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.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

According to the recent discussion I was having with a friend, he said that the output of AI is based on preexisting data, and if the results of AI are properly checked, you will always find a thin gap between the original data and that of the AI. In this case, I don't agree that your account should be tagged, if you decide to retire, there are still ways to keep your account free from AI.

I looked at the account of Satoshi which was last active on December 12, 2010, and has not made any posts since then and no tags.

You don't need your account to be tagged, you can just create your last thread and tell the community that you have decided to retire; then your account can be placed on archive by admin, and no AI can act in your absence.

Create a thread as a disclaimer for your retirement.
In that topic, you can state that, anytime your account comes online, members of the forum should request a signed message with your old Bitcoin wallet and the the current date of that day should be included in the signed message.

[vapourminer]

thanks for the comments.

i will say im not planning on leaving and have not had any email/accounts compromised. its just i hate loose ends. so i would want a "lock it and leave it" mode; basically start a new account after if needed.

for some reason i thought it was hard to permanently lock an account here.

I have read a post somewhere where a user tried to train AI to post like a particular user. I guess it was to post like "Franky1," but the result came out negative.  Can't locate the thread link for now.

that sounds interesting if you find it please post a link.

[BlackBoss_]

I looked at the account of Satoshi which was last active on December 12, 2010, and has not made any posts since then and no tags.

Satoshi account was hacked and theymos locked it, after that Satoshi account was no longer compromised. If he wants to come back, he must use his PGP key to sign a message and get approval from theymos.

We might not meet Satoshi Nakamoto again in this forum as an active account but we can always learn Satoshi's lesson.

Will "satoshi" ever login again?

Do you think "satoshi" will ever just randomly log in one day and post something?

His account is locked, so no. If he wants to claim his account, he'll have to contact me with a PGP signature.

[nutildah]

I agree with the no red paint options... hypothetically speaking, its gonna be a while before people start training models for the sake of imitating Bitcointalk accounts, and there's ways to protect your account from that possibility, as others have mentioned.

It was a shame what happened to Bruno's account. In that case I think it got sold to a person that pretended to be him, but they did a poor job & didn't take any money. Still its sad that his legacy ended like that, with a -14 trust rating.