:19:17 +0000 UTC]

Very true, sadly. It's a shame... We need a petition lol

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DarkProxy [2011-10-31 23:55:18 +0000 UTC]

godd thinking

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Big-Ship-HD [2011-04-14 17:45:05 +0000 UTC]

I agree to this idea; I've seen some friends of mine have that dreaded Exclamation point before their name; I cannot tell if they're banned or deactivated...

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I-am-Britta In reply to Big-Ship-HD [2011-04-15 02:28:09 +0000 UTC]

I can't either and I worry about falsely accusing them of being banned, and someone ripping my head off for it. I hope that doesn't make me paranoid haha

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frankteller In reply to I-am-Britta [2011-10-07 20:51:25 +0000 UTC]

I'm the sort who opens their page out of curiosity, though I don't know why they use the same symbol.

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Big-Ship-HD In reply to I-am-Britta [2011-04-15 13:14:37 +0000 UTC]

Some of my friends have that dreaded exclamation point:

Banned: !AroojBasit , !DinkyWheels

Deactivated: !MARTY081666

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I-am-Britta In reply to Big-Ship-HD [2011-04-15 23:10:58 +0000 UTC]

It's kind of scary haha It's just there and since it marks an exclamation, it makes me feel like they must be shunned.

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Big-Ship-HD In reply to I-am-Britta [2011-04-15 23:11:50 +0000 UTC]

To me, it means I lost a good friend...

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I-am-Britta In reply to Big-Ship-HD [2011-04-16 01:25:08 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, it's always a shame, regardless of what happened.

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DespicableUs [2011-03-10 02:57:53 +0000 UTC]

Loving the idea. Good job. We need something like this.

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I-am-Britta In reply to DespicableUs [2011-03-10 03:05:25 +0000 UTC]

Definitely! I think the code hasn't caught up with the deactivation feature. I'm hoping it does tho!

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DespicableUs In reply to I-am-Britta [2011-03-10 03:43:01 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I don't think so. It'd be nice if it did though.

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AwesomeLurker [2011-03-10 00:34:49 +0000 UTC]



I had the same idea.

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DavisJes [2011-03-09 19:21:26 +0000 UTC]

cool idea

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Daemonic-Fae [2011-03-06 14:16:10 +0000 UTC]

That is an awesome idea.

It makes the people who shut down look less guilty, at first glance.

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I-am-Britta In reply to Daemonic-Fae [2011-03-07 00:17:21 +0000 UTC]

Yes it does! XD

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Daemonic-Fae In reply to I-am-Britta [2011-03-07 00:17:37 +0000 UTC]

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WDWParksGal [2011-03-06 07:29:00 +0000 UTC]

Excellent idea!

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I-am-Britta In reply to WDWParksGal [2011-03-07 00:17:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^^

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josephstaleknight [2011-03-06 03:54:47 +0000 UTC]

That makes perfect sense. I'd be wondering where a fellow deviant went too if he deactivated his account.

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I-am-Britta In reply to josephstaleknight [2011-03-07 00:17:57 +0000 UTC]

Maybe they can put in 2 question marks in case you're REALLY curious

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josephstaleknight In reply to I-am-Britta [2011-03-07 04:04:32 +0000 UTC]

LOL.

But yeah, great suggestion.

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neurotype-on-discord [2011-03-06 01:27:33 +0000 UTC]

I think that would be nice The information's publicly displayed on their page anyway.

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DoppelgangerFM [2011-03-05 22:59:27 +0000 UTC]

Yep. One would think the staff would make it more obvious...of course back in version 5's day you couldn't deactivate your account.

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ayame18 [2011-03-05 05:12:30 +0000 UTC]

Genius idea. Better than giving two separate things the exclamation point.

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I-am-Britta In reply to ayame18 [2011-03-05 23:25:46 +0000 UTC]

Exactly... I guess they just haven't updated the list of characters yet. Apparently the deactivation feature is pretty new.

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ayame18 In reply to I-am-Britta [2011-03-06 00:37:44 +0000 UTC]

I think they asked members before in a poll how do you feel about the symbols and should there be a change. Majority of the votes were they don't care about the symbols lol

Maybe if any of the staff sees this, they'll reconsider

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Fruit-Sauvage [2011-03-04 08:40:34 +0000 UTC]

It would be fun ^^!

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I-am-Britta In reply to Fruit-Sauvage [2011-03-05 00:11:14 +0000 UTC]

Indeed ^^

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Demo-deviant [2011-03-04 06:09:31 +0000 UTC]

This would be a brilliant idea. I can't tell who's who.

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