According to the FF
Terms of Use page, under 4. Deleting your account, it says “Inactive account will automatically be deleted after 2 years.” Earlier in this same section it states: “deleted accounts cannot be recovered”.
I experienced this directly a few years ago, when due to personal issues i did not sign in to FF for (over) 2 years. My original account from something like 2008 was deleted, and along with it, all my content (mostly forum posts). Had to make a new account (this one). The last couple of years i’ve struggled with time management, have had different life priorities, and haven’t had time for FF nor any other site/destination in our community. As is happening right now, i strive to pop in once in awhile, to keep the account active and check in on what’s going on.
Not sure how long the 2 years has been the account retention policy, but it’s earlier than i remember and may well have been since the site’s founding.
It’s unfortunate to lose so much content on an ongoing basis, but we’ve all had fair warning and the Right To Be Forgotten is equally important. At least the site is still here! Think about how much has been lost when
entire sites vanish with no, or insufficient, notice. Geocities, Yahoo! Groups, on and on and on….
