retiring an account in the age of AI

[Lida93]

If I was in your position I won't be red tagging my account as a part to retirement, it's not worth it after saving a reputation for years then have to permit a dent on it at the end. How do we get to explain that to the understanding of new members afterwards.

You should take the recommendations giving above by other members, because red tag always have a stigma in the forum irrespective of the reason it's given whether good or bad, by permission or omission.

[Nwada001]

AI usage is increasing day after day, and they are also advancing it in such a way that it's not even possible to detect which write-up is written by AI and which is written by humans with their new humanised AI writing tool.
 
But that's not enough reason for an account that stands as a role model to others, an account that is respected by others, and information they get from it to be painted red. Just imagine what that will look like. It's not just the profile we are talking about here; it's about legacy too. As one of the oldest active members here in the forum, that won't look good at all from my personal point of view.
 
A neutral and personal thread announcing one's retirement is the best thing to do for others to take note of in case a hacker tries to impersonate the account.

[promise444c5]

I think the idea of red tag will leave your account in a ridiculous  state, the way people see red tag is just red zone
Maybe there could be an additional signature area which will be permanent once edited  I.e can only be done once by the user ( there could be a certain time limit  to unlock by a user + once done account becomes inactive forever so it will be a use strict feature...
Just saying this could be done to pose a sig.tag on such account by user so this will show on every post that has been made by such user (E.g (Retired))

[Alone055]

I hope you don't have any serious illness or something and if you wish to leave the forum, it's for something better and you will venture into something more important for you and your loved ones.

That being said, just like everyone else suggested, it would be much better to create a thread when you decide to leave permanently and ask theymos to lock the account or give it a custom title or something so that even if what you fear happens, those dealing with the account understand that they are not dealing with the original owner of the account, and instead of red tags, there should be neutral tags indicating that the original owner has left the forum permanently and if someone has access to the account, it's either a hacker or an impersonator.

However, I wouldn't want you or any reputable members to leave the forum. It just doesn't feel right, makes me kinda sad as well.

[Rengga Jati]

Why not just create a thread in reputation and announce if you will leave the forum? in case you want to comeback, you need to sign a message from your old address. I think these two things are enough to prove someone ownership.

This should be a fairly effective way to notify members here that your account is retired. As several people did, just like Lauda did before and it really worked until now the account is safe.

Lauda Profile

By making or creating a post of goodbye BitcoinTalk forum:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5282911.msg55407286#msg55407286

Make a statement on the related reputation about "PGP-key compromised and revoked."
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1159946.msg55407295#msg55407295

And even it's needed, Neutral flag given.
Or asking for account banned.

Maybe that could be an example of terminating an account on this forum and making it safe in the future from various hackers or AI or something like that.
But exactly, if this is needed to do it. Because now, there is 2fa protection available to be used. But, if this really needed, someone can do it to prevent more.