How can you find members topics. Moderator Please

I had looked up Lisa2012's profile page the day that we heard about her passing.  It was there then.  Now poof!

I just now looked up some other members who have passed, who were on my friends list, and they are still there.

Wonder if the new moderator is picking up on the newly passed and deleting their pages.

I was able to still see post from JBG and Lisa2012 by doing a search on their names.

It is a mystery...I would not mind if CSN added something to their profile to indicate their passing, but to delete them is not right.

PS

There appear to be a block of posts from the spring of this year that are missing.  I was looking up my own posts and know that I surely didn't go without posting for 3 or 4 months.

The search funcitons here don't operate on the profile name...only if you sign off the same each time.. can you find them...as the search is on the posts.

Marie who loves kitties

CSN_Simone said:

Hi Guys,
 
Lisa2012, JBG, &

Hi Guys,

 

Lisa2012, JBG, & Craig's posts are still on the website, but you will be unable to find Lisa2012 or JBG listed as a member because accounts are de-activated when a member passes away. 

In response to feedback we have received, we are currently looking into solutions for better search mechanisms for the website in regards to finding posts by particular members. 

Marie is correct in her assesment of how the current search engine works. Only if a member 'signs' at the bottom of a post will their content show up. For example, if I searched for Annabelle41415, this post would not come up. If I searched for Kim, it would, as that is how you signed your name. 

Marie, we havent' heard of any issues with certain posts missing this year. If you can send us the date range via the contact form, we can see if we can look into that issue for you further.

We really do appreciate the feedback and are constantly looking into ways to approve the site, so please feel free to reach out and let us know if improvements are needed.

 

Best Regards,

Simone

CSN Support Team

 

I strongly disagree with the deletion of the profiles of members who have passed.

They have been valued friends and family here.

If you want to add a notice to the profile that they have passed so be it, but to delete them is to difficult to deal with.

In fact, I was writing a post in rememberance of those gone,  but will not post it now as you will delete any of the profiles still in existance.

This decision on the part of CSN will cause folks to re-think even letting us know about the passing of our friends.

Please reconsider this decision.

Marie who loves kitties

Nana b said:

There was a time when people

There was a time when people would get upset when a deceased posts would come up. They wanted away to block them maybe this is how it was done.  I still see some of Lisa42's post.   

 

I personally  liked the posts as they were informative. 

It is only the profiles which are gone.

The posts remain, except where deleted "en mass" due to system changes.

We also lost many emails during the system changes.

Marie who loves kitties

I doubt it is the mods who make the decision, so maybe we can get together and petition whoever runs this forum. 

I feel it is special when I see our dear passed friend's posts. Their knowledge is just as important now as it was when they were still with us, so I am very glad that their posts are not being deleted. 

SUE

CSN_Simone said:

Hi All,
Thank you for adding

Hi All,

Thank you for adding to the discussion on how you would like the community here to exist. As stated earlier in this thread, member’s discussion board posts are not removed or deleted automatically upon their passing. This means that content posted to the discussion boards by our members is always available for others to read, regardless of whether they are still active members. When one of our members passes on, their accounts are de-activated. This de-activation is important not only for the security of the user, but it also ensures that no one else can log-in as the deceased member. In the past we have had well-meaning family members log in under old accounts and it was extremely upsetting to the community to see the user name of their deceased friend posting again. Unfortunately, due to system constraints beyond our control, this means that their profiles are no longer visible. At this time, this is not a feature we are able to alter on the website, but perhaps in the future it will be.

Just as a reminder, as long as you sign your posts with your name, you can search for all your posts simply by searching for your name under the ‘Search Content’ function. This can be difficult if you have a common name (e.g. Beth) as the search results will bring up every post with your name in it. If you sign your posts with something more specific (e.g. CSN Simone ) your search results will be much easier to sift through. Please note that we are hoping to eventually have the functionality to search by username as mentioned above, but as of right now, it is not an option.

Thank you again for all your input and we will keep the suggested modifications in mind for any future site developments.

 

Simone

CSN Support Team

Thanks CSN, when I pass just DELETE me as if I never existed, WOW, I can't believe you do that to us.  Seems kind of cruel getting rid of our profiles so quick after death, eager beavers.

Tis saddens me deeply.

Winter Marie

CSN_Simone said:

Hi All,
Thank you for adding

Hi All,

Thank you for adding to the discussion on how you would like the community here to exist. As stated earlier in this thread, member’s discussion board posts are not removed or deleted automatically upon their passing. This means that content posted to the discussion boards by our members is always available for others to read, regardless of whether they are still active members. When one of our members passes on, their accounts are de-activated. This de-activation is important not only for the security of the user, but it also ensures that no one else can log-in as the deceased member. In the past we have had well-meaning family members log in under old accounts and it was extremely upsetting to the community to see the user name of their deceased friend posting again. Unfortunately, due to system constraints beyond our control, this means that their profiles are no longer visible. At this time, this is not a feature we are able to alter on the website, but perhaps in the future it will be.

Just as a reminder, as long as you sign your posts with your name, you can search for all your posts simply by searching for your name under the ‘Search Content’ function. This can be difficult if you have a common name (e.g. Beth) as the search results will bring up every post with your name in it. If you sign your posts with something more specific (e.g. CSN Simone ) your search results will be much easier to sift through. Please note that we are hoping to eventually have the functionality to search by username as mentioned above, but as of right now, it is not an option.

Thank you again for all your input and we will keep the suggested modifications in mind for any future site developments.

 

Simone

CSN Support Team

I will be sure to sign my forum name to my posts.

i do hope that the site administrator can find a way to keep our member profiles. I like the idea posted by Tanstaafl.

Trubrit - Sue. 

CSN_Simone said:

Hi All,
Thank you for adding

Hi All,

Thank you for adding to the discussion on how you would like the community here to exist. As stated earlier in this thread, member’s discussion board posts are not removed or deleted automatically upon their passing. This means that content posted to the discussion boards by our members is always available for others to read, regardless of whether they are still active members. When one of our members passes on, their accounts are de-activated. This de-activation is important not only for the security of the user, but it also ensures that no one else can log-in as the deceased member. In the past we have had well-meaning family members log in under old accounts and it was extremely upsetting to the community to see the user name of their deceased friend posting again. Unfortunately, due to system constraints beyond our control, this means that their profiles are no longer visible. At this time, this is not a feature we are able to alter on the website, but perhaps in the future it will be.

Just as a reminder, as long as you sign your posts with your name, you can search for all your posts simply by searching for your name under the ‘Search Content’ function. This can be difficult if you have a common name (e.g. Beth) as the search results will bring up every post with your name in it. If you sign your posts with something more specific (e.g. CSN Simone ) your search results will be much easier to sift through. Please note that we are hoping to eventually have the functionality to search by username as mentioned above, but as of right now, it is not an option.

Thank you again for all your input and we will keep the suggested modifications in mind for any future site developments.

 

Simone

CSN Support Team

I just don't agree.  I have given my family my password so that if I die, they can come on and let everyone know.  If my daughter needs to connect to me by signing on then so be it.  That's why she has my password.  Really my death is not going to be private.  You can look up someone's social security number and know that they died just by googling.  The world stopped being private with the internet and we wouldn't be posting on here if we cared.   We have cancer, we need answers.  I think whoever came up with this clearly never had cancer or lost so many friends in such a short span even if they are people we never got to meet in person.